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nutrients, which consequently reduced the need for heavy and expensive fertilization. The system provides long-term increase in productive potential of the cultivated plantations. The company believes that the sustainability of the productive system mainly depends on the correct management of the soil.
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SLC Agrícola holds 460,600 hectares (1,138,000 acres) of farmable land worth R$ 2.376 billion. That area is distributed through 16 farms, and each farm name starts with P and has 8 letters. Three of SLC's farms (Planeste, Panorama, and
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SLC Agrícola is one of the biggest soy products of Brazil, with plans to plan 185,300 hectares (458,000 acres) in 2013–14. The company culottes soy in the main agricultural regions of Brazil, and its production is commercialized to both national and international markets.
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herbicides. There experiments simulate the real land conditions and are conducted scientifically. SLC Agrícola performs 190 yearly land tests, and such tests happen in an area of 1.3 hectares (3.2 acres).
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