Innovation Agriness

Innovation is in our DNA.

Here, at Agriness, innovation is not an end. It is an outcome. It is the result of the sum of restless minds, enterprising spirit and people willing to continuously improve.

This recipe has been essential for everything that we have achieved so far, and it will continue to be so in the future.

We are never satisfied because we believe that getting better each day is a perfectly achievable goal – and the pig industry has been proving that day after day.

Here, at Agriness, innovation is not an end.
It is an outcome.

Check all our innovations below.

S2: the tool that has
boosted pig production.

Since the launch of Suinosis, in 2001, it has become impossible to imagine pig production without the use of this management and information collection tool. Now, its younger sibling, S2, is being used by over 85% of the pig farms in Brazil, and it is making a decisive contribution by helping pig farmers not to miss a single detail in the quest for higher productivity.

Our role has been to constantly improve this tool, aligning it with management methodologies and striving provide pig farmers a comprehensive, fast and guiding vision of the production processes on their farms.

“Today we depend on a good management tool.
Agriness S2 speaks the pig production language.”

Jefferson Luis Marcondes, Group Hofig Pig Production Manager

“If I had to start a farm today, I would start with the software. It is no longer
possible to work with administration models in which farm productivity rates
do not enable us to make quick decisions”.
Lauri Luiz Lorenzetti, former farm owner

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THINKING+1: growing
one step at a time.

Production management is essential in the quest for financial success in any business sector. With that in mind, Agriness has developed a method to achieve excellence in pig production business management: THINKING+1 motivates pig farmers to work towards maximal production potential.

Excellence in management is based on the ability to make decisions based on consistent information, understanding problems before acting on them and preventing losses. That is also possible in pig production and, through the THINKING+1 method, we bring you the value of organized management to produce the best possible results, paving the way to growth, one step at a time: one more piglet born alive, one more weaned piglet per sow, one more pig marketed, one more satisfied customer, one more dollar in your account.

The method is described in more detail in the book Suíno.Cultura, published in 2014, the first book ever to focus specifically on pig production management.

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“This is the inevitable professionalization of the industry, based on the same assumptions that have ruled human survival since the early days of civilization: information and knowledge.”
Luciano Roppa, Nutreco Director

“I am surprised with the different view of pig production, training technicians
and producers not for hands-on work, but teaching them methods”.
Lucas Custódio Torido, student of the 8th class of the Thought+1 Immersion Course

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The best in pig production: inspiration for you to excel.

More than 1,200 pig producers

Find out more about the competition

Good work must be acknowledged, encouraged and set an example. Since 2007, Agriness has acknowledged the best performing pig farmers with the award The Top Pig Producers, a contest which main goal is to offer the pig industry a space for exchange and inspiration in the quest for continuous improvement.

When presenting their production figures, the winners show other pig farmers that it is possible to achieve excellence, independently of the size of their operations.

Positive encouragement has led to increasingly impressive results at each edition of the award, spurring not only farms, but also the entire industry onto a process of continuous growth.

Today, more than 1,400 pig producers participate in the contest. The Top Pig Producers is the biggest benchmarking project in the industry in Latin America. It is an example of healthy competition, where the entire industry wins.

“Knowing the technical and economic data in pig production is fundamental
so that producers can position themselves in the market and be better able
to make the right management decisions.”
Dirceu Talamini, General Head of Embrapa Suínos e Aves

“The competition established by Agriness brings to the pig industry a benchmark
of transparency and trust in domestic pig production numbers”.
Marcelo Lopes, President of the Brazilian Association of Pig Producers

INFO360: an event to transform people.

INFO360 is held every two years. It is a discussion forum on pig production and agribusiness.

We created this event with the aim of highlighting the importance of information and management for the growth of the Brazilian pig industry. Through this forum we reinforce the importance of exchanging experiences and our certainty that we always have something new to learn or to teach. We gather top professionals and put on the agenda issues that concern us all, anticipating the next developments in the industry.

On each edition, it is our aim to offer participants an unforgettable and life-changing experience that can be reflected in new ways of seeing and managing businesses.

“This is the event that was missing to complete the full range of events in pig production. It is no use if pig producers know the genetics, understand the market if they do not practice the excellence management INFO360 presented at the event”.
Losivanio Luiz De Lorenzi, Santa Catarina State Association of Pig Producers

“The mission was to make all representatives of the industry attending the meeting aware of the importance of information and its impact on the management and performance of farms; a purpose it achieved with great success.”
Pedro Pereira Guedes, Banco Regional de Desenvolvimento do Extremo Sul

“The event was very productive and a true milestone for the Brazilian pig industry.”
Jovan Sabadin, Cargill/Nutron

Big Pig Data: over one million sows within your reach.

Information is today’s gold. And with over 85% of the Brazilian market – accounting for over 1 and a half million sows – generating and exchanging information via S2, Agriness has set up the most comprehensive and reliable database on the productivity of pig operations.

Today, Big Pig Data is an invaluable source of information that can be accessed on demand, allowing you to design metrics, benchmark and perform studies that contribute both to your business and the entire industry.