Soy Frontier at Middle Age - 1

How Brazil's Pioneers Rode the Soybean Boom

Degraded pasture and raw land cost Mato Grosso soybean pioneers Darci Getulio Ferrarin Senior and Junior $160 per acre in 1998. With their sweat equity and paved roads, it now commands $6,900 per acre. (DTN photo by Marcia Zarley Taylor)
Degraded pasture and raw land cost Mato Grosso soybean pioneers Darci Getulio Ferrarin Senior and Junior $160 per acre in 1998. With their sweat equity and paved roads, it now commands $6,900 per acre. (DTN photo by Marcia Zarley Taylor)
Optimists nicknamed Brazil's frontier "Soylandia" at the turn of the millenium, describing a country that would suddenly triple its soybean production in the next 15 years and rival the U.S. as world's largest soy producer and exporter. The country's unparalleled...

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