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Brazilian storage needs a technological upgrade

Although grain production hits record after record, storage capacity in Brazil does not match this increase. And, within what exists for storage, many units are old, over 20 years of installation, with outdated equipment due to time and technologies. While investments in tractors, harvesters, and other implements equipped with modern multi-sensors receive good attention from producers, the storage area, where they will keep their harvested assets, has not received the same level of attention.

It is interesting to observe the priority order of the Brazilian rural producer when it comes to investments made by their company. The first thing he thinks of when he has surplus resources is to buy land, the second is agricultural machinery and.In the last items, they are either to purchase a storage system or to renew and improve what they already have," comments Everton Rorato, commercial director of PCE Engenharia, a company with 19 years of operation that has in recent years dedicated itself to the automation sector in post-harvest equipment.In his view, this is one of the factors contributing to the current technological gap in the Brazilian storage park. "Just to give an idea, in the last five years, there has been significant progress in research and development of sensors, systems that capture information about what happens in the environment of a silo or warehouse, in digital thermometry, connectivity, among others, but this has not been adopted by a large part of those involved in storage, creating a substantial gap in the management of this process," says Rorato.

The executive even mentions that this lack of technological update ends up causing losses to the storage provider. According to him, the grain storage management requires the person in charge of this function to be very attentive to the various factors that occur in the internal and external environment of a silo. "Temperature inside and outside the silo, relative humidity, atmospheric pressure, all of this, believe it or not, needs to be measured to know whether it is the right time to turn on aeration, for example. Outdated equipment can give incorrect readings of all these items, pass on wrong information, and cause grain loss or quality deterioration, ultimately leading to a loss," notes the commercial director.

Rorato says that it was by observing this situation that PCE developed automation solutions for controlling grain storage conditions. The company has digital thermometry as one of the highlights of its portfolio. Through this system, it is possible to monitor the temperature of stored grains via an application developed by PCE, and based on this information, make the most appropriate decision at the moment. Another technology developed by the company is a portal, available in the cloud, which the storage manager can access from anywhere and that displays the conditions of the grain inside the silo/warehouse. The system presents various information very clearly, producing a data history to consult at any time. "It is a technology that allows tracking the storage conditions of the grains, assisting in decision-making in this process," concludes Rorato.

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