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Sustainable Production, Generation after Generation
The Fiorese Family has a long history of production in grain crops in the Brazilian Cerrados. On 2,700 hectares soybean, corn, field beans, wheat, and sorghum are produced at Nossa Senhora Aparecida. The Fioreses believe that the key to success in farming is to implement new technologies and connect social and environmental aspects to achieve better harvests. A good harvest requires healthy soil, and the Fiorese family utilizes crop rotation and phytosanitary care to protect and enhance the soil. Combined solutions such as the adoption of transgenic seeds and the responsible use of chemical, biological and cultural crop protection methods, together with the constant monitoring of pests and diseases are important tools for achieving productivity above the national average. Special care is given to the 120 hectares of native forest within the farm that is home to many pollinator species, plants, and animals.
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Farm name and location: Nossa Senhora Aparecida Farm - Água Fria de Goiás, Goiás, Brazil.
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History: Founded by the Fiorese family in 1995 and managed today jointly by Oli Fiorese and his wife Edileusa Fiorese and their sons Henrique and Kaio.
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Farm Size: 2,700 hectares.
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Primary crops: Soybean, winter corn, field beans, wheat, and sorghum.
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Notable partnerships: M Prado, Unigeo, HP Agroconsultoria, Consultoria João Dantas, Icrop, Aliança da Terra, Conectere Agro and Allez.
1. Seeds: Creating value by using high-quality seeds and technologies that support the farmer to increase productivity and being more productive in a sustainable manner.
1. Seeds: Creating value by using high-quality seeds and technologies that support the farmer to increase productivity and being more productive in a sustainable manner.
3. Integrated weed management: Identification and mapping of weeds and implementation of integrated weed management programs to limit proliferation.
3. Integrated weed management: Identification and mapping of weeds and implementation of integrated weed management programs to limit proliferation.
4. Integrated disease and pest management: Implementation of techniques to monitor disease and pest outbreaks, as well as making cropping recommendations to ensure a more sustainable use of crop protection products.
4. Integrated disease and pest management: Implementation of techniques to monitor disease and pest outbreaks, as well as making cropping recommendations to ensure a more sustainable use of crop protection products.
5. Nematode monitoring and control: Mapping of nematode infestation and crop damage, as well as giving recommendation for integrated chemical and biological control to avoid productivity loss.
5. Nematode monitoring and control: Mapping of nematode infestation and crop damage, as well as giving recommendation for integrated chemical and biological control to avoid productivity loss.
6. Digital farming: Use of precision farming techniques and tools like Climate FieldView™ to maximize yields and optimize farming tasks and inputs.
6. Digital farming: Use of precision farming techniques and tools like Climate FieldView™ to maximize yields and optimize farming tasks and inputs.
7. Erosion control: Drainage basins along the road are used to capture water runoff to fill the groundwater aquifer, preventing erosion and avoiding pollution of lakes and reservoirs with eroded soil.
7. Erosion control: Drainage basins along the road are used to capture water runoff to fill the groundwater aquifer, preventing erosion and avoiding pollution of lakes and reservoirs with eroded soil.
8. Stewardship: Trainings aim to help the farmer apply agricultural products in a responsible manner, protecting people, preserving the environment and improving the crop.
8. Stewardship: Trainings aim to help the farmer apply agricultural products in a responsible manner, protecting people, preserving the environment and improving the crop.
9. Valore program: Farm certification program specifying production processes that follow legislation to ensure food safety, adding value to the value chain and competitiveness of the Brazilian farmer.
9. Valore program: Farm certification program specifying production processes that follow legislation to ensure food safety, adding value to the value chain and competitiveness of the Brazilian farmer.
11. Water protection: Phytobac®: sustainable management of the water used to clean equipment in a process that biologically breaks down crop protection product residues.
11. Water protection: Phytobac®: sustainable management of the water used to clean equipment in a process that biologically breaks down crop protection product residues.
12. Partnerships: Bayer ForwardFarming combines knowledge, experience, skills and new technologies with partners to grow the farming business successfully and sustainably.
12. Partnerships: Bayer ForwardFarming combines knowledge, experience, skills and new technologies with partners to grow the farming business successfully and sustainably.

Contributing to Environmental Impact and Greenhouse Gas Reduction
The Fiorese family’s search for excellence in farming has made science the ideal partner for an abundant harvest. In soybeans, INTACTA RR2 PRO™ technology combines three solutions into a single seed: productivity at an unprecedented level; glyphosate herbicide tolerance and protection against the main caterpillars that attack the crop. This allows for significantly less need for crop protection application and tilling reducing both the impact on the environment and carbon emissions.
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