Our a. Many of us have a hard time falling asleep, like our internal clocks are still wired to the central time zone. We departed the hotel at a. The farmer and his family farm in three different locations and have approximately 3, total acres, in addition to sows. The farmer Bernardo Bouwman plants corn, soybeans, and dry beans in the summer, and black and white oats and wheat in the winter.
He has eight employees for the grain operation and five for the swine side. He discussed his crop inputs with us and how he stores his grain. The farmer did not have any storage on his farm, so it was shipped off-site.
A John Deere man we were in his machine shed, and most of the equipment was indeed green , the farmer said his brother only runs red machinery CASE IH. All of the corn the farmer planted was Pioneer. Eighty percent of his soybeans were GMO and 20 percent were conventional. In addition, he also invited us to visit his office. We were impressed by his office because everything there is tidy. He also shared his family history and pictures with us during the office visit.
The farmer had three children, two girls and a boy. The oldest girl was in college at Fatec, studying precision agriculture. She spoke English very well and spent six months in the United States studying in Orlando during high school.
The Bouwman family also invited us to visit their house. We were excited about it because this was the first Brazilian family home that we visited. Their house is beautiful. Their hospitality was so kind and we were all a bit sad to leave. After the farm visit, we visited a supply store of the Castrolanda Cooperative.
