Table 2. Characteristics of soy farms in the sample
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Farmer group |
Location |
Area farm (ha) |
Area under soy |
Area under pasture |
Area refor-ested |
Natural forest |
Use of land before soy |
Perm. workers† |
Temp. workers |
Bags soybean per ha |
Second crop |
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Medium/small size, open market |
Sorriso |
3600 |
2600 |
80 |
17 |
900 |
Cerrado, followed by one year of rice |
7 |
0 |
55 |
maize, sunflower |
|
Guarantã do Norte |
1035 |
710 |
- |
- |
325 |
Cattle/ |
5 |
10 |
60.5 |
maize |
|
Sorriso |
687 |
450 |
- |
- |
237 |
Cattle |
1 |
1 |
63 |
maize |
|
Sorriso |
650 |
500 |
3 |
- |
147 |
Cerrado, followed by one year of rice |
2 |
0 |
63 |
maize |
|
Nova Ubirata |
545 |
400 |
30 |
|
115 |
Cerrado |
0 |
2 |
65 |
maize |
|
Guaranta do Norte |
250 |
150 |
75 |
- |
25 |
Cerrado, followed by rice |
0 |
0 |
60 |
maize |
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“Landless” (agrarian reform) farmers under PNBP |
Sorriso (S. Rosa) |
1001 |
66 |
- |
3 |
301 |
Cattle |
|
|
|
maize |
|
Sorriso (S. Rosa) |
100 |
70 |
- |
- |
30 |
Cattle |
0 |
0 |
55 |
maize/beans |
|
Sorriso (S. Rosa) |
100 |
70 |
- |
- |
30 |
Cattle |
0 |
0 |
50 |
maize/beans |
|
Sorriso (S. Rosa) |
100 |
70 |
- |
- |
30 |
Cattle |
0 |
0 |
- |
maize |
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† Note: in addition to family labor