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Itaueira Agropecuária plans to resume melon exports in this area after a seven-year hiatus due to past water supply challenges Improved water resources now support increased production The irrigation model is employed for melon production Ribeiro identified three factors contributing to the confidence among producers enhanced by the São Francisco River Water Transposition and improved water efficiency The Ceará Water Resource Management Company (Cogerh) reported the 9th highest reservoir volume since 2003 in January 2025 Another factor is the expansion of fruit fly-free areas in Morada Nova The third factor is regional energy supply improvements The state's Special Electric Power Investment Program (PIE) prioritizes infrastructure projects with Enel financing based on a model using 1% of the previous year's net revenue from electricity sales for state projects Efforts to secure buyers and attract international producers are ongoing Ribeiro attended Fruit Logistica in Berlin with Rotterdam serving as a distribution hub The government aims to target markets such as the Middle East and China There are also plans to increase mango and banana production for export Source: Datamar News Frontpage photo: © Arinahabich08 | Dreamstime FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Metrics details The integration of molecular data from hosts and microbiota can enhance our understanding of the complex biological interactions underlying the resistance of hosts to parasites the predominant sheep gastrointestinal parasite species in the tropics causes significant production and economic losses which are further compounded by the diminishing efficiency of chemical control owing to anthelmintic resistance Knowledge of how the host responds to infection and how the parasite modulates host immunity can guide selection decisions to breed animals with improved parasite resistance This understanding will help refine management practices and advance the development of new therapeutics for long-term helminth control Eggs per gram (EPG) of feces were obtained from Morada Nova sheep subjected to two artificial infections with H contortus and used as a proxy to select animals with high resistance or susceptibility for transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) of the abomasum and 50 K single-nucleotide genotyping and amplicon sequence variants (ASV) were obtained using polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing of bacterial and archaeal 16S ribosomal RNA genes from sheep feces and rumen content The heritability estimate for EPG was 0.12 and RORC genes and transcripts were differentially expressed between resistant and susceptible animals A genome-wide association study identified regions on chromosomes 2 and 11 that harbor candidate genes for resistance Trans-expression quantitative trait loci were found between significant variants and differentially expressed transcripts Functional co-expression modules based on sheep genes and ASVs correlated with resistance to H showing enrichment in pathways of response to bacteria and hub features of the Christensenellaceae and Methanobrevibacter genera; Prevotellaceae family; and Verrucomicrobiota phylum and cuticle-related genes were expressed only in parasites isolated from susceptible sheep The present study identified chromosome regions and pathways involved in the elaborate interactions between the sheep host These findings will assist in the development of animal selection strategies for parasite resistance and interdisciplinary approaches to control H can provide a more in-depth knowledge of interactions the microbiota may influence parasite and host gene expression as they can interact with host/parasite cells and affect gene regulation switching certain cellular processes on or off The aim of this study was to improve our understanding of the parasite-host-microbiota interactions that lead to increased resistance to H contortus in Morada Nova sheep using an integrated multi-omics approach with transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) data from sheep abomasum and H and 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene sequencing of the microbiota from sheep feces and rumen content the progeny of four sires and 156 dams from the Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste flock were born in two breeding seasons (March to May 2017 and 2018) All lambs were raised under the same environmental conditions Fecal cultures [19] performed at the end of each artificial infection revealed 100% Haemonchus and was obtained before the launch of monepantel on the market the day of infection (day 0) was included in the calculation of the EPG mean All four sires and 79 of the 156 dams were phenotypically evaluated in two parasite challenges following the same protocol used for the lambs All 48 DNA samples were genotyped using an Illumina 50 K single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array these ten lambs were dewormed with monepantel subjected to a third challenge with 4000 L3 from the same H and fragments of the fundic region were collected immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen without any additional processing 10 g of feces from the rectal ampulla was collected 2 weeks before slaughter and 50 mL of rumen content of the slaughtered sheep was stored in liquid nitrogen for microbiota investigation Total RNA was extracted from fragments of the fundic region of the abomasum using QIAzol Lysis Reagent (Qiagen and purified in a silica column with an RNeasy Mini kit (Qiagen RNA concentration (ng/µL) and purity (A260/A280 ratio) were estimated in Qubit using an HS RNA kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific USA) and in NanoDrop 2000 spectrophotometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific RNA samples were submitted to RNA-seq after quality confirmation through RNA Integrity Number ≥ 7.5 in Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer (Agilent Technologies RNA-seq libraries were prepared using the TruSeq Stranded mRNA kit (Illumina USA) and sequenced using an Illumina HiSeq2500 system approximately 40 million reads in a 100 bp paired-end (PE) protocol were sequenced the first ten initial bases and 2–3 final bases and reads with a phred score of < 15 in a 4-bp window and the caseControl function was used to select homozygous variants between resistant and susceptible sheep (termed RNA-seq genotypes) data from the 44 lambs were reanalyzed using the same reference genome as that used in the RNA-seq analysis A custom script was used to lift the 50 K genotypes to the ARS-UI_Ramb_v2.0 assembly by mapping the probe sequence to the reference and then re-aligning the nucleotides to the reference strand The EPG mean normalized by cube-root transformation was used as a phenotype in an snpBLUP GWAS to identify significant SNPs at FDR < 0.05 and h2 for EPG was estimated from the genomic data with the NAM package in R Only the genotypes from the arrays were used for the GWAS as no significant results (data not shown) were obtained using the RNA-seq genotypes from the ten lambs and gene function was investigated using GeneCards and a literature review to identify candidate genes for resistance to H Gene and transcript expressions were RNA-seq read counts normalized by DESeq2 variance-stabilizing transformation Cis-eQTL were defined as SNPs located up to 1 Mb from the regulated gene whereas trans-eQTL considered distances of > 1 Mb From all significant cis- and trans-eQTL (FDR < 0.05) retrieved only those comprising significant SNPs from GWAS or RNA-seq genotypes and differentially expressed data are reported here Because of the small amount of data and the resultant low read counts and differential expression analysis was implemented through DESeq2 and t-tests using the same parameters previously described for sheep Only the ASVs present in at least five lambs were considered A total of 526 and 607 bacterial ASVs and 22 and 28 archaeal ASVs from the feces and rumen with the input species set to Homo sapiens The sheep abomasum RNA-seq reads ranged 31.1–41.3 M per sample with 97.9–98.5% of the reads mapped to the sheep ARS-UI_Ramb_v2.0 reference genome (64.5–70% of proper pairs) For the differential gene expression analysis 9099 genes with zero counts and 5891 genes with count sums < 50 were removed from the total of 33,800 genes S2) detected only three transcripts (TECPR1 The opposing homozygous matrix identified two discordant sire-offspring pairs that needed to be reassigned 11 were offspring of sire 1 (with a 28.1 × variation in EPG means between resistant and susceptible half-siblings) seven of sire 2 (7.5 × variation in EPG means) 13 of sire 3 (19.9 × variation in EPG means) and 13 of sire 4 (30.8 × variation in EPG means) which can contribute to the control of gastrointestinal nematodes in flocks snpBLUP genome-wide association study for eggs per gram (EPG) in Morada Nova sheep Between 0.4% and 1.0% of the total abomasum RNA-seq data reads were mapped to H Most of the 19,776 annotated genes had zero counts and only 40 genes (0.2%) were retained for further analyses contortus retrieved from resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep and cuticle-related genes in the establishment and maintenance of infection and parasite fitness in sheep hosts should be further investigated in future studies and considered as potential targets for the development of new therapeutics against H Co-expression network analysis of sheep RNA-seq genes and amplicon sequence variants (ASV) The figure displays the normalized enrichment score (NES) of modules (red represents higher activity and blue represents lower activity) with circle size and color intensity proportional to the NES values no relationship between TRGC1 and nematode infections has been previously described Our findings present a correlation between gastric acid secretion and susceptibility to H susceptible animals are less able to respond to H contortus infection through gastric acid secretion Metascape enrichment analysis of statistically enriched ontology terms of hub genes/genera from three functional co-expression modules of sheep RNA-seq genes and amplicon sequence variants (ASV) Heatmap of enriched terms across input gene lists the potential role of Methanobacteria in controlling H suggesting potential mechanisms for therapeutic interventions A Metascape enrichment analysis of statistically enriched ontology terms B Overlap among gene lists: identical genes are linked with purple curves genes that hit multiple lists are colored with dark orange and genes unique to a list are colored with light orange contortus genes or transcripts was significantly correlated with the identified modules Gene and transcript expression data and genomic markers from Morada Nova sheep were investigated and associated using eQTL to assess their roles in the phenotype of H Some candidate genes were related to immune response and parasite resistance (ALOX12 SNP variants were predicted to regulate the differential expression of transcripts These genes represent potential molecular markers for the detection and selection of H Transcriptomic and genomic 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Ireland and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology Resource Centre grant number 13/RC/2106_P2 Alessandro Pelegrine Minho & Luciana Correia de Almeida Regitano analyzed and interpreted genomic and transcriptomic (GWAS TFC analyzed and interpreted microbiota data and performed multi-omics integration AMGI and CRO generated and interpreted transcriptomic data BGA and LCAR generated and interpreted microbiota data SNE and APM obtained phenotypic data and collected samples CG analyzed and interpreted genomic and transcriptomic data All authors read and approved the final manuscript All experimental protocols were approved by the Embrapa Pecuária Sudeste Ethics and Animal Experimentation Committee under protocol numbers 04/2017 and 01/2020 The authors declare that they have no competing interests Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations edgeR analysis of differential gene expression in the abomasum between H DESeq2 analysis of differential gene expression in the abomasum between H DESeq2 analysis of differential transcript expression in the abomasum between H Ballgown analysis of differential transcript expression in the abomasum between H Annotation and impact of homozygous SNPs between resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep detected after case-control variant calling of RNA-seq data Genes located in the +/- 1 Mbp window of each significant SNP by GWAS for EPG in Morada Nova sheep DESeq2 analysis of differential gene expression in H contortus recovered from resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep edgeR analysis of differential gene expression in H DESeq2 analysis of differential transcript expression in H Ballgown analysis of differential transcript expression in H Gene-level features and ASV modules associated with resistance to H ASV taxonomy of gene co-expression modules from sheep feces and rumen content associated with resistance to H Gene-level relevant pathways and ASV modules in H Transcript-level features and ASV modules associated with resistance to H Transcript functional co-expression modules and ASVs associated with resistance to H Transcript-level relevant pathways and ASV modules in H Cis-eQTL for differentially expressed genes between resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep Trans-eQTL for differentially expressed genes between resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep Cis-eQTL for differentially expressed transcripts between resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep Trans-eQTL for differentially expressed transcripts between resistant and susceptible Morada Nova sheep Differential gene expression and count in abomasum of H contortus-susceptible Morada Nova sheep for 11 genes detected using edgeR Differential transcript expression and count in abomasum of H contortus-susceptible Morada Nova sheep for three transcripts detected using ballgown Co-expression analysis of sheep RNA-seq transcripts and amplicon sequence variants (ASV) The figure displays the normalized enrichment score (NES) (red represents higher activity and blue represents lower activity) with the circle size and color intensity proportional to the NES values unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06205-9 Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: a shareable link is not currently available for this article Brazil - As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon some indigenous tribes are turning to prayer in a bid to halt the destruction and protect their environment for future generations indigenous people from the tribe of Shanenawa on Sunday performed a ritual to try to find peace between humans and nature dozens danced in circles as they prayed to put an end to the fires "We want peace and love," Tekaheyne Shanenawa said as he danced in a circle as part of their ritual harmony and education to stop these fires that have attacked the Amazon." The Brazilian Amazon saw 30,901 fires in August according to the country's National Institute for Space Research The data released on Sunday showed a 196 percent increase in fires in comparison to August 2018 Fires are most common in the Amazon during the dry season from August through October Much of the deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is due to illegal activities Land-grabbers practice slash-and-burn techniques to clear forest for agriculture and loggers encroach on national forests and indigenous reserves Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro contends that past allocations of land to indigenous people many of whom live in the Amazon rainforest About 14 percent of Brazil is indigenous territory a huge area for those groups' relatively small numbers Bolsonaro has faced criticism for saying rainforest protections are blocking Brazil's economic development in 50 years time we will no longer have the forest standing up," said Bainawa Inu Bake Huni Kuin "And we will not feel secure in what we have without our land we won't be able to live." but significant parts are also located in Colombia and Peru The Shanenawa people number about 720 and inhabit around 23,000 hectares of land But the backlash has been particularly strong against the Bolsonaro administration which has acknowledged it does not have the resources to put out the fires Many fires are believed to have been set by cattle and soy farmers to always keep it healthy and safe," Bainawa said indigenous leaders and experts are preparing to gather in Rome from Oct 27 for the special Synod of Bishops on the Pan-Amazonian Region While other special synods have addressed particular geographical regions like Africa this is the first one organized around a distinct ecological territory “The synod is a son, a daughter, of ‘Laudato Si’,’” the social encyclical published by Pope Francis in 2015 said Mauricio López in an interview with America López is the executive secretary of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network and one of two non-bishops on the 18-member pre-synod council the group responsible for preparing for the synod (The other layperson on the council is Sister María Irene Lopes de los Santos “The synod is not the end of the road,” Mr “but the beginning of a new stage for the church in the Amazon In recent weeks, the Amazon rainforest has received increased attention as devastating fires burn at the highest rate since 2010 The international community needs to “take serious measures to save the lungs of the world,” said the executive council of the Latin American Bishops’ Conference on Aug “What happens to the Amazon is not just a local issue the apostolic constitution of the Synod of Bishops that calls for a church of encounter This is the first one organized around a distinct ecological territory The working document (instrumentum laboris) reflects Amazonian approaches to theology and ways of thinking frequently expressing the interconnectedness of all life and the indigenous peoples’ quest for buen vivir (“good living”) The importance of the region’s ecological richness and diversity is matched by its level of vulnerability to climate change caused by humans The territory suffers from high levels of environmental destruction and exploitation and the people who inhabit the land experience systemic human rights violations The Pan-Amazonian region includes nine different countries (Brazil Suriname and French Guiana) and about 34 million inhabitants including three million indigenous people from 390 ethnic groups Key themes in the working document are life territory and kairos; migration and urbanization; challenges to families; and inculturation which is critical of old and new forms of colonialism in the region calls for a prophetic church rooted in indigenous and Amazonian reality that can effectively respond to the pastoral needs of its communities in the proclamation of the Gospel The Amazon rainforest has received increased attention as devastating fires burn at the highest rate since 2010 The instrumentum laboris draws from a rich variety of sources letters from Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI the magisterium of Pope Francis and reports from each region of Amazonia The document cites “Laudato Si’” 50 times and the apostolic exhortation “Evangelii Gaudium” 42 times who explained that he is “Mexican by birth Ecuadoran by choice and Amazonian by vocation,” told America that next month’s synod marks an important moment in a substantial process of consultation directly involving about 87,000 people from the Pan-Amazonian region over the course of two years Repam coordinated and conducted about 300 listening sessions throughout the region involving all nine countries in the Amazon About 22,000 people were directly involved in the territorial assemblies and smaller dialogue groups and another 65,000 people participated in parish groups various experts joined representatives of Amazon communities to reflect on issues that were being raised in the consultation process Half of the members of the commissions that prepared the preparatory document (lineamenta) and working document are from the territory of the Amazon have voiced strong criticisms of the working document for claiming that the Amazonian territory is a “theological place” and a “particular source of God’s revelation” and for suggesting that the church in response to pastoral challenges in the region might ordain older married men as priests or confer an “official ministry” on women has written that the document “contradicts the binding teaching of the church in decisive points and thus has to be qualified as heretical.” Cardinal Raymond Burke Louis and former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura says he is in agreement with Cardinal Brandmüller that some “disturbing propositions” of the working document “portend an apostasy from the Catholic faith.” López emphasized the number of people who “actively participated in the discernment and shared their insights indigenous leaders and organizations on the ground.” He added that 90 percent of the bishops of the Amazon region (about 107) also participated in those sessions The pre-synod council integrates bishops from the Amazonian territory bishops from other regions who are specialists in issues related to the synod and those who serve in various dicasteries in Rome The working document “has been discussed and approved by a very significant collegial structure that cannot be undermined by the criticism of a very few who have not been here,” said Mr “The voice of the people of God is there,” said Mr “Even though there might be some complex issues at stake these documents are coming from the voice of the people not some experts writing down their own ideas.” “We listened to the people who have devoted their lives—day in and day out—in the Amazonian region,” Mr “I invite anyone who feels that this document does not express reality to come here and serve in one community for a few months I am pretty sure that their ideas would change.” the pope emphasized bringing the periphery to the center to bring different voices and perspectives to bring courageous proposals and to be truthful to what we hear from the people,” said Mr which conveys the challenges and hopes of becoming a prophetic church with an “Amazon and missionary face,” contains the boldest proposals related to church organization The document asks that the Eucharistic ritual be adapted to local cultures calls for a change in the criteria “for selecting and preparing ministers authorized to celebrate the Eucharist,” to “reconsider the notion that exercise of jurisdiction (power of government) must be linked in all areas (sacramental administrative) and in a permanent way to the sacrament of Holy Orders” and for “new ministries to respond more effectively to the needs of the peoples of the Amazon.” Acts 6:1-7 and 1 Timothy 3:1-13 are referenced as examples of the early church responding to needs “by creating appropriate ministries.” In Acts 6 to ensure that widows are not neglected in daily ministry This is traditionally interpreted as the beginning of the ministry of the diaconate the author lists the qualifications of bishops The synod’s working document then calls upon the church to “promote vocations among indigenous men and women in order to respond to the need for pastoral and sacramental care,” to study “the possibility of priestly ordination...for older people even if they have an existing and stable family” and to “identify the type of official ministry that can be conferred on women taking into account the central role they play today in the Church in the Amazon.” In an interview with Crux published on Sept. 9 Bishop Adriano Ciocca Vasino of the Territorial Prelature of São Félix in Brazil said that he believes the working document is “timid” about the role of women in the Amazon which he characterizes as “already diaconal” in many of the communities “Women are already doing the work of ordained deacons in many places so I don’t see why such a reality can’t be acknowledged I believe this is only a matter of power,” Bishop Vasino said in the interview who years ago lived in the United States for about 18 months and more recently represented Repam at preparatory events for the synod in the United States said he has learned a lot from Americans’ consciousness of ecological issues and sensitivity toward creation and spirituality “We can see how serious the American public takes this commitment how much solidarity they express toward indigenous communities and what is happening in the global South,” he said “Americans understand how the Amazon is crucial to the future of the planet The peripheries—the Amazon and the indigenous—can bring light to the North the Amazon region can only have a future if things change in the North Note: Other sources suggest significantly lower Catholic populations in the Pan-Amazonian region, as Protestant denominations make gains. For example, in 2013 the Pew Research Center estimated the Catholic population in Brazil to be only 123 million and 65 percent of the country’s total population an associate editor at America from 2012 to 2014 is a licentiate student at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome In the Amazon BasinThreatened rainforest and youth Abraham LincolnKilled by John Wilkes Booth If women are already serving as deacons and the same way married men are serving the church then there is no reason to keep women or all married people from same ordination and priestly ordination Why are we seeking to confer different ministries on women except for the sake of misogyny based exclusionary tactics then it needs to ordain willing celibate women first and then willing married people as a matter of human dignity and human justice If we allow married men only to be ordained then we create greater sexism and misogyny despite whatever no-authority non-sacramental ministry we confer on women There is no such thing as equal but different - there is only different Even in mathematics we prove this 12 -4 = 8 and 8 is less than 12- always - it is never equal and there is only one reason to give sexes different titles and that is to make one group appear of lesser value and their works of lesser value than the other The Devil is the greatest misogynist of all and no genuine Christian can support misogyny and claim to be a lover of Christ We must pick one master or the other - Misogyny or Christianity - the Lover of all humanity Concerning “pastoral and sacramental care,” excellent ideas about opening ministries and the priesthood to others than celibate males in the Amazon one priest offers pastoral care to six churches in two small cities The environmental challenges of the Amazon are serious but the cultural and moral challenges to Christianity in today’s secular societies are even more so My best hope is that the Amazon synod might be an incubator for the rest of the Church My fear is that it is a kind of reparation to native people whose ancestors were treated so violently and unjustly by Europeans including churchmen 500 years ago I just do not relate to this part of our Church There is a lot of heated rhetoric going on here possibly increasing because of atmospheric carbon The Church is about saving people from the fires of hell not the few degrees temperature increase projected over the next century All the rest could be done by Governments or NGOs the Church that doesn't evangelize becomes just another NGO Pope Francis has made a commitment there will be no change in Church doctrine or discipline there are many parties trying to get their agenda inserted in place of Catholicism The souls of the 30+ Million people are at stake and the test of success will be their successful evangelization Password reset instructions will be sent to your registered email address As a frequent reader of our website, you know how important America’s voice is in the conversation about the church and the world. 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Please contact us at members@americamedia.org with any questions By 2025-01-22T13:01:00+00:00 Brazil’s Itaueira is resuming exports of its premium Rei-branded yellow melons after a seven-year break to focus on the domestic market the company will ship its signature yellow melons along with smaller quantities of other varieties including mini seedless watermelons This renewed focus on exports comes after a 20 per cent increase in planted area driven by the reactivation of the company’s farm in Morada Nova This gives it a total production area of 3,000ha hectares “Expanding into international markets is a natural step for our company after the excellent results we’ve achieved in Brazil With the expansion of our production capacity and the improvement of our processes we are confident in offering the same superior-quality products to international consumers,” said international sales manager Aryan Schut Itaueira will be exhibiting at next month’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin Site powered by Webvision Cloud Itaueira has stood out in the Brazilian market as a company in the production of melons but growing with a focus on the domestic market the company is taking a big step forward by summarizing its journey in the global market other varieties will be exported in the testing phase with an emphasis on the seedless mini watermelon This expansion strategy is thanks to the significant increase in export volume with the reactivation of its farm in Morada Nova - CE The company expanded its operations by 20% now having a total of 3,000 hectares of production it will also be possible to better serve the Brazilian market "Expanding into international markets is a natural step for our company after the excellent results achieved in Brazil we are confident that we can also offer superior quality products to international consumers," said Aryan Schut Itaueira will be participating in Fruit Logistica Berlin in Hall 23 For more information:ItaueiraTel: +55 11 9 9678 3332Commercial contact[email protected] www.itaueira.com Itaueira has stood out in the Brazilian market as a leader in premium melon production for 40 years the company is taking a big step by resuming its journey in the global market Itaueira will not only export its signature yellow melon but will also introduce other varieties on a trial basis This renewed focus on exports is supported by a 20% expansion in operations driven by the reactivation of its farm in Morada Nova the company reached a total production area of 3,000 hectares assuring to better serve both international and Brazilian markets “Expanding into international markets is a natural step for our company after the excellent results we’ve achieved in Brazil we are confident in offering the same superior-quality products to international consumers,” said Aryan Schut RELATED NEWS: HillFresh and Itaueira intensify their melon partnership Itaueira will be participating in Fruit Logistica Berlin get the highlights of the horticultural week BRAZIL - Two plants have opened in Jaguaribara and Morada Nova to reduce tilapia waste by converting it into biodiesel The announcement was made by Joacir Moreira from the National Department of Works Against Drought (DNOCS) Mr Moreira said that the plants have been set up in order to prevent the environmental problem of fish waste The new facilities will produce around 8,000 liters of biodiesel per day Water Resources and Environment of Jaguaribara Antonio Flavio Batista de Araújo estimates that the biodiesel plant will help in preserving the environment minimising the negative impact of aquaculture and will add value to production The Secretary of Agriculture of Jaguaribara says the plant will provide sustainability to the life of small producers Nossos serviços estão apresentando instabilidade no momento Algumas informações podem não estar disponíveis 2022 10h00 AM | Last Updated: September 23 Cattle herd hits a record in 2021 and reaches 224.6 million head Cattle herd increased for the third consecutive year and reached the record figure in the time series according to the Municipal Livestock Survey (PPM) The increase of 3.1% in comparison with 2020 caused the number of head to reach 224.6 million the year of 2021 was marked by the retention of female for the production of calves opposite to the decrease in slaughter of cattle due to the lack of animals ready for slaughter São Félix do Xingu (PA) is still the leader Value of livestock production reached R$91.4 billion The value of production of the main agricultural products reached R$91.4 billion Milk production concentrated 74.5% of this amount followed by production of hen eggs (23.9%) the same list as in 2020: Santa Maria de Jetibá (ES) recorded the highest value of production of which 94.1% come from the sales of hen eggs product of which the municipality leads the ranking 95.7% from the same activity as in the previous case Castro (PR) is another municipality in the top 3 It is the main national producer of cow’s milk with 97.3% of the value of production relative to this product (R$901.9) Production of milk is stable and average price records increase of 21% in 2021 Milk production was estimated at 35.3 billion liters in 2021 a figure that shows stability in comparison with the figure in 2020 recorded an increase in production (12.8%) and reached 5.5 billion liters Investments by this sector and better weather conditions observed in the last few years led to the increase of production for the fifth consecutive year despite the decrease of 0.8% in the annual comparison remaied as the origin of the biggest production of milk As for the 5,502 Brazilian municipalities that produced some milk an increase of 4.9% in comparison with 2020 The third municipality was Patos de Minas (MG) It is worthy of mention that seven of the 10 main municipalities regarding milk production were located in Minas Gerais The average price paid for the liter of milk rose 21.0% in 2021 Value of production amounted to R$68.2 billion “The change was mainly an attempt at mirroring the rise of production costs As in the case of milk production and in the ranking of previous years Minas Gerais led the value of milk production an increase of 21.4% against the previous year Raising of hogs and pigs increases and hits record figure; South has half of the national total The number of hogs and pigs increased 3.2% in 2021 the main inventory of hogs and pigs in the time series the year registered historical rises in input prices “That was a challenging situation for producers but slaughter of hogs and pigs was still on an ipward trend and reached record results as for volume and revenue.” The South region is still the main one in terms of animal raising: 21.4 million animals Santa Catarina remains as the leader at state level now followed by Uberlândia (MG) and Rio Verde (GO) the production of hen eggs increased by 1.7% despite the decrease of 4% in relation to the previous year It accounts for 40.4% of the national total The Southeast has states in the first position (São Paulo with 8.5%) and the fifth position (Espírito Santo which makes the South Region as second in the ranking: 22.9% the main five ones are: Santa Maria de Jetibá (ES) Primavera do Leste (MT) and São Bento do Una (PE) and Itanhandu (MG) increased by 3.5% (52.2 million animals) between 2020 and 2021 is number one in the ranking of 5,486 municipalities with the presence of poultry This municipality recorded an increase of 17.8% in 2021 Itaberaí (GO) and Cianorte (PR) surpassed Bastos (SP) and complete the top 5.As for poultry production Santa Maria de Jetibá (ES) is still the leader Primavera do Leste (MT) and Itanhandu (MG) Production of honey is still on an upward trend and hits a record high The national production of honey reached 55.8 thousand tonnes The increase was mainly due to the increases in the South Value of production reached R$ 854.4 million “There is demand and room for increase of this market with rise of the dollar and rise of prices," Ms Rio Grande do Sul is the main producer among Brazilian states followed by Paraná (8.4 thousand) and Piauí (6.9 thousand) These states have led the ranking since 2017 they represent 43.9% of the total Brazilian production Among the 3,991 municipalities that produced honey in 2021 with an estimated production of 925.6 tonnes with the biggest national production (35.4%) and an increase of 4.2% from 2020 with 20.1 thousand tonnes (3.6% of the natonal production) remains as the leader Also relevant are Morada Nova de Minas (MG) tilápia has been the number 1 among fish species tilapia production amounted to 361.3 thousand tonnes or 64.6% of the national production of fish with Paraná leading the state ranking for the species and The second most produced species was tambaqui and 94.6 thousand tonnes (16.9%) of the total fish farming production This species is mainly concentrated in the North both represented 94.2% of the national total Rondônia leads the state ranking once more and accounts for 36.7% of the total tambaqui production Maranhão (12.1%) and Roraima (12.1%) are also important for production Amajari (RO) and Almas (TO) form the top 3 In the third position of fish farming is the group tambacu and tambatinga (7,7% of the total production) Production is distributed among the Central West (58.6%) the Northeast (25.4%) and the North Region (14.7%) which accounted for 54.8% of the national production of these two species with a production of 21% of the total produced which increased for the 4th consecutive year Shrimp farming reached 78.6 million kilos in 2021 which is concentrated in the Northeast (99.7% of the total) has increased for the fourth consecutive time “Every edition of the survey the sector proves to have overcome the crisis caused by the white spot syndrome virus,” says Mariana Oliveira Ceará is the main producer With an increase of 38.3% in production the state has left Rio Grande do Norte (second-placed state) 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Value of production found by PPM 2023 hit R$ 122.4 billion an increase of 5.4% from the previous year Livestock productsreached R$ 112.3 billion and aquaculture items were responsible for R$ 10.2 billion Cattle inventory reached 238.6 million head in 2023 the highest in the time series initiated in 1974 Although the figure means an increase of the herd the change by 1.6% from the previous year was the lowest percent change observed in the last three years which shows a trend to deceleration in the sector and reversal of the livestock cycle presents information like this about inventories livestock products and aquiculture in the country which are also available on the survey page on the IBGE website on Sidra once more leading the municipal ranking of cattle inventories Corumbá (Mato Grosso do Sul) keeps the second biggest herd and Porto Velho (Rondônia) remained in the third position in 2023 Milk production hit a record in 2023 and reached 35.4 billion liters in spite of the decrease in the number of milked cows the lowest number of milked cows observed since 1979 the estimated production of cow milk was 35.4 billion liters This figure corresponds to an increase of 2.4% in national production The value of milk production in 2023 amounted to R$ 80.4 billion The average estimated price was R$ 2.27  per liter of milk “Milk production activity had been on a downward trends and now it recorded an increase in 2023 despite the slight reduction in the number of dairy cows (0.1%) So the increase in production means an increase in productivity,” says Mariana Oliveira The municipality of Castro (Paraná) had the biggest output Carambeí (Paraná) remained in the second position with 211.1 million liters produced and R$ 513.0 million in value of production It was estimated that there were 1.6 billion chicken head in Brazil an increase of 0.6% compared to the previous year there was a new record for fresh chicken meat exported as well as an increase in chicken slaughter by 2.8% and 3.5% in cumulative weight mainly as a result of the importance of Paraná in the activity it has been the main state in this headcount since 2006; the number of 453.4 million animals in 2023 was also a record for the Federation Unit Both the Major Region and the state also stand out in Brazil regarding cattle slaughter The second largest inventory is in São Paulo Itaberaí (Goiás) kept a high number of chickens ranking as the main municipality in terms of numbers followed by Santa Maria de Jetibá (Espírito Santo) The number of goats increased by 4.0% in 2023 while the number of sheep increased by 1.3% Both are records in the time series of the survey The Northeast region was mainly responsible for this increase as it accounts for 96.0% of all goats and 71.2% of all sheep Bahia and Pernambuco stand out regarding this production as the first and second states in both types of farming with 30.7% of the goat herd and 23.0% of the sheep herd in the country coming from Bahia the biggest inventories of goats are found in Casa Nova (Bahia) The same municipality is the main one for sheep Dormentes (Pernambuco) and Sant'Ana do Livramento (Rio Grande do Sul) in contrast to the previous municipalities Egg production reaches a new record in the time series of the survey   the hen egg production in Brazil increased by 2.9% in the year 2023 resulting in a new record in the time series which estimates that egg production has been increasing uninterruptedly since 1999 The main five municipalities in terms of egg production were Santa Maria de Jetibá (Espírito Santo) São Bento do Una (Pernambuco) and Beberibe (Ceará) A total of 43.0 million pigs were registered in this edition of the survey there were 3.1% less animals in the country compared to the previous year the total number of hogs and pigs was practically stable There was also a 1.3% increase in the slaughter of hogs and pigs but with deceleration of increase in the sector There was also a record in fresh pork exports “The drop in hogs and pigs is due to some uncertainties in the year of 2023 We have seen a significant increase in recent years due to the volume of exports Another point was production costs for pig farmers” The main five municipalities in terms of hog and pigs numbers were Concórdia (Santa Catarina) and Tapurah (Mato Grosso) National honey production increased by 2.7% in 2023 the highest value ever recorded in the time series of the survey which has seen consecutive increases since 2016 and which in 2022 surpassed the South in terms of production accounting for 39.9% of the national total in 2023 The municipalities with the largest honey production were the following order São Raimundo Nonato (Piauí) and Ortigueira (Paraná) The fish production estimate for 2023 increased by 5.8% to 655,300 tons resulting in a production value of 6.7 billion reais an increase of 16.8% from the previous year The most produced fish in Brazil since the beginning of the fish farming survey has been tilapia its production accounted for 67.5% of the total. The main municipality in fish farming in 2023 was Morada Nova de Minas (Minas Gerais) which significantly increased its production now representing 3.1% of the national production Palotina (Paraná) and Assis Chateaubriand (Paraná) stood out as major producers the five of them account for 12.8% of Brazilian fish production Brazilian production of shrimp raised in captivity reached 127,500 tons an increase of 13.0% over the previous year The value of production was R$2.63 billion This estimate corresponds to a record in the production time series which has been increasing continuously since 2017 mainly from Ceará (57.0%) and Rio Grande do Norte (19.4%) The largest producing municipalities are in the two main states which produces 13,800 tons and accounts for 10.8% of national production and 18.9% of state production the Municipal Livestock Production Survey (PPM) investigates information on the main livestock species raised and the production of milk thus constituting the main source of statistics for this economic segment The survey provides information on the livestock inventories existing in the municipality on the reference date of the survey as well as on the production of animal origin and the value of the production during the reference year greasy wool and cocoons of silkworm; the amount of milked cows and sheared sheep; and aquaculture The non-existence of coastal areas in nine Brazilian states does not prevent the production and consumption of fish The overall output of Brazilian fish farming amounted to 507.12 thousand metric tons in 2016 which means an increase of 4.4% against the previous year according to data from the Municipal Livestock Survey (PPM) followed by Paraná (76.06 thousand metric tons) and São Paulo (48.35 thousand metric tons) Tilapia and tambaqui lead the national production Although Paraná and São Paulo have had the biggest state productions of tilapia which accounted for the biggest municipal output Minas Gerais was in the third position among the states and Morada Novas de Minas (MG) is the municipality with the second biggest output of tilapia in the country: 8.4 thousand metric tons The position as a fish farming center in the state is recent as are the positive effects in terms of labor and income but the fish is found everywhere here nowadays” regional development analyst at the Development Agency of São Francisco and Parnaíba River Valleys (Codevasf) The potential of the Minas Gerais Area comes from the lake formed by the reservoir of Três Marias (created to control the flow rate of São Francisco Rive) which is proper for raising fish in aquaculture cages The area has been acknowledged as a Local Productive Arrangement (APL) – there are found several companies and institutions belonging to a same sector and which work in partnership - fostering the growth of the economic activity a partnership between Codevasf and the Ministry of Fishing and Aquaculture promoted the implementation of the first demonstrative facility for tilapia production in aquaculture  cages of the reservoir the company gave the municipality a Fish Processing Unit managed by the Cooperative of Fish Farmers from the High and Medium São Francisco (Coopeixe) estimates that the sector generates 1,500 direct and indirect jobs with a monthly output of 1.5 thousand tilapia  "Fish farming is now strong in the municipality; as agriculture used to be" is believed to have had 32 fish farmers in 2016; that figure increases to 71 if we count those in surrounding cities most of them small and medium entrepreneurs he also started raising fish in a approximately 200 cages which is expected to generate 60 new job posts is convinced the activity has changed many lives: "my wife and I have worked in this field." It's been eight years since I started comes the increased demand for the product in the market since the tilapia is said to have mild taste with fishbones new businesses were created after the tilapia production chain which are eventually provided to fish farmers for slaughter or sale cannot even consider having another occupation rather than dealing with fish He has been into fingerling raising since the end of his studies I expected to produce 350 thousand fingerling per month Since then we have reached an output of 2 million and a intend to surpass the figure of 3 milion in 2018." In spite of this very positive scenario for fish farming in Morada Nova de Minas Ailton Batista and Carlos Ribeiro feel sorry for having difficulties and facing bureacracy to regulate the activity that requires an environmental license to work and to be granted credit the trout is raised only in the South and Southeast of Brazil Minas Gerais is the biggest national producer with an output that increased by 76.5% between 2013 and 2016 Santa Catarina is second in the ranking (700 metric tons) way better Rio de Janeiro (86 metric tons) According to the technical assistant of Fisheries Fish Farming and Environment from the Company of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension of the State of Minas Gerais (Emater-MG) that species was introduced in Brazil in the 1950's a survey conducted by the company estimated that there are "The trout has a high nutritional value and a great importance in gastronomy with a high potential for being used in the market and in terms of price" The south of Minas Gerais is responsible for most of the state production The favorable geography of the Mantiqueira Mountain Ridge which makes the place the biggest trout producer in the country Another characteristic is that the animals use little space in the property make a living out of the sale of trout fingerling Twenty years ago he saw the high water potential of the region and the opportunity of investing in fish farming "I started out with very few trout and sold the fish little by little othe news spread and now there are many people interested" who trades one thousand trout for R$120 to R$ 200 and highlights the main advantage of this activity is its easy handling The entrepreneur tries to have a diversiy of earnings and for that he also explores the tourist potential of the area He has an area dedicated to recreational fishing and also plans on opening a restaurant and buying a balloon curiosity attracts tourists to the property of Antônio Magalhães he says today the activity is only a pastime when many houses were built and the water was over" He is currently into carp farming and what calls people's attention is the habit of using baby bottles to feed the fish "I saw it on TV the other day and tried to try" for the carp is a very meek fish." A lot of people come here to see them he says as he expects to expand is business Rio Grande do Sul was the main producer of the species in 2016 the carp was the number six most produced fish in Brazil Indigenous people from the Shanenawa tribe dance during a festival to celebrate nature and ask for an end to the burning of the Amazon in the indigenous village of Morada Nova near Feijo Brazil: As thousands of fires ravage the Amazon told Reuters as he danced in a circle as part of their ritual Tens of thousands of forest fires have been recorded in the Amazon during this year's dry season at the same time as Brazil's new far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has argued that the forest needs to be exploited without our land we won't be able to live." The Shanenawa number about 720 and inhabit around 23,000 hectares (57,000 acres) of land Many of them are believed to have been set by cattle and soy farmers As a far-right Congressman and presidential candidate Bolsonaro drew headlines for his disparaging comments regarding Indian tribes he has said that too much of the country's territory is unproductive because indigenous tribes have special rights