What we read
Official bodies, sector media and farm people we follow.
Links to third-party sites. We have no commercial relationship with any of them, and each is responsible for what it publishes.
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Official sources
Where the figures come from. Everything we cite starts here.
- IBGE · SIDRA ↗︎ Herd by municipality, milk output, historical series.
- Embrapa Caprinos e Ovinos ↗︎ Based in Sobral, Ceará. The only national unit for small ruminants.
- Embrapa Gado de Corte ↗︎ Research on pasture, nutrition and beef management.
- Embrapa Gado de Leite ↗︎ Reference on dairy production and lactating cow nutrition.
- Embrapa Semiárido ↗︎ Living with drought, forage and water in the Northeast.
- MAPA ↗︎ Animal feed legislation and product registration.
- INMET ↗︎ Rainfall, temperature and agroclimatic bulletins by region.
- CONAB ↗︎ Production costs and supply data.
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Farm media
Daily coverage. Good for following the market; never for citing a figure.
- Globo Rural ↗︎ Globo's magazine and TV show, the historic reference of Brazilian agribusiness, decades of field reporting.
- Canal Rural ↗︎ Daily Brazilian agribusiness news: markets, weather and farm policy, with Giro do Boi on cattle.
- Canal do Boi ↗︎ The pioneer TV channel of live cattle auctions, on farmers’ screens since the 90s.
- Notícias Agrícolas ↗︎ Daily market prices farmers follow: grains, fed cattle, milk and currency.
- Portal DBO ↗︎ Brazil's classic beef cattle magazine: genetics, management and ranch business.
- MilkPoint ↗︎ The dairy reference: markets, quality and management for dairy farmers.
- BeefPoint ↗︎ Technical and market content on beef cattle: analysis, management and prices.
- Página Rural ↗︎ Veteran aggregator of the farm world: news, events and releases from across the country.
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People in farming
Those who tell the story of the land. Links to their official sites.
- Marcos Feitosa ↗︎ Founder of VERMEFÓS and promoter of agro events in the Cariri.
- Renata Maron ↗︎ Journalist and presenter with Grupo Bandeirantes, with a track record in farming media.
- Kellen Severo ↗︎ Agro economics journalist with her own daily news channel.
- Mauro Sérgio Ortega ↗︎ Journalist who hosts Giro do Boi, Canal Rural's daily beef cattle program.
- Marcos Fava Neves ↗︎ The Doutor Agro: USP and FGV professor, a reference in agribusiness strategy.
- José Luiz Tejon ↗︎ Agribusiness communicator, adviser, author and speaker.
- Camila Telles ↗︎ New-generation agro communicator bridging farm and city.
- Kelly Godoy ↗︎ Record News agribusiness anchor and editor, presenting Record News Rural.
- Xico Graziano ↗︎ Agronomist and columnist, a veteran voice of Brazilian agriculture.
- Egídio Serpa ↗︎ Economy columnist at Diário do Nordeste, covering Ceará's agribusiness regularly.
- Marcelo Pereira de Carvalho ↗︎ Founder of MilkPoint, a reference in Brazilian dairy market and supply chain analysis.
- Paulo Ozaki ↗︎ Agronomist and creator of Agro Resenha, Brazil's first agribusiness podcast.
- Marcelo de Paula Xavier ↗︎ Editor of Canal do Leite, a digital outlet covering the Brazilian dairy chain.
- Sergio Raposo de Medeiros ↗︎ Researcher at Embrapa Southeast Livestock and Portal DBO columnist on animal production.
Third-party content. The professionals listed have no affiliation, sponsorship or commercial relationship with VERMEFÓS.
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Ceará and the Northeast
Our region. Who supports, funds and trains those who farm here.
- Banco do Nordeste · ETENE ↗︎ Economic studies and rural credit for the Northeast.
- IPECE ↗︎ Statistics and economic research for Ceará.
- URCA ↗︎ The regional university of the Cariri, on our doorstep.
- Governo do Estado do Ceará ↗︎ Official state portal with Ceará farm policies and programs.
- SDA Ceará ↗︎ Agrarian Development Secretariat: programs for Ceará farmers.
- ADAGRI ↗︎ Ceará agricultural defense agency: animal and plant health.
- EMATERCE ↗︎ Ceará state technical assistance and rural extension.
- FUNCEME ↗︎ Ceará meteorology and water resources: rain, reservoirs, forecasts.
- SUDENE ↗︎ Federal superintendency for Northeast development.
- Banco do Nordeste ↗︎ The region's development bank: rural credit and FNE financing.
- SENAR Ceará ↗︎ Rural professional training within the FAEC system.
- SEBRAE Ceará ↗︎ Support for small rural businesses: management, market, training.
- IFCE ↗︎ Federal Institute of Ceará: technical and higher education, agro included.
- UFC ↗︎ Federal University of Ceará, with agrarian sciences and animal science.
- Instituto CENTEC ↗︎ Professional and technological education across inland Ceará.
