PRODUCTION COST AND PROFITABILITY OF SECOND SEASON CORN CROP

Authors

  • Fernanda de Paiva Badiz Furlaneto APTA Centro Oeste Paulista - Marília/SP
  • Maura Seiko Tsutsui Esperancini UNESP - Campus de Botucatu

Keywords:

Zea mays, second corn crop, economic return, technological level, profitability

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the production cost and profitability of the second season corn crop in the Médio Paranapanema region, São Paulo State, Brazil, under two technological levels (middle and high technology), crop 2008/2009, and compare the results with the 2006/2007 agricultural year. Effective and total operational cost as well as five profitability indicators were used. It was concluded that the high technology production cost for corn crop (direct seedling, sowing during the recommended period, use of simple hybrid seed, application of side-dressing fertilization, and treatment of seeds with different insecticides) was superior to the middle technology production cost (direct seedling, sowing after the recommended time, use of double hybrid seed, and no side-dressing fertilization). However, the average cost was inferior (US$ 8.5), due to a higher yield (4 t). The high technology corn crop was profitable (gross income and profitability index of 14% and 12%, respectively). For the middle technology crop, profitability indexes pointed out that the cropping system needs to be reevaluated by technicians and research institutions, regarding the adequate technical recommendations. Profitability indexes decreased considerably in both cropping systems. It was verified that, in relation to the 2006/2007 harvest period, the total operational cost increased for both technologies, mainly because of the increase of supplies prices.

KEY-WORDS: Zea mays; second corn crop; economic return; technological level; profitability.

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Author Biographies

Fernanda de Paiva Badiz Furlaneto, APTA Centro Oeste Paulista - Marília/SP

Pesquisadora Científica, Secretaria da Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, Doutoranda, UNESP, Campus de Botucatu/SP. Área de atuação: análise da viabilidade de projetos agropecuários e comercialização agrícola

Maura Seiko Tsutsui Esperancini, UNESP - Campus de Botucatu

Possui graduação em Engenharia Agronômica (1986) pela Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz da Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), mestrado em Economia Agrária (1991) pela Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz da Universidade de São Paulo (ESALQ/USP), doutorado em Economia, Área de Concentração Teoria Econômica (1999) pela Faculdade de Economia e Administração da Universidade de São Paulo (FEA/USP), e livre docência (2006) pela Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas da Universidade Estadual Paulista (FCA/UNESP). Atualmente é Professor Adjunto da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas da Universidade Estadual Paulista. Tem experiência na área de Economia, com ênfase em Economia Agrária, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: desenvolvimento rural, e análise econômica de sistemas produtivos agrícolas.

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Published

2010-09-17

How to Cite

FURLANETO, F. de P. B.; ESPERANCINI, M. S. T. PRODUCTION COST AND PROFITABILITY OF SECOND SEASON CORN CROP. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 40, n. 3, p. 297–303, 2010. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/8609. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

Issue

v. 40, n. 3, Jul./Sep. 2010

Section

Rural Development and Agribusiness

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