Julio Bravo

You can farm everywhere. You don't have winter. We don't have the winter. We do have winter in the south. It gets chilly like today, like 30, 35, 40 in the south of Brazil, but then we do winter crops in the wintertime. So we do wheat, canola, barley, and all those stuff in the south. And once you go up to Mato Grosso, that's kind of hot all year long, so...

Yeah. Right. Yeah. And then, and then of course, uh, every state has their own story, but, uh, farming is still like, like when you compare us farming and Brazilian farms, uh, United States is really like replacing, uh, uh, type of like, uh, kind of like replacing amount of land, uh, where in Brazil you're like open up new lands every day. So it's kind of like growing still.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. And then, and then of course, uh, every state has their own story, but, uh, farming is still like, like when you compare us farming and Brazilian farms, uh, United States is really like replacing, uh, uh, type of like, uh, kind of like replacing amount of land, uh, where in Brazil you're like open up new lands every day. So it's kind of like growing still.

Yeah. Right. Yeah. And then, and then of course, uh, every state has their own story, but, uh, farming is still like, like when you compare us farming and Brazilian farms, uh, United States is really like replacing, uh, uh, type of like, uh, kind of like replacing amount of land, uh, where in Brazil you're like open up new lands every day. So it's kind of like growing still.

It's like you guys back in the seventies, let's say, you know,

It's like you guys back in the seventies, let's say, you know,

It's like you guys back in the seventies, let's say, you know,

Yeah, those guys that went up there, I can put my father-in-law on that list, back in the 70s and the 80s, I mean, those guys were, like, no infrastructure, nothing. Like, they have to build their own hospitals. Now you go and see those farms, they all have, like, schools inside of their farms. They have hospitals inside of their farms. They've become really big, right? But they were the...

Yeah, those guys that went up there, I can put my father-in-law on that list, back in the 70s and the 80s, I mean, those guys were, like, no infrastructure, nothing. Like, they have to build their own hospitals. Now you go and see those farms, they all have, like, schools inside of their farms. They have hospitals inside of their farms. They've become really big, right? But they were the...

Yeah, those guys that went up there, I can put my father-in-law on that list, back in the 70s and the 80s, I mean, those guys were, like, no infrastructure, nothing. Like, they have to build their own hospitals. Now you go and see those farms, they all have, like, schools inside of their farms. They have hospitals inside of their farms. They've become really big, right? But they were the...

I mean, pioneering is hard, but down the road, it will pay off. If they didn't have it, they would build it.

I mean, pioneering is hard, but down the road, it will pay off. If they didn't have it, they would build it.

I mean, pioneering is hard, but down the road, it will pay off. If they didn't have it, they would build it.

in those areas. Yeah. I think like I was saying before, in 100 years, I think soybeans in Brazil are the biggest social program of Brazil. Cities were created around soybeans. If you go to the cities in the state of Mato Grosso, you're going to see like 26, 30 years old cities that didn't exist. Like that city right there, Nova Mutum, which is right up by Lucas do Rio Verde.

in those areas. Yeah. I think like I was saying before, in 100 years, I think soybeans in Brazil are the biggest social program of Brazil. Cities were created around soybeans. If you go to the cities in the state of Mato Grosso, you're going to see like 26, 30 years old cities that didn't exist. Like that city right there, Nova Mutum, which is right up by Lucas do Rio Verde.

in those areas. Yeah. I think like I was saying before, in 100 years, I think soybeans in Brazil are the biggest social program of Brazil. Cities were created around soybeans. If you go to the cities in the state of Mato Grosso, you're going to see like 26, 30 years old cities that didn't exist. Like that city right there, Nova Mutum, which is right up by Lucas do Rio Verde.

Lucas do Rio Verde is where Summit Ag has their corn ethanol plants. So, that place, Sinop, all those cities, there is a city called Feliz Natal, which means... Not to be confused with Feliz Natal. Yeah, Feliz Natal means Merry Christmas. Oh, it does? It does, yeah. Oh, that's funny. So, the story goes because a guy broke up his truck there and then, you know, it was during Christmas.

Lucas do Rio Verde is where Summit Ag has their corn ethanol plants. So, that place, Sinop, all those cities, there is a city called Feliz Natal, which means... Not to be confused with Feliz Natal. Yeah, Feliz Natal means Merry Christmas. Oh, it does? It does, yeah. Oh, that's funny. So, the story goes because a guy broke up his truck there and then, you know, it was during Christmas.

Lucas do Rio Verde is where Summit Ag has their corn ethanol plants. So, that place, Sinop, all those cities, there is a city called Feliz Natal, which means... Not to be confused with Feliz Natal. Yeah, Feliz Natal means Merry Christmas. Oh, it does? It does, yeah. Oh, that's funny. So, the story goes because a guy broke up his truck there and then, you know, it was during Christmas.

So, he was the founder of the city, so... It's kind of cool to see all those cities and how much they grow in the past 30, 40 years. I mean, like if you go there and I hope someday I can take you guys down there because I'm really proud Brazilian of showing people what we have the best. But those states were developed because of soybean industry.