BARRA AGROPECUÁRIA
A Barra Agropecuária possui dois ramos principais de atividade: criação de bovinos (Nelore Mocho) e equinos (Haras da Barra). Seu grande objetivo no agronegócio é evoluir sempre, e para isso utiliza as melhores ferramentas de seleção, aliadas ao bem-estar animal e à sustentabilidade.
History
The history of Barra Agropecuária began in 1977, when Cid Barros decided to start raising both standard and polled Nellore cattle. The basis for the standard Nellore cattle was acquired from Mr. Jairo da Cunha Bastos’s herd. On their turn, the first polled animals were selected in major exhibitions of this industry.
The Nellore race accounts for more than 80% of the Brazilian herd today. This is due to their exceptional adaptability to the environmental conditions of the country, without prejudice to their productive characteristics. Within this context, the polled Nellore cattle stands out for their extreme rusticity, precocity and fertility. Barra Agropecuária has had such insight since the beginning. Right at the first exhibitions it took part, the polled animals had a much higher performance on track. Therefore, Cid decided to dedicate himself exclusively to raise them.
The Nellore race accounts for more than 80% of the Brazilian herd today. This is due to their exceptional adaptability to the environmental conditions of the country, without prejudice to their productive characteristics. Within this context, the polled Nellore cattle stands out for their extreme rusticity, precocity and fertility. Barra Agropecuária has had such insight since the beginning. Right at the first exhibitions it took part, the polled animals had a much higher performance on track. Therefore, Cid decided to dedicate himself exclusively to raise them.
With a strict selection process, aiming characteristics of great economic impact, Barra was one of the early participants of the Program for Genetic Enhancement of Zebu Cattle – PMGZ. It has been raising, breeding and fattening commercial cattle today, in addition to raising PO bulls for purposes of enhancement of its own herd and to sell them in auctions. It invests in sustainability and in the animal well-being in its properties in Barra do Garça, State of Mato Grosso (Fazenda Roncador) and in São Carlos, State of São Paulo.
Barra’s mission is to make the Brazilian farming industry–as a whole–to evolve more and more every day. That’s Brazil, that’s Agribusiness, that’s Barra Agropecuária!
Barra’s mission is to make the Brazilian farming industry–as a whole–to evolve more and more every day. That’s Brazil, that’s Agribusiness, that’s Barra Agropecuária!
Selection
In the market for 40 years, Barra Agropecuária stands out for its selection toward characteristics of high economic impact and sustainability. With the purpose of producing more healthful and tastier meat for its consumers, each part of the production process aims at the animal well-being, employing the best genetics and a cutting-edge team.
A pioneer in the organization of Weight-Gaining Contests (PGP) in the area of Serra do Roncador, in Mato Grosso, it has been obtaining extraordinary results in the genetic enhancement of its polled Nellore cattle by means of sustainable work. More than two thousand animals have been evaluated already. Those classified as Elite remain in the herd, used at the commercial herd. The contests adds value to the breeding stock, as it is a bull quality certificate with a characteristic of high economic impact for the producer: the gain of weight.
Barra’s herd has 700 PO cows. The output of bulls beyond our needs is sold in the region. The property was among the first ones that adhered to ABCZ’s PMGZ. It uses all the available tools and technologies (PGP, Ponderal Development Control (CDP), Production Certificate (CEP), Bull Summary, among others) to select the desired characteristics.
With the selection based on precocity, rusticity and fertility, the property managed to build a herd with better genetics. Every head of cattle is chipped for purposes of more control, and the team is qualified to perform a serious job, in line with the needs of the Brazilian cattle-raising industry. Only this way, with such sum of factors, it is possible to obtain the ideal bulls to breed heavy calves.
Barra Agropecuária has 50% of its lands in protected reserves. We work with the Integration of precision Agriculture with Livestock in the areas intended for farming production, in search of the sustainability of the soil and of the entire output. We keep forested pickets and extremely functional handling in order to promote the animal well-being. The water for consumption is collected exclusively at the peak of Serra Azul – Roncador and sent to the drinking fountains in the pastures, through an underground network of more or less 70 km, in a slope 150-m high, specially to offer the cattle water with quality.
Thus, Barra Agropecuária joins a selection of highly productive animals with high sustainability, in accordance with the new trends of the cattle-raising market.A pioneer in the organization of Weight-Gaining Contests (PGP) in the area of Serra do Roncador, in Mato Grosso, it has been obtaining extraordinary results in the genetic enhancement of its polled Nellore cattle by means of sustainable work. More than two thousand animals have been evaluated already. Those classified as Elite remain in the herd, used at the commercial herd. The contests adds value to the breeding stock, as it is a bull quality certificate with a characteristic of high economic impact for the producer: the gain of weight.
Barra’s herd has 700 PO cows. The output of bulls beyond our needs is sold in the region. The property was among the first ones that adhered to ABCZ’s PMGZ. It uses all the available tools and technologies (PGP, Ponderal Development Control (CDP), Production Certificate (CEP), Bull Summary, among others) to select the desired characteristics.
With the selection based on precocity, rusticity and fertility, the property managed to build a herd with better genetics. Every head of cattle is chipped for purposes of more control, and the team is qualified to perform a serious job, in line with the needs of the Brazilian cattle-raising industry. Only this way, with such sum of factors, it is possible to obtain the ideal bulls to breed heavy calves.
Barra Agropecuária has 50% of its lands in protected reserves. We work with the Integration of precision Agriculture with Livestock in the areas intended for farming production, in search of the sustainability of the soil and of the entire output. We keep forested pickets and extremely functional handling in order to promote the animal well-being. The water for consumption is collected exclusively at the peak of Serra Azul – Roncador and sent to the drinking fountains in the pastures, through an underground network of more or less 70 km, in a slope 150-m high, specially to offer the cattle water with quality.
