FARM VAU DO FORMOSO
Location: Cocos municipality, West Bahia, Brazil
- Total area: 5,000 ha
- Pastures: 2500 ha
- Grass: Mombasa, braquiara, andropogo
- Natural reserve: 20% (1000 ha)
- Undeveloped land: 30%
- Topography: All flat
- Current operation: cattle breeding and raising farm
- Suitable for crop production too: soybean, maize, cotton, coffee
- Paved roads just completed 70km from the farm
- High speed finished dirt roads on the farm
Using irrigation on cattle or crop production farms increases yields up to 7 times, respectively returns on investment.
Enough water resources and electricity on the farm:
- Water springs on the farm
- The farm is located beneath Urucuia Aquifer
- Rainfall: 1400 mm to 1600mm
- Rainy season from October till April
- Wells on the farm: 1
- Irrigation pivots installed: 3
- Diesel generators and electricity point on the farm
SERRANO KURT FARM
West Bahia, Brazil, Municipality of Cocos
- Farm size: 3840 ha
- Grass pastures: 1200 ha
- Natural reserve: 20%
- Operation: Cattle breeding and raising farm
- Farm’s capacity: 4000 heads with no irrigation
- Using irrigation with center pivots will increase the productivity up to 7 times
- Large wooden farmhouse
- Autonomous solar power supply.
- Residential building for employees
- Wells and camps for the cattle
- Diesel generators
- Good internal and external roads
- Low taxes in farming in Brazil – below 5%, no VAT applied
- Low administrative and operational costs
- High ROI
- Water springs and 6 months rainy seasons
