Brazil is a country of vast dimensions, both in size and biodiversity. To meet this great variability of climates, soils, vegetations, species, and animal categories on rural properties, intensive investment in research and development is necessary.
For over 30 years, the Matsuda Group has been investing in the genetic improvement of forage species, being the first in the private sector in Brazil with the objective of developing new superior technologies and cultivars. Pasture genetic improvement is of utmost importance for agriculture and livestock, especially when it comes to producing fodder for animal feed. This improvement work seeks to develop varieties of forage plants with desirable characteristics, such as higher productivity, resistance to pests and diseases, better nutritional quality, adaptation to different climatic and soil conditions, among others.
The Research and Development Department of the Matsuda Group has its own genetics and biotechnology laboratory, as well as a technical team of geneticists and partnerships with major research institutes in Brazil.
Through investment in research and genetic improvement, the Matsuda Group currently has more than 10 cultivars available on the market under the MG brand, for Matsuda Genetics. Several of these materials have had a significant impact on Brazilian and international agriculture, such as the MG4, MG5 Vitoria, and MG13 Brauna brachiarias (Urochloa), the MG12 Paredao Panicum (Megathyrsus), and more recently the MG18 Aries II.
All these releases from the Research and Development Department aimed to meet the need for materials that enable increased productivity in the field while being economically and ecologically sustainable, respecting human well-being and the environment.