The blending fertilizer plant to be built at the Portochuelo terminal, on the banks of the Madeira River is expected to be finished within a year, with investments of R$ 102 million. It will be the second plant of this kind in the region, with potential to produce 200,000 tons/year. A rear warehouse with capacity to store 40,000 tons will be constructed all together to serve rural producers in Rondônia, Acre, Amazonas, and northwestern Mato Grosso. The first bulk blending fertilizer plant was built in Comodoro (MT), 100 kilometers away from Vilhena. The construction in Porto Velho was made possible due to grain exports via the Madeira-Amazonas River, and to raw material imports through Itacoatiara. For the executive president of AMAGGI, Judiney de Carvalho, the goal is to meet the diversified demand for agricultural production. According to Adélio Barofaldi, this industry is part of a process that will reduce costs for soy, corn and grass recovery, adding more value to the milk production chain, with logistics and freight at the producers’ doorstep.
Sources: Amaggi/Global Fert (*Translated by Ia Niani)