Food Magazine March 2015 | Page 107

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1 ) fertilization and soil management systems ; 2 ) competition of other soybean growers ; 3 ) cotton and corn hybrids ; 4 ) planting seasons ; 5 ) and assessment tests on the efficiency of fungicides , insecticides and herbicides .
Those experiments simulate the actual conditions of crops and are conducted according to scientific criteria . 190 tests are conducted at SLC Agrícola every year . The area used to conduct the experiments is nearly 1,300 hectares .
GROWTH STRATEGIES The company expansion strategy is to purchase new farms , enlarge the cultivation of the second crop and expand production via lease .
By using a market analysis that accounts for size , soil quality , location , climate , altitude , topography , price per hectare , logistic development
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