Mato Grosso

Wood Costs and Productivity. The F.O.B. costs for wood in the States of Sao Paulo and Mato Grosso do Sul are as follows ... 

Dubs, B. 1992. Observations on the differentiation of woodland and wet savanna habitats in the Pantanal of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Pages 431-449. in P. A. Furley, J Proctor, and J. A. Ratter, editors. Nature and Dynamics of Forest-Savanna Boundaries. Chapman and Hall, London. 

Ratter, J. A. 1971. Some notes on two types of cerradao occurring in North Eastern Mato Grosso. Pages 100-102. in M. G. Ferri, editor. Ill Simposio sobre o cerrado. Editora da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo. 

Studying chronosequences of pastures in Para and Mato Grosso, Falesi (1976) found that the pH, ECEC, and base saturation of the topsoil remained elevated in all pastures. The... 

Kaminsky F. V., Zakharchenko O. D., Davies R., Griffin W. L., Khachatryan B. G. K., and Shiryaev A. A. (2(X)1) Superdeep diamonds form the Juina area, Mato Grosso State, Brazil. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 140(6), 134-153. 

Mato Grosso, Brazil, and Santa Cruz, Bolivia 300 (Morro do Urucum)... 

Morals, R.M.G.G. de. Os Pares - Waimare e o uso de plantas medicinais, Mato Grosso (Brasil), MsD. Thesis, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Brazil, 1998. 

Hayman, P.C., Kopylova, M.G., and Kaminsky, F.V., 2005. Lower mantle diamonds from Rio Soriso (Juina area, Mato Grosso, Brazil). Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 149, 430-45. 

The leading states producing soybeans are located in the Southeast and the Center West regions of the country (Fig. 21.8). Mato Grosso, in the Center-West part of the country, produces almost 16 MMT (17.6 million t), about 70% greater than the number-two state, Parana, and double the number-three state, Rio Grande Do Sul. 

S3o Paulo - Bahia - Minas Gerais Mato Grosso do Su Goias... 

Prices fall, moving from the East to the West in Brazil. The difference between the Center—West with the coastal regions widened over the period to over 2.00/bu (32%) by late 2006. The interior price in central Mato Grosso was on average about 23% or 1.38/bu lower than in the coastal state of Parana (Fig. 21.11). 

The soybean cluster in Mato Grosso was estimated in 2004 to be about 8 billion (Goldsmith et al., 2008). For example, Illinois, a U.S. state with a similar size soybean crop, has a soybean cluster over three times as large, at 25 billion. Soybean production comprises about 11 % of the Illinois cluster that incorporates processing and meat production, while soybean production in Mato Grosso comprises close to 60%. 

Fig. 21.10. Monthly average prices in Chicago, Mato Grosso, and Parana (2003-2006) (Source 6archart.com, 2007 IBGE, 2007 author s calculations).

Fig. 21.14. Costs associated with Asian Soybean Rust in Brazil (2000-2006) in Mato Grosso, Brazil (Source Ma, 2007).

As a result, transportation costs in Mato Grosso are equal to 71% of the price paid to local farmers, and 41% of the landed price in Europe (Table 21.2). Freight costs add 1.58/bu in the more traditional eastern areas of soybean production as compared to 3.36/bu for soybeans sourced from the Center-West region. 

The cost of the weak transportation system is borne by the producers in the prices they receive. Most of the difference between the prices received by farmers in the East compared to the farmers in the Center-West is attributed to the high freight costs. The higher costs are not just a function of distance. Goias, a state to the east of Mato Grosso, has superior infrastructure with access to both rail and water transport. Its cost per km is 22% lower than in Mato Grosso because more expensive truck transport is not as prevalent. 

About 55% of Brazil s soybeans move out from two ports in the Southeast, Para-nt ua and Santos (SECEX, 2007). Both ports receive truck shipments, but Santos is connected direcdy by rail to Southeast Mato Grosso. The next most active area is in the Northeast, from the ports of Vitoria (13%), Sao Francisco (12%), and Sao Luiz... 

The Amazon port of Manaus mostly depends on barge service via the river Madeira and accounts for 7% of soybean exports grown primarily in the State of Rondonia and western Mato Grosso. 

The state of Parana has 21 crushing plants, representing 15 companies. It is the leading processing state in Brazil with a capacity to produce 28,700 MT/day (31,600 t/day) of soybean meal or 20% of the nation s output (Fig. 21.18). Mato Grosso is a... 

Goldsmith, P.D. H.L.G. Gastaldi J. Mattines, Agro-industrial Development in Mato Grosso Cluster Economies, Social Responsibility, and the Case of the Soybean Complex. Ptesentation at the Bienal, Cuiaba, Mato Grosso, Brazil. August 2006. 

Hirimoto, D. 2007. Executive Director, Mato Grosso Foundation. Personal Communication. 

Ma, E. Cost of Soybean Production in Mato Grosso. Undergraduate Thesis, University of Sao Paulo and University of Illinois. 2006. 

The first studies on goiter prevalence in Brazil were conducted in the states of Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso, and Parana in the 1930s and 1940s. These studies showed a high incidence of goiter. 

Numerous recent analyses of Rio roots (Mato Grosso) indicate at least 2.5% total alkaloids which are roughly distributed as follows ... 

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