Case Study: SLC Agrícola

Sana, Ronei Sandri

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Ronei Sandri Sana⁶

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SLC Agrícola, founded in 1977 by the SLC Group, is one of the world’s largest producers of grains and fibers, and is focused on the production of cotton, soybeans, and corn. Headquartered in Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil), the company has 22 farms, strategically located in seven Brazilian states, totaling 660,000 ha with crop.

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Master Precision Agriculture, Digital Agriculture Manager at SLC Agrícola, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Daniel Marçal de Queiroz
Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Domingos Sárvio M. Valente
Federal Universidade of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
Francisco de Assis de Carvalho Pinto
Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, Brazil
Aluízio Borém
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Sana, R.S. (2022). Case Study: SLC Agrícola. In: Marçal de Queiroz, D., M. Valente, D.S., de Assis de Carvalho Pinto, F., Borém, A., Schueller, J.K. (eds) Digital Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14533-9_17

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