- Business
- SLC Agrícola S.A. produces and sells agricultural commodities, primarily cotton, soybeans, and corn; it also engages in cattle raising through integrated crop-livestock systems, and operates SLC Sementes, which produces and sells soybean and cotton seeds. The company cultivates additional crops including wheat, millet, crotalaria, sorghum, sugarcane, sunflower, and coffee; it employs advanced practices such as crop rotation, no-till planting, double-cropping, and a hybrid business model emphasizing asset-light operations, asset maximization, and owned land. SLC Agrícola maintains 23 production units across seven Brazilian states in the Cerrado region—Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Bahia, Piauí, and Minas Gerais—totaling over 830,000 hectares of planted area in the 2025/2026 crop year, with operations focused on large-scale, standardized production for domestic and international markets. Founded in 1977 by the SLC Group and headquartered in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, the company participates in joint ventures such as SLC LandCo for land monetization and agricultural partnerships with entities including Mitsui, Penido/Pioneira, and RZK; it is one of the first agribusiness firms with shares listed on the B3 stock exchange under ticker SLCE3.SA. Recent developments include the March 2025 acquisition of Sierentz Agro Brasil Ltda. for US$135 million, adding approximately 96,000 leased hectares in Maranhão, Piauí, and Pará dedicated to soybeans, corn, and crop-livestock integration, thereby expanding planted area from 733,900 hectares in 2024/2025; further land purchases in Bahia and Minas Gerais totaling R$913 million; and a non-controlling interest acquisition in SLC LandCo in October 2024 to enhance land leasing, irrigation, and rural partnerships.