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Herbicides cost on soybeans jumps to 12% of total expenditure in Mato Grosso, Brazil
Sep. 14, 2015
The Mato Grosso Institute of Agricultural Economics (IMEA) released data that reveals that the expenditures with herbicides account for 12 percent of the total cost for soybean growers in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso - the biggest producer of soybean in the country. The number jumped from 8 percent in 2010. The institute says that in the last five years the cost has increased because of a higher use of glyphosate to fight weeds.
On corn, the costs with herbicides jumped from 5 to 10 percent of the total during the same period. Another issue pointed out by Imea is the lack of product rotation for weed management and using Roundup Ready technology. “Having soil coverage permanently reduces the incidence of weeds. When a producer adopts the right management, he/she reduces the problem of weeds on population quantity as well as individual resistance,” said Embrapa researcher Dionísio Gazziero, a member of the soybean unit of the company.
"In order not to aggravate or retard the problems with weeds within a property, he/she needs to do a rotation of herbicides have different action mechanisms and use herbicide mixtures. If there is resistance to glyphosate, it will be more expensive for farmers to control weeds, which can push them to reevaluate the productive system," alerted Dionísio.
Source: AgroNews
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