Fight Off Yield-Robbing Pests When most people think of Brazil’s climate, hot and humid usually comes to mind. But it can also be extremely dry depending on location. Add in El Nino with irregular periods of rainfall, and it is ideal for increased insect pressure. Sperto ® insecticide is not only helping farmers combat pests, but it’s helping them earn higher yields in the nation’s top crop – soybeans. According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the country is producing more than 130 million tons of soybeans annually. But farmers have faced high pest infestation with significant losses in productivity. Research by consultancy Agroconsult – published on the PodSafra podcast – reports a 40% increase in brown stink bug infestation and a 29% increase in whitefly infestation. These pests directly affect plants, damaging seed quality and reducing productivity as a whole. As a result, they cause losses of up to 30% in soybean harvest, exceeding R$12 billion...
