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The Soybean Sector Chamber met in hybrid format last Tuesday (11) to deliberate, among other topics, the name of a new coordinator. The soybean sector approved the name of the member of the Association of Cereal Companies of Rio Grande do Sul (Acergs), Luiz Carlos Antolini Nemitz. The appointment of the new coordinator of the Soybean Sector Chamber is forwarded to the Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Sustainable Production and Irrigation (Seapi), Edivilson Brum, for ratification.
The Chamber also assessed the 2025/2026 harvest and the movements of the soybean market. "Bagé was the largest region in terms of planted soybean area, with 1 million and 57 thousand hectares (ha) and a productivity of 2,412 kg/ha, considering the average of the last ten years," highlighted the manager of the annual crops area at Emater/RS-Ascar, Alencar Rugeri.
Acergs considered the financial sustainability and concerns about climate-related activities that could influence grain production. The organization advocated for the creation of a guarantee fund or rural insurance to prevent droughts, which are becoming increasingly frequent.
Actions to prevent Asian soybean rust.
Regarding disease prevention actions, the head of the division and state agricultural inspector of the Department of Plant Health Defense Division (DDVS/Seapi), Deise Feltes Riffel, presented information about the soybean sanitary break. "Starting in 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture, through Ordinance 306, instituted the national rust control program, defining a sowing calendar, and in 2022, the sanitary break calendar."
According to Riffel (DDVS/Seapi), over the years there have been small adjustments that have adapted the sowing periods and fallow periods for regrowth or sown soybean plants. This year, the sanitary fallow period was defined as from July 3rd to September 30th, and the soybean sowing calendar as from October 1st to January 28th, 2026.
The director of the Department of Plant Protection (DDV/Seapi), Ricardo Felicetti, elaborated on the topic of Asian soybean rust resistance to control compounds, stating that "historically, Rio Grande do Sul receives spores from the northernmost regions of the continent, and these are already subject to a degree of resistance. The fallow period calendar serves to preserve the available control tools," Felicetti concluded.
According to Emater/RS-Ascar, the Monitora Ferrugem RS program highlights the importance of monitoring the disease in the grain and that this control is related to monitoring environments that become favorable for the incidence of rust in soybeans.
Representatives from the following entities were present at the meeting: Acergs; Association of Agronomist Engineers of Northwest Rio Grande do Sul (Aenorgs/Copermil); Association of Seed and Seedling Producers of Rio Grande do Sul (Apassul), National Supply Company (Conab), Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Emater/RS-Ascar, Embrapa, Federation of Associations of Municipalities of Rio Grande do Sul (Famurs), Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (Fecoagro/RTC), Organization of Cooperatives of Rio Grande do Sul (Ocergs), Oleoplan, State Treasury Department (Sefaz) and Seapi.
