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The most developed
Amidall technologies nowused in the cultivationof the cereal, corn seed is theone that developed themost in thepast years, say
Israel Alexandre Pereira Filho and Emerson Borghi, researchers at Embrapa Corn and Sorghum, upon announcing the existing culti-
var alternatives for the 2016/17 crop year. Their survey ascertained the availability of 315 options for the farmers, while in the previ-
ous season this number amounted to 477 cultivars.
The reduction results from the failure in providing information or from themerger of some companies that reduced their portfo-
lio as a commercial strategy, a fact that suggests that the real number could be close to the previous number, the researchers con-
clude. Still according to the survey, 214 cultivars incorporate transgenic technology, focused particularly on the control of pests and
resistance to glyphosatemolecules. The researchers also ascertained the predominance of earlymaturing seeds.
Corn
seedcommercializationforthe
2016/17growingseasoninBrazilwentup
nearly10percent,tighteningtherelation
betweenvolumessoldandsupplied
S
ales of corn seed are on the rise
throughout the Country, and
the 2016/17 season registered
the biggest volume ever com-
mercialized. The total reached
18.7 million sacks, up 9.87 percent from
the previous period, according to the num-
bers ascertained by the São Paulo State As-
sociation of Seed and Seedling Producers
(APPS). The volume available in the market
amounted to 21.4 million sacks, translat-
ing into a supply and sales relation of 87.48
percent, the highest in nine years (in the
2007/08 season it was 88.51 percent).
“The corn seed market experienced
an unexpected growth in the past sum-
mer crop, resulting into tight supply”, ob-
serves Cássio Camargo, executive director
at APPS. To this end, he recalls that con-
tributions also came from technology al-
terations in the sector, as is the case of the
replacement of single cultivars with oth-
ers that contain more than one transgenic
event (stacked) and the insertion of more
efficient options.
As far as profit go, the 2016/17 season
market, including the summer and winter
productive periods, amounted to values of
R$7.2billion, while in theprevious season it
was R$ 5 billion, according to data from the
association. The resultwas seenas good for
the segment, which is now going through a
period of company mergers (as is the case
of the Dow and Dupont merger), which, in
turn, requires necessary adjustments.
Forthenextseason,whenasmallercrop
is likely, the entity of the segment antici-
pates levels of demand in line with reduced
volumes, resulting into a good balance re-
garding the supply side. Chief executive
Cássio Camargo recalls that the sector al-
ways operates several years in advance
when it comes to market need projections,
domestic market for the most part, facing
hardly any difficultymeeting the needs.
Corn seed exports are still very small
and insignificant. Only some countries im-
port our corn seed, like Paraguay and the
United States (in the South region), where
Brazil has to compete with other suppli-
ers. In 2016, exports of corn seed soared
slightly, totaling 30.9 thousand tons, but
in 2017 there was a decline. The presi-
dent of the Producers’ Association under-
stands that there are difficulties in mak-
ing progress in these operations, and the
main reason lies in the excessive amount
of official bureaucracy.
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abroad
Exportação de sementes de milho no Brasil
Fonte:
MDIC/Aliceweb.
Ano
US$
Kg
2015
71.370.873,00
21.150.183,00
2016
84.761.116,00
30.964.642,00
2016 jan/jun
32.092.801,00
14.418.806,00
2017 jan/jun
17.434.276,00
5.674.542,00
NO ARMAZÉM E NO MERCADO
in the warehouse and in the market
Oferta e demanda de sementes de milho no Brasil (em mil sacas)
Fonte:
APPS * Disponibilidade em 23/06/2017.
Safra
Oferta
Venda %Venda/Oferta
2014/15
21.007,00
16.711,00
76,98
2015/16
20.221,00
17.053,00
84,34
2016/17
21.419,00
18.737,00
87,48
2017/18*
23.706,00
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