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Epagri researchers identify new pest of fruit trees in Santa Catarina

The discovery took place during a coordinated study to understand the species of drosophilids associated with native fruit trees and strawberry cultivation in the Alto Vale do Rio do Peixe region.

04.03.2024 | 09:24 (UTC -3)

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Area planted with apples in Serra Catarinense grew 16% in the last three years

Research by Epagri also points out that the municipality of São Joaquim has 30% of the country's cultivated area

27.02.2024 | 14:22 (UTC -3)

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Epagri's VPA corn shows resistance to pests and diseases in Serra Santa Catarina

The varieties are the result of genetic improvement and combine good productivity and rusticity

01.02.2024 | 14:23 (UTC -3)

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Official opening of the rice harvest in Santa Catarina takes place this Thursday (18)

Around 1,5 people are expected at the event, which will take place at the Massaranduba Events Pavilion

15.01.2024 | 14:21 (UTC -3)

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Epagri points out a drop in garlic and onion production in Santa Catarina

Garlic production should be at 48% of the projected volume before planting begins; in onions, climate problems should generate a drop of around 27%

21.12.2023 | 09:55 (UTC -3)

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Epagri research uses LiDAR sensor to evaluate apple tree development

The LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensor uses laser pulses, which generate a three-dimensional cloud of points of the target objects

20.12.2023 | 16:10 (UTC -3)

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Wheat from Santa Catarina records a drop in price in September

Average prices closed the month with a drop of 39% compared to the same month in 2022; data are from the October Agricultural Bulletin

23.10.2023 | 14:40 (UTC -3)

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The forecast is for rain in the next few days in Santa Catarina

Despite the decrease in the volume of precipitation, conditions are favorable for isolated rains across the state

18.10.2023 | 15:56 (UTC -3)

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Harvest 2023-2024: find out what are the decisive factors for planting corn in Santa Catarina

In the last three years, the area cultivated with grain corn has stabilized at around 320 thousand hectares

04.10.2023 | 15:31 (UTC -3)

Corn leafhopper

Corn leafhopper monitoring: check out the start of harvest report in Santa Catarina

The report brings together data from monitoring carried out between July 24th and September 18th

25.09.2023 | 13:26 (UTC -3)

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Epagri develops an unprecedented genetic improvement project for the Piwi grape

The objective of the project is to develop a Piwi grape variety that is more resistant to diseases and is suitable for different regions of SC

13.09.2023 | 14:53 (UTC -3)

Corn leafhopper

Epagri launches application that monitors the corn leafhopper in Santa Catarina

Information about the leafhopper population and infectivity of samples helps farmers and technicians make management decisions

11.09.2023 | 14:01 (UTC -3)

Onion

Winter harvest: Epagri/Cepa updates estimates and shows increase in onion planted area in Santa Catarina

Data indicates an onion planted area of ​​19 thousand hectares, while the garlic planted area was updated downwards

22.08.2023 | 13:52 (UTC -3)

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Santa Catarina harvests 70 thousand tons of passion fruit in 2023, 27% more than in the previous harvest

According to Epagri/Cepa, in the 21/22 harvest, productivity was 27 tons per hectare and production was 55 thousand tons

17.08.2023 | 13:58 (UTC -3)

Solo competition

Solos Floripa 2023: São Joaquim hosts the 26st Latin American Soil Competition, from July 28th to XNUMXth

In the competition, teams are challenged to learn about the soils and landscapes of a given region.

24.07.2023 | 13:54 (UTC -3)

Rice

Epagri launches irrigated rice variety tolerant to cold and heat in the reproductive phase

The new variety is recommended for cultivation in a pre-germinated system in all irrigated rice producing regions of SC

20.06.2023 | 15:58 (UTC -3)

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Epagri and UFSM publish a book that points out ways to increase corn production in SC

SC seeks to increase corn production by increasing grain productivity in areas already used

18.04.2023 | 15:28 (UTC -3)

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Epagri Board of Directors ratifies Dirceu Leite as new president

Dirceu Leite is a career employee at Epagri and until now held the position of extensionist at the municipal office in Agrolândia

21.03.2023 | 14:55 (UTC -3)

Drones

Epagri research uses drones to map soil and monitor risk of crop losses

Project uses images obtained by multispectral sensors embedded in UAVs for soil mapping

03.02.2023 | 14:48 (UTC -3)

Greenhouse effect

Epagri research evaluates greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural systems in the Northern Plateau of SC

GHG mitigation indicators will be generated via carbon sequestration in two integrated agricultural production systems (SIPAs): improved caivas and silvopastoral system with eucalyptus

27.01.2023 | 13:58 (UTC -3)

Diseases

Alerts issued by Epagri help control a disease that could decimate soybean crops

Soybean producers in the main producing regions of Santa Catarina have received messages on their cell phones that warn of the favorable occurrence of Asian rust

26.01.2023 | 14:56 (UTC -3)

Rice

SindArroz-SC honors the launch of a new rice grain cultivar

The event dealt with seeds developed between Epagri and Embrapa especially for Santa Catarina soil, which promises a high degree of adaptability to temperature extremes

23.06.2023 | 17:31 (UTC -3)

Garlic

Epagri guides producers for the next garlic harvest

The event was held in Brunópolis, Fraiburgo and Lebon Régis, reaching the majority of the garlic producing region in Santa Catarina

12.05.2023 | 14:18 (UTC -3)

Oatmeal

Brazilian Oat Research Commission will test strains developed by Epagri

Epagri's priorities are pasture-based livestock production, which results in internal forage improvement programs, among other actions.

17.04.2023 | 15:38 (UTC -3)