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Brazil’s Agrishow offers a glimpse of farming under the equator.

Mindy Ward, Editor, Missouri Ruralist

May 16, 2018

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Agriculture is an important industry in Brazil.

There are roughly 67 million hectares in crop production, or 166 million acres. The major crops are soybeans, corn and sugar cane, which account for 70% of the total crop area. However, the country is also known worldwide for its coffee production, producing roughly 25% of the world’s coffee.

Like any other country, farmers rely on machines to help plant and harvest these crops. While attending the Agrishow in Brazil, I saw their equipment. While some equipment used in Brazil is similar to ours, many types are not available in the U.S.

Scroll through the slideshow above to see equipment combines, cassava planters and some cool planes.

About the Author(s)

Mindy Ward

Editor, Missouri Ruralist

Mindy resides on a small farm just outside of Holstein, Mo, about 80 miles southwest of St. Louis.

After graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia with a bachelor’s degree in agricultural journalism, she worked briefly at a public relations firm in Kansas City. Her husband’s career led the couple north to Minnesota.

There, she reported on large-scale production of corn, soybeans, sugar beets, and dairy, as well as, biofuels for The Land. After 10 years, the couple returned to Missouri and she began covering agriculture in the Show-Me State.

“In all my 15 years of writing about agriculture, I have found some of the most progressive thinkers are farmers,” she says. “They are constantly searching for ways to do more with less, improve their land and leave their legacy to the next generation.”

Mindy and her husband, Stacy, together with their daughters, Elisa and Cassidy, operate Showtime Farms in southern Warren County. The family spends a great deal of time caring for and showing Dorset, Oxford and crossbred sheep.

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