Tree Inventory and 2019-2020 Orange Crop Forecast for São Paulo and West-Southwest Minas Gerais Citrus Belt
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TREE INVENTORY AND 2019-2020 ORANGE CROP FORECAST FOR SÃO PAULO AND WEST-SOUTHWEST MINAS GERAIS CITRUS BELT SECTION I TREE INVENTORY 1 – INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 19 2 – METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES .......................................................................................... 21 3 – RESULTS ............................................................................................................................................ 25 3.1 – MAIN CONCLUSIONS ON THE TREE INVENTORY .......................................................... 25 3.2 – TABLES OF DATA .................................................................................................................... 29 3.3 – ABANDONED ORANGE GROVES ....................................................................................... 102 SECTION II CROP FORECAST 1 – 2019-2020 ORANGE CROP FORECAST ........................................................................................ 11 2 – OBJECTIVE SURVEY METHOD FOR THE ORANGE CROP FORECAST .......................... 12 3 – TABLES OF DATA ............................................................................................................................ 21 TREE INVENTORY OF SÃO PAULO AND WEST-SOUTHWEST MINAS GERAIS CITRUS BELT SNAPSHOT OF GROVES IN MARCH 2019 TOTAL ORANGE TREES1 BY REGION Total: 195.27 million trees Minas Gerais São Paulo (millions) 5.00 – 9.99 Snapshot10.00 – 13.99 99 14.00 – 16.99 17.00 – 24.99 ≥ 25.00 VARIATION IN TOTAL ORANGE TREES1 BETWEEN THE 2018 AND 2019 INVENTORIES Minas Gerais São Paulo (percentage) ≤ -7.5% - 7.5% – -2.5% -2.5% – +2.5% +2.5% – +7,5% ≥ +7.5% Total orange trees1 Total orange trees1 Abbreviation Region 2018 2019 Abbreviation Region 2018 2019 Variation Variation Inventory2 Inventory2 Inventory2 Inventory2 (millions) (millions) (%) (millions) (millions) (%) TMG Triângulo Mineiro 12.58 12.91 2.60 BEB Bebedouro 26.06 25.43 5.75 VOT Votuporanga 8.83 7.98 -9.60 ALT Altinópolis 5.41 5.68 1.23 SJO S. J. do Rio Preto 11.23 11.98 6.65 MAT Matão 20.75 19.15 -4.24 DUA Duartina 26.91 26.78 -0.49 PFE P.Ferreira 18.85 19.39 -0.26 AVA Avaré 27.22 27.70 1.72 BRO Brotas 8.96 8.73 -0.56 ITG Itapetininga 10.76 11.91 10.74 LIM Limeira 21.04 17.63 -7.16 1 Varieties: Hamlin, Westin, Rubi, Valencia Americana, Seleta, Pineapple, Pera Rio, Valencia, Valencia Folha Murcha and Natal. Snapshot of groves in March. Calculations made used whole numbers and all decimal points. 7 TREE INVENTORY OF SÃO PAULO AND WEST-SOUTHWEST MINAS GERAIS CITRUS BELT– SNAPSHOT OF GROVES IN MARCH 2019 Published on May 24, 20191 Publication Schedule 2019-2020 Crop Year Executive summary of the 2019-2020 orange crop forecast: May 10, 2019 March 2019 tree inventory: May 24, 2019 Crop forecast: May 24, 2019 1st Crop forecast update: September 10, 2019 2nd Crop forecast update: December 10, 2019 3rd Crop forecast update: February 11, 2020 Final crop forecast: April 10, 2020 This is a live document in that it serves to know and explore the citrus belt in rich detail and provide support to agents in this sector. In that sense and with the aim of meeting the demands both from the citrus segment and the press, we reserve the right to enlarge, review and deepen the information already published. It is therefore recommended that the most recent publication available at www.fundecitrus.com.br be used. 1 Year 5 – No 1 – May 24, 2019 (Portuguese version only) Year 5 – No 2 – May 27, 2019 (Portuguese version only) Year 5 – No 3 – May 29, 2019 (Portuguese and English versions) Improvements resulting from text review and information included are presented in a consolidated form on the last page of this report. Performed by FUNDECITRUS in cooperation with MARKESTRAT, FEA-RP/USP and the department of Math and Science of FCAV/Unesp TREE INVENTORY OF SÃO PAULO AND WEST-SOUTHWEST MINAS GERAIS CITRUS BELT SNAPSHOT OF GROVES IN MARCH 2019 Fundecitrus Araraquara, São Paulo 2019 Av. Adhemar Pereira de Barros, 201 | Vila Melhado | ZIP Code: 14807-040 | Araraquara | São Paulo | Brazil www.fundecitrus.com.br Catalog card in Fundecitrus Library 338.1 Tree inventory of São Paulo and West-Southwest I624 Minas Gerais citrus belt: snapshot of groves in March 2019/ Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura... [et al.]. – Araraquara,SP : Fundecitrus, 2019. 103 p. ISSN: 2446-7723 (printed) ISSN: 2446-7731 (online) 1. Agricultural census 2. Agribusiness 3. Citrus fruits 4. Orange I. Fundecitrus II. Markestrat III. FEA-RP/USP IIII. FCAV/Unesp. The use of any data from this publication should be rightfully credited to publishers by citing their names and complying with norms for usage. Such credits shall be stated in any publication or public communication that mentions any of this data. Copying, publishing, distributing or reprinting in full or of a substantial part of this document for commercial reasons is not allowed, except otherwise authorized by legal representatives of publishers. 11 Lourival Carmo Monaco Fundecitrus President Roberto Hugo Jank Junior Fundecitrus Vice-President Antonio Juliano Ayres Fundecitrus General Manager Marcos Fava Neves PES Political-Institutional and Methodological Coordinator, part-time Full Professor at FEA-RP/USP and other organizations Vinícius Gustavo Trombin PES Executive Coordinator and partner at Markestrat José Carlos Barbosa Methodology Analyst and (Voluntary) Full Professor at the department of Math and Science at FCAV/Unesp Supervision Fernando Alvarinho Delgado, Fundecitrus Roseli Reina, Fundecitrus Technical Committee Bruno Gustavo Zacarin, Statistician at Citrosuco Ezequiel Castilho, Production and Logistics Manager at Agroterenas Franklin Behlau, Researcher at Fundecitrus Ivan Brandimarte, Agricultural Manager at Cambuhy Jackeline da Silva Carvalho, Juice Research Manager at the Louis Dreyfus Company Luiz Fernando Baenninger Catapani, citrus grower Advisor Fernando Engelberg de Moraes, Lawyer FOREWORDS Dr. Lourival Carmo Monaco Fundecitrus President and citrus grower The month of May has definitely been incorporated into the citrus production chain schedule. The Crop Forecast Survey (PES) strategy, implemented by request from the Fundecitrus Management Board, confirms citrus growers’ expectations of applying concepts of good practices in citriculture. The initiative, now in its fifth round, has evolved. The credibility it has gained shows its importance to the future, towards continuous improvement and acknowledgement by the market. Knowing the profile of our citriculture in different climatic, historical and social conditions sets the context to comprehensively bring sustainability concepts into harmony with economic, social and environmental variables. This crop season once again has highlighted the biennial behavior of this perennial crop. Production, quite similar to that of 2017-2018 and well above last year’s, confirms this pattern. The challenge in this area is to work on research and development in order to define how best management conditions can contribute to a lower biennial variability. In the 2019-2020 crop season, results have shown a positive trend in our citriculture with the adoption of the commandments to manage greening, influencing its expansion dynamics, with decreased abandoned groves, a slight rise in new plantings and increased yield. PES has become the source of fundamental knowledge to the process of intensifying recognized measures toward sustainability. Plenty of information available should be studied and interpreted in the analysis of solutions for each type of farm. The citrus production chain will demand ever more integration of its links in order to maintain its competitiveness in meeting market needs. Antonio Juliano Ayres Fundecitrus General Manager The 2019-2020 crop forecast and tree inventory for São Paulo and West-Southwest Minas Gerais, in their fifth consecutive year, bring precise and reliable information to citrus growers. The record yield presented confirms the leadership trend of our citriculture, even amid adversities caused by pests and diseases. Climatic factors largely influenced the increased yield. After the drought from April to July, when rainfall was nearly a third of the average amount for that time period [1981-2010], August rains in the Central, South and Southwest sectors, and September rains in the North and Northwest sectors moved flowering to the harvest. During post-bloom, mild temperatures in addition to summer rains that kept the water available favored the setting of fruits and fruitlets, which resulted in a highly productive crop. However, it is necessary to remark that citriculture in São Paulo started a revolution twenty years ago. Climate is a conjunctural issue and the high yield must be assessed in a structural manner. Yield results from a series of factors such as protected nurseries, soil tillage and cultural practices especially regarding nutrition and irrigation, evaluation of the best planting regions, grove density, proper combination of rootstock and scion and control of CVC (citrus variegated chlorosis) and greening. PES, developed with the support from citrus growers and credible institutions, contributes to the evolution and revolution in citriculture by ensuring the democratization of information to the whole sector, with transparency and precision. 13 Marcos Fava Neves PES Political-Institutional and Methodological Coordinator, part-time Full Professor at FEA-RP/USP and other organizations I am extremely pleased