More than 560 representatives from soy production chains participated in the second edition of the Seminar Challenges of Brazilian Leadership in the World Soy Market, held through the Embrapa Soja YouTube channel, on October 27th and 28th.
In a scenario of broad and growing international demand for soybeans, the largest agricultural commodity in the world today, Brazil consolidates itself for the third consecutive year as the world leader in the world market with production of 125 million tons and exports of 81 million tons of oilseed. With an eye on the future and seeking to contribute to the competitiveness of the soy production chain, the sector met to discuss technical and quality issues with the aim of keeping Brazil as the best global supplier of soy and its derivatives.
According to Marcelo Alvares de Oliveira, researcher at Embrapa Soja and one of the event's organizers, the event was an important opportunity to assess the main risks affecting Brazilian leadership in the Brazilian soybean market. “Our proposal was to discuss the main points related to grain quality, so that all links in the production chain are able to anticipate solutions, mitigating possible problems and, thus, creating solutions to maintain Brazilian leadership in this sector”, he highlights.
The technical programming was planned to bring together the various actors in the soy production chain. The organizing committee defined five main axes for this second edition of the Seminar, with one of the points discussed being the quality of storage and the difficulties in storage. “Good storage practices will allow us to produce good quality of the final product, traceability, in addition to mitigating losses, which are very large in a tropical country during storage, all of which is reversed into economic gain”, explained Paulo Cesar Corrêa, professor and researcher at the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV).
The second panel of the Seminar, in turn, dealt with biological contaminants, one of the biggest challenges for large users of soy in animal feed. Also part of the discussions were the various aspects involving the use of pesticides, with a focus on pesticide residues in Brazil, importers' views on the subject and even the banning of products and their possible consequences for the production sector.
The event also discussed the technologies currently used in soybean classification operations and featured a presentation by Yoshio Fugita, Federal Agricultural Tax Auditor from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), on the future scenario for the classification process. The panel on classification also included the presentation of details about the implementation of the laboratory for measuring and calibrating equipment that measures grain moisture in Cuiabá (MT) by the Mato Grosso Institute of Weights and Measures (IPEM-MT). The laboratory will be the first in the Brazilian center-west region and the second to be implemented in Brazil and will help to comply with the requirements of ordinance 402, of August 15, which determine that humidity measuring equipment meets specifications set by Inmetro for the implementation of legal metrological control.
The closing theme of the Seminar was the Regulatory Agenda of the Secretary of Agricultural Defense with a presentation on the review of soy classification regulations, carried out by Glauco Bertoldo, director of the Department of Inspection of Products of Plant Origin of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (DIPOV/MAPA), which reinforced openness for everyone to participate in the process, contributing to an increasingly thriving agribusiness. “It is essential that everyone makes contributions that help us build something better for our country, so that the Soja Complex can continue to boost our trade balance and guarantee Brazil’s relevance in the international market.”
Promoted by Embrapa Soja, the seminar was supported by ABIOVE (Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries), ACEBRA (Association of Brazilian Cereal Companies), ANEC (National Association of Cereal Exporters), OCB (Organization of Brazilian Cooperatives) and Sindirações (National Union of the Animal Feed Industry).
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