Situation/weather: After having faced a very wet January with 290 mm (2 times more than the historical average for the month – please refer to the post made in January), the situation was normalised in February and in March. The level of Santa Lucia River which is bordering the farm went down and soils are drying.

Silage and pasture program: Pastures will improve their density and we will have adequate soil moisture to plant pastures (OAT & Ray-grass) as we could not sow silage corn in November. 208 ha of OAT and 145 ha of Ray-grass are going to be sowed last week of March on the surface originally prepared for corn.

Ray-grass and OAT have both a high protein content to feed cattle and support high loads of animals per hectare. In addition, OAT is also cleaning the soil and improving its structure.

Cattle operation: Our cattle herd (5,839 heads currently) is overall in good shape and taking advantage of pastures densification. We are also starting to sell 400 calves (young steers with 220 kg) to take advantage of increase in market prices. Young female calves are retained to increase and replace mothers’ herd.

In addition, self produced Bradford bulls will also improve internal genetic of the herd while old bulls are going to be sold.