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Mato Grosso, the largest national producer of cereals and cotton and the owner of the country's largest herd of cattle, currently has the largest area of agricultural production among the 27 units of the federation. Agro 2017 census data, updated by the IBGE, show that the total area stands at 54.83 million hectares, or 12.63% more than the figures of the last survey of the sector in 2006. That year, the state had 48.68
The area of the state, for example, surpbades the total of the Southern region which, with its three states (Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina), collects 42.86 million hectares. After Mato Grosso, Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul, in this order, they are the second and third largest producers in the country.
The 2017 Agro Census, released yesterday by the IBGE, also shows that Brazil's agriculture and livestock grew by 5.10 percent, from 333 million ha to 350 million. The Midwest is the region with the largest area of 110.61 million hectares. With regard to the 54.83 million hectares of Mato Grosso, 10.45% of them were identified as leased areas, against a volume of 3.88% in 2006. Currently, Rio Grande do Sul has the highest rental rate, reaching 20, 8% of the over 20.68 million already mentioned in the census.
The survey also indicates that there are 118.67 thousand agricultural establishments in the state, 5% more than in 2006.
In 2017 there were 424, 46 000 employed on the farms of Mato Grosso – the second largest contingent in the Central West – of which 266,000 were related to the producer / owner, or 62.73% of the labor force.
Still of the census enumerated by the Agro census with family ties, out of the 266.01 thousand employed, 160.93 of them are men with more than 14 years
BRAZIL – Brazil has increased its planting and grazing area in 16.5 million hectares in the last 11 years, according to IBGE yesterday morning. During this period, Mato Grosso experienced a significant increase in the area occupied by farms, with 48 million hectares in 2006 and 54 million in 2017, an increase of 12.5%. Currently, cultivation and grazing areas account for 60.71% of Mato Grosso.
The data is contained in the preliminary report of the Agro 2017 census, which mapped the characteristics of just over 5 million agricultural establishments in the country.
The additional 16.5 million hectares of production of the period are equivalent to the total acreage of the Acre State
According to IBGE The figures presented in this edition may be comparable in some respects to those of the last Agro census of 2006.
Despite the growth of its area, the country has decreased, in the same comparative base, in the number of agricultural establishments – from 5.17 million in 2006 to 5.07 million in 2017, down 2% or 101
The information suggests that small producers have lost room for large producers , that they have higher levels of mechanization and that, thanks to the scale of production, they manage to operate at lower cost. This is confirmed by the increase in the number of establishments of 1,000 hectares. In the comparison between 2017 and 2006, there was an increase in volume and area related to this group. Of the 16.5 million hectares of total area added to the sector, 16.3 million hectares were related to settlements of more than 1,000 hectares.
Establishments of 100 to 1,000 hectares reduced their participation in the period – 33.8% of the total area in 2006 and increased to 32% in 2017.
Regional Differences in the Northeast, by For example, the total area occupied by farms decreased by 9.9 million hectares – equivalent to the state of Pernambuco [19659003] According to Agro 2017 census coordinator, Antônio Carlos Florido, it is necessary to take into account certain regional conditions.
During the 11-year badessment period, the Northeast experienced droughts in five of them. "In such cases, severe drought, small producers tend to end their activities, while large producers have a greater condition to resist these effects," said Florido
. or pastures mainly in the North and Midwest does not necessarily mean an increase in deforestation.
"Some areas may be underutilized and have been added to production," says Florido
. 11.4% over the last 11 years, research has shown.
Permanent crops such as fruits and coffee had a reduction of 31.7% in the cultivated area. On the other hand, the area devoted to temporary crops, such as sugar cane and cereals, increased by 13.2% in the same base of comparison
WORK AND MECHANIZATION – Employment in the productive sector has also declined as a result of crop mechanization. During the 11-year period, at least 1.53 million people have left employment in the countryside.
In 2017, there were 15 million workers on farms, compared with 16.5 million in 2006. [19659003] At the other end, the number of tractors increased by 50.2% over of the period (or 407,000 more units). Already the number of establishments that used tractors in 2017 increased to 733,000, or 200,000 more than in 2006.
"In fact mechanization has reduced the number of workers in production. A sugar cane harvester, for example, replaces the work of up to 100 cutters, "says Florido
With mechanization, there was also an increase in the irrigated area in plantations, which increased by 52%
Increased number of establishments using agrochemicals In 2017, 1.68 million farmers reported using one type of pesticide, an increase of 21.2% over 2006
The IBGE has not measured the amount of pesticide used or it has been applied correctly. According to Florido, it is not possible to tell from these data only that there was an increase in the absolute amount of pesticide d
However, it is known that there is more access to technology on the ground than it was 11 years ago. Internet access, for example, increased by 1,790% during the period. In 2017, 1.4 million farmers reported having access to the Internet on their production sites, while in 2006 this figure was only 75,000.
Mechanization and the productivity gains led the country to increase, for example,
In 2017, the country had 171 million head of cattle, a decrease of 2.8% compared to 2006.
The IBGE however, this discrepancy may be explained, in part, by the most recently adopted collection model. As the calving period starts in August and ends in December, the research only captured part of this movement, since the collection took place in September, when all the steers were not yet born.
Despite the smallest number of animals, the country has seen a jump in cow's milk production, in the order of 10 billion liters over the last 11 years. In 2017, the country produced 30.1 billion liters of milk
"This is mainly due to the improvement in productivity.The most productive species may have taken the place of others less productive ", explains Florido
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