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After 73 years of hard work, my father passed away, my mother, my brothers and I inherited this property. I was in charge of everything since June 2007, the country house needed some maintenance and the coffee plantation needed more care.
We started with the coffee plantation management, exactly with the weed control on the property and the immediately reconstruction of the country house. We needed to regulate the shade on the coffee plantation, but it was not the right time, so we decided to sacrifice the crop which at that time did not have the quality we wanted as well as the quantity due to the lack of well management it presented. Then we regulated the shade to prepare for the 2008-2009 harvest .
On October 2007, we bought brand new ultimate generation equipment, Brazilian Technology which started working on January 2008. On November 2007 we did the second edafic fertilization.
By the year 2008 we have hired a technical assessors team who takes care of the professional management of the coffee plantation. We do soil and tissue tests, we apply the recommended elements and their correct proportions. We have decided to renew the whole coffee plantation, selecting the coffee varieties for each lot. This year we begin with lot number 4 which comprise 1400 and 1500 meters above sea level. |