Chile Seed Production
Chile Seed Production
Chile Seed Production
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<strong>Chile</strong> <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Production</strong><br />
A visit to <strong>Chile</strong> and<br />
Six <strong>Seed</strong> Producers<br />
<strong>Seed</strong> Today Editor<br />
Joe Funk
<strong>Chile</strong> on the Map<br />
• <strong>Chile</strong> by the numbers<br />
– Length north/south: 2,700 mi.<br />
– Average width: 109 miles<br />
– Population: 16.6 million<br />
– Highest elevation: 22,570 ft.<br />
–Arable land: 2.6%<br />
– 1/3 world’s copper<br />
–1/5 world’s wine
<strong>Chile</strong><br />
on the Map<br />
• Comparable latitude<br />
• Santiago - Atlanta<br />
• Concepcion –<br />
Nashville<br />
• <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Production</strong><br />
• February Earthquake<br />
• Atacama Desert
<strong>Chile</strong> <strong>Seed</strong> Trade<br />
Domestic Market<br />
(ISF, 2007)<br />
US $ (Millions)<br />
USA 7.080<br />
China 4.000<br />
France 1.915<br />
Japan 1.500<br />
Brazil 1.500<br />
India 1.300<br />
Germany 1.000<br />
Argentina 850<br />
<strong>Chile</strong> (31) 120
Exports<br />
(ISF, 2007)<br />
<strong>Chile</strong> <strong>Seed</strong> Trade<br />
US$ (Millions)<br />
Imports<br />
(Millions) Imports<br />
(ISF, 2007)<br />
US$<br />
(Millions)<br />
Netherlands 1040 USA 672<br />
USA 1019 France 422<br />
France 914 Mexico 414<br />
Germany 483 Netherlands 381<br />
Canada 347 Germany 368<br />
Denmark 325 Italia 327<br />
<strong>Chile</strong> (7) 219 Spain 292<br />
7Hungry 196 Canada 237<br />
Italy 184 Ukraine 235<br />
Mexico 171 <strong>Chile</strong> (36) 96
ANPROS<br />
Asociación Nacional de Productores de Semillas<br />
(National Association of <strong>Seed</strong>s Producers)<br />
Mario Schindler Maria Paz Gana<br />
Executive Director Communications
ANPROS<br />
Asociación Nacional de Productores de Semillas<br />
(National Association of <strong>Seed</strong>s Producers)<br />
• Founded 1959<br />
• 64 members (98% of all seed activity)<br />
• 2,789 seed fields ( 37 acre average)<br />
• 104,700 acres national seed production
ANPROS<br />
<strong>Chile</strong> <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Production</strong> (acres)<br />
2004-05 2007<br />
Corn 44,770 54,610 52%<br />
Forages 11,030 13,840 13%<br />
Vegetables 13,200 8,500 8%<br />
Sunflower 2,720 5,685 6%<br />
Other 16,140 21,660 21%<br />
Total 89,490 104,700
ANPROS<br />
Isolation System
ANPROS<br />
Isolation System
Semillas Pioneer <strong>Chile</strong><br />
Dryers and processing building
Research center<br />
Semillas Pioneer <strong>Chile</strong>
Employee center<br />
Semillas Pioneer <strong>Chile</strong>
Curimapu <strong>Seed</strong> Growers<br />
Dryer with standby power.<br />
Receiving at far end.
Curimapu <strong>Seed</strong> Growers<br />
Drying floor with sensors
Curimapu <strong>Seed</strong> Growers<br />
Checking the planter
Canola
Winter <strong>Seed</strong> home office
Dryer building with biofuel furnace<br />
Winter <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Chile</strong>
Hot air duct<br />
Winter <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Chile</strong>
Oliver gravity<br />
Winter <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Chile</strong>
Winter <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Chile</strong><br />
Executive Director Rodrigo Brander<br />
and <strong>Production</strong> Manager Javier Accvedo Rioseco
Laboratory Manager Rosa Piña<br />
(left) and staff<br />
PIGA <strong>Seed</strong>s
Home Farm Manager Sandra Alarcón<br />
at the home farm nursery<br />
PIGA <strong>Seed</strong>s
<strong>Seed</strong> treating equipment<br />
PIGA <strong>Seed</strong>s
Warehouse for short-term storage<br />
PIGA <strong>Seed</strong>s
Hybrid carrot seed production field<br />
with furrow irrigation
Nursery, parent, and seed production services
Semillas Tuniche<br />
<strong>Seed</strong>lings transplanted to nursery<br />
with furled sunscreen netting
Semillas Tuniche<br />
Owner Victor Álamos C. (left), <strong>Seed</strong> Services Leader Juan<br />
Carlos Reyes, and Plant Manager Roberto Franck.
Dryer and processing building<br />
Semillas Tuniche
More dryers<br />
Semillas Tuniche
Plant Manager Roberto Franck<br />
Semillas Tuniche
Dryer construction for 2009-2010 crop<br />
Semillas Tuniche
Receiving<br />
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services
Dryers<br />
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services
Liquid gas storage for dryers<br />
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services<br />
Soybean pollination
Multiplication plots with drip irrigation<br />
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services
Massai Agricultural<br />
Services<br />
<strong>Seed</strong> production equipment
Table grapes<br />
A few more photos
Wine grapes<br />
A few more photos
Historic wine cellar<br />
A few more photos
Historic wine cellar<br />
A few more photos
Santiago<br />
A few more photos
<strong>Chile</strong> <strong>Seed</strong> <strong>Production</strong><br />
Thank you<br />
<strong>Seed</strong> Today Editor<br />
Joe Funk
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