Agropecuaria Barras LTDA
Food Production - Barras, Piauí, Brazil
Agropecuaria Barras LTDA Employees
Agropecuaria Barras LTDA Details
Barras is a limited liability Company located in Brazil and owned by investors from both the United States and Brazil who have extensive experience in farming, global agricultural trading, and processing. Acquisition of land began in Piaui. In 2007.The state of Piaui has one million hectares of land available for large-scale agricultural production. Land prices in the region have been rapidly increasing and it is becoming more competitive for export due to its geographical strategic location and new logistics investments.• Located in ne of the most poor and remote area of Brazil to start a company from ground zero in Nov/2011.• Overcame all bureaucracy and made possible to start project according to every environmental legislation,• Worked with technical team, governmental institutions, overcame problems with corruption a from government institutions and lack of knowledge from the technical law enforcement agents.• Planted 2000 acres of Reforestation with Eucalyptus. That is around 1.6 Million Trees• Trained and hired more than 100 persons to plant 1000 ha in 2 years.• Forests average growth has been presenting to be one the best growing yield of any farm in Piaui today.• Hours of work with schools, churches, community to explain the project as Eucalyptus has a very bad reputation for draining the water of the soil.• 4000 acres of Grains area and 2000 acres of Eucalyptus trees• Full time job for more than 100 persons.• Develop and sophisticated the formula of how to clear land with the best results possible.• Developed good relationships with suppliers and buyers.• Started a project with the community around where every community have 2 acres of land to plant, teaching them how to work the same land every year instead of using the old methods of setting fire on the grass and plant on top of the charcoal.US$ 15 MM have been invested creating a micro-economy larger than all the cities around combined
