Corn is the cereal with the highest production volume in the world, with approximately 960 million tons. The United States, China, Brazil and Argentina are the largest producers, representing 70% of world production.

With an agricultural area of 60 million hectares, occupying 7% of the total land, estimated at 851 million hectares, approximately 5.5 million rural properties and a production of around 190 million tons, Brazil is a country of great importance within the world agricultural scenario.

Within this scenario, Brazil, with an area cultivated with corn of 15.12 million hectares and production of 82 million tons, is today a strategic country, as it is the third largest producer and the second largest exporter in the world.