Fertilizers for the 2023 crop begin to flow through Brazil’s VLI rail system

Brazilian farmers are gearing up for another soybean planting season for the 2022/2023 harvest. Fertilizers, one of the most critical elements for ensuring high productivity and quality, are already starting to reach the national production chain as VLI kickstarted transport operations in its Southeast and North Rail Systems.

The Tiplam terminal in Santos, the Port of Itaqui in São Luís, and the Port of Vitória are VLI’s main entryways of fertilizers imported from Canada, the US, Russia, Morocco, and the Middle East. After being unloaded at the ports, the fertilizer cargoes head to rail terminals in Palmeirante (Tocantins state), Uberaba, and Araguari (both in Minas Gerais).

“The integration between port terminals and the rail network managed by the company makes it possible to supply several important producers located near the Centro-Atlântica Railroad, an important element in strengthening national agribusiness. Likewise, VLI offers integration and high efficiency to promote cargo flow in the northern section of the Norte-Sul Railway. It is the efficiency of integration that gives producers the security that they will receive fertilizers within the established deadline, in an agile and efficient operation that favors the development of his business,” emphasizes the Comercial Manager of Fertilizers and Agribusiness at VLI, Juliana Telles.

The company supplies the main national soybean-producing markets throughout the year, in Mato Grosso, Goiás, and São Paulo states, and the new agricultural frontier, Arco Norte, comprised of Maranhão, Tocantins, and Piauí. In addition to fertilizers, VLI handles important inputs such as phosphate rock, sulfur, and ammonia.

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