Carroll Farms Brazil
Welcome to Carroll Farms Brazil
Carroll Farms Brazil is the international portion of the Carroll Farms operation. The 26,000 acre grain, fiber, ginning, and business management operation is based in Bahia, Brazil.
New Monthly Updates With Photos posted on May 13th, 2010
In 2010 we began sending a monthly newsletter update to landlords and investors. We have taken out all private, investor specific information so that we can share with the public. We will post on this blog whenever ne...
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Late Season Crop Update posted on April 21st, 2009
Bean harvest has been underway for several weeks, but it's been slow going. After heavy rains through the month of January the weather turned dry until mid-march. Late planted corn, beans, and cotton all felt the effects of the dry weather. Early planted crops were less affected.&n...
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Mid-season update posted on January 11th, 2009
Heavy rains have continued in Bahia making this the wettest year we have ever had. Wet weather slowed down planting, but we were still able to finish the week before Christmas. Saturated ground has caused some disease issues in small cotton plants, and cloudy days make for slow growing e...
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Planting, markets, and rain, rain, rain posted on November 24th, 2008
Planting is well underway. We finished corn on November 7, and then planted 70% of the beans over the next few days. Since the rains started on November 12 we have had very few working hours. There are still 20% of the beans to finish up, and cotton planting began last Wednesday an...
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Fertilizer Application and the Financial Crisis posted on October 23rd, 2008
Fertilizer application is nearly 50% completed. The average desired application rate on our first 5000 acres was 247 lbs of Potash per acre, and the actual applied rate ended up at 249, so I couldn't be happier with my fertilizer manager, tractor drivers, and equipment. We have 4 variabl...
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