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SLC Agrícola wins Incredible Places to Work Awards for second straight year
SLC Agrícola, one of the world’s largest producers of grains and fibers, received for the second consecutive year one of the most important recognitions in People Management: the Incredible Places to Work award, from the Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA), in partnership with the UOL. The award highlights Brazilian companies with the highest levels of satisfaction among their employees and SLC Agrícola is part of the ranking made up of 120 large companies.
Conab estimates new record crop thanks to better climate
The National Supply Company (Conab) predicts a new record grain harvest. The expected increase should total 289.6 million tons in 2021/22, 14% more than in the previous season. According to Conab, Brazilian grain production was boosted thanks to favorable climate changes, due to increased investments by farmers in their crops in the face of high prices. Soy, corn, rice, beans and cotton represent almost 95% of Brazil’s total grain production.
Partnership aims to increase the share of cotton in world trade
The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (Abrapa) renewed its partnership with the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex), to increase the participation of cotton in world trade, through the “Cotton Brazil” project. The entity plans to make Brazil the world’s largest cotton exporter by 2030.
SLC Agrícola launches campaign to encourage donations to Banco de Alimentos do Rio Grande do Sul [Food bank in Rio Grande do Sul]
SLC Agrícola, through the SLC Institute, is engaged in the fight against hunger. After donating 180 tons of food in the eight states in which it operates, it now wants to join forces with the Rio Grande do Sul community to together help the Rio Grande do Sul Food Bank bring food to families in situations of social vulnerability.
About 30% of cotton from the 2020/21 harvest has already been processed
The Brazilian Association of Cotton Producers (Abrapa) estimated that the processing of the 2020/21 cotton harvest in Brazil reached 30% on September 2, compared to 26% in the previous week.
Soy breaks a new record and reaches 133.8 million tons
The Brazilian soybean harvest reached 133.8 million tons in August, breaking a new record, with an increase of 0.3% compared to the previous month’s estimate and 10.1% compared to the 2020 harvest with its harvest already completed, according to data from the Systematic Survey of Agricultural Production (LSPA), released on September 9th by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE).
