Plataforma +Precoce: simulador de sistemas de produção de novilho precoce

Abstract

The Brazilian livestock sector undergoes an evolution in its production model, from technologies of diverse natures. In this scenario, the adoption of computational innovations has figured as a differential to obtain market competitiveness, production of better quality and profitability improvement. In the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) the simulators have stood out as tools that allow farmers to improve their processes, assisting in managerial decision making, project development, resource use and environmental impact assessments, among others. Analyzing the context of the use of simulator software in the beef cattle production systems concentration area, it was possible to observe that there are many challenges and opportunities, and, although there are several software products for this purpose, there is still room for new software developments that aim mainly to take this possibility of use to farmers and technicians. In this sense, the purpose of this study was to develop a piece of software capable of simulating improved systems of beef cattle production and generate economic, physical and environmental indicators from production, reproduction, consumption, purchase, herd, area, team, time and emission parameters. At the end of the development, a model was created to verify the calculations performed by the simulator, whose results were verified by Embrapa Gado de Corte and Embrapa Pantanal researchers. It is expected that the construction of this tool will enable rural and technical producers to simulate improved production systems that can be replicated in rural properties, increasing the productivity, quality and sustainability of beef cattle.