Inserção de produtos biológicos e custo de insumos para produção de soja

Abstract

Increasing the profitability of crops, besides being essential for the solidification and strengthening of the agricultural sector in Brazil, is important for generating income and improving the quality of life in the countryside. The current production models, however, based on the acquisition of technological packages, in addition to causing obstacles in the management, result in an increase in the cost of production and, consequently, low economic viability of the activity. In the search for more sustainable alternatives that are less aggressive to the environment, the market for biological products has been growing exponentially in Brazil and in the world. The objective of this work was to study the production costs of soybean inputs used in conventional cropping systems and mixed with biological products. For this, data on soybean production costs were collected on a rural property in the municipality of Rio Brilhante/MS in the 2021/2022 crop, cultivated in the traditional model, exclusively using chemical products, and under mixed management, with the additions of biological products. Costs were expressed in total costs and costs per hectare. Additionally, the values will be indexed in values of unit of product per hectare, considering the current price of the bag, and the percentages of participation of each type of cost in the total were calculated. The analysis method considered in the research will be the case study, using the techniques of analysis of production costs and profitability. It was concluded that in 2021/2022, using biological products leads to lower costs with inputs per área compared to conventional management, and that costs are mostly due to fertilizer and seed aquisition, regardless any soybean production system.