City: Rio Verde, Goias, Brazil

QUICK FACTS:

Where is Rio Verde?

Two and half hours (220km) southwest of Goiânia by car.

Economic Base: Agribusiness.

One of the most productive ag areas in Brazil hosting several multinational food processing companies. Ranked number 2 in exports in the State of Goiás in 2005. Ranked 3rd nationally in grain production.

Companies:

Decal (ethanol)

Perdigão Plant:

3,400 hogs/day
320.000 chickens/day
slaughter, pack, distribute nationwide and export.

Comigo (p)

Agribusinesses and Rural Producers of Southeast Goiás

Coop Members - 3,883
Employees - 1,647
Soy crushing: 3,500 mt/day
Soybean oil processing: 150 mt/day
Fertilizer production: 100 t/h
Feed plant: 40 ton/hr
Soap factory: 20 tons/day
Milk processing: 120,000 liters/day
Salt process: 36 tons/day
Cotton Gin: 7,500 arroba/day
Seed plant: 180,000 sacks/year

NOTE: The expansion of sugarcane production worries the soybean sector in Rio Verde. To date, the area planted in soybeans in the southwest region of the State has fallen 5%. New mill projects would further reduce the area by 15%

Crop

Area

Production
(mt)

Productivity
(kg/ha)

Beans

3.200

5.880

1.950

Corn

31.000

132.000

5.300

Cotton

4.200

10.700

2.500

Rice

4.500

4.500

1.000

Sorghum

65.000

97.000

1.500

Soybeans

265.000

715.500

2.700

IBGE/ Rio Verde-GO.


Map of Goiás	Land prices Rio Verde region	Photos Doug Ferrell's Farm