In Agriculture, Santa Maria stages its activities in the Três Capões farm, the Limoeiro farm, the Capão Alto farm, and the Tunas and Tuninhas farm.
Located in the municipalities of Guarapuava, Candói, and Goioxim, south-central region of Paraná, they have a collective area of approximately 5,000 hectares. In these productive units, soy, corn, and wheat are grown, with an annual production of around 35 thousand tons a year.
All the farms have an excellent infrastructure, which has: barracks for storage of inputs and machines, workshops equipped for the maintenance of all equipment, machine washers, loading ramps, standardized houses for employees, accommodation and dining rooms for providers of services. In this way, conditions are offered for the best execution of the activities and the welfare of the collaborators.
To accompany technological trends, Tres Capões has an agricultural research center, where work is carried out in partnership with public bodies and companies in the agricultural sector.
All the activities that involve the implementation, driving, harvesting, transportation and storage of grains are executed to maximize the results, with the greatest possible security, using state-of-the-art equipment and constant training for the collaborators.
Within a predefined schedule, the fleet of machines is constantly being renewed, with the aim of boosting results. Today, the fleet includes axial harvesters, self-propelled, vacuum planters, munk trucks, train trucks, pickup trucks to support the farms, and other general implementations.
Since 2008, the company has been ranked among the 400 largest agribusiness companies in Brazil, which evaluates sales growth, market leadership, current liquidity, general liquidity, profitability, and wealth per employee.
On April 8, Globo Rural magazine presented Santa Maria’s Três Capões farm as the most sustainable farm in Brazil in the category of annual crops. What guaranteed the prize to the farm of 790 hectares was its strong administrative management combined with environmental management that is in accordance with sustainable principles.
Bayer for cooperative producers where the producer of some type of corn shows their brand. And the same thing happened to those who were not cooperative producers. With non-cooperative producers, Guarapuava, Candói, Goioxim, and Cantagalo, we won in the Dekalb brand category in 2011, with hybrid 240. Best productivity per hectare.
The Três Capões Agribusiness, conducts its activities in the Três Capões, Limoeiro, Capão Alto, and Tunas and Tuninhas farms, which annually grow soy, corn, and wheat. All of this accounts for an average annual production of 35 thousand tons.
The storage unit of Três Capões has a capacity of 36.4 thousand tons. Here all the processes of reception, drying, preservation, storage, and dispatch of all agricultural production are carried out.
This facility includes:
All this structure favors the strategic marketing of products, guaranteeing rapid reception and dispatch, as well as security and quality.
During the planting process, vacuum planters are used, where the tractors are equipped with automatic pilots and centimeter precision. This allows greater use of space and crop production, which increases productivity.
Plant monitor – provides information on the amount of fertilizer and seeds recommended for the crop area. Through the planting monitors the planting maps are assembled.
Telemetry is used in sprayers, achieving lower overlapping of products, better water utilization, and optimum application speed, guaranteeing maximum pesticide efficiency.
The harvesters are equipped with autopilot and crop monitors, providing productivity information, which will be used to better plan the next crops.
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Consisting of the most demanding modern varieties and in the market, it serves clients of the national and international market with the best practices of quality standards.
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Oil and soybean meal, used in food and animal feed.
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With higher potential production and high quality grains, they possess superior characteristics through modern management techniques that serve the whole productive area.
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Corn based animal feed production.
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With specific varieties, it meets the needs of the most demanding mills, with special quality control, from production to the final consumer.
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Wheat flour
Soybeans
21000T
Corn
15000T
Wheat
9000T
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