Ceres Consultoria Agronômica

What Ceres Consultoria Agronômica does

Ceres Consultoria Agronômica is a specialized Brazilian agronomic consulting firm founded in May 1995 and headquartered in Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, focused on the Brazilian Cerrado agricultural frontier. The company, legally constituted as CERES CONSULTORIA AGRONOMICA LTDA, is owned and operated by its founding partners, Guilherme Almeida Ohl and Fabio Lima de A. Melo, and supports a team of approximately 38 employees.

The firm operates across five interlocking service lines: agronomic consulting, production system diagnosis, agricultural research, technical-economic feasibility studies, and technical training. Research is anchored by a 60-hectare experimental field accredited by MAPA (Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento), enabling officially recognized field trials. In the 2023/24 season, Ceres executed 450 trials for 64 partner companies and has accumulated more than 10,000 trials historically across its three-decade operating history.

Ceres generates revenue by selling trial-execution services, agronomic recommendations, system-level diagnostic engagements, and feasibility studies to two principal customer groups: multinational agricultural input manufacturers (including BASF, Bayer, Syngenta, Corteva, FMC, Adama, Yara, and Mosaic) and large Cerrado producers (including Amaggi, FG Agropecuária, and La Victória). The commercial model is anchored by repeat engagements tied to product development cycles of input suppliers and to agronomic decision cycles of major growers, with the firm serving as a regional coordinating node for field research and decision support across cotton, soybean, and integrated second-crop systems.

Name

Ceres Consultoria Agronômica

Legal name

CERES CONSULTORIA AGRONOMICA LTDA

Website

https://ceresconsultoria.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ceres Consultoria Agronômica is a Cerrado-focused Brazilian agronomic consulting firm founded in 1995 in Primavera do Leste, Mato Grosso, providing field-trial research, agronomic consulting, production system diagnosis, feasibility studies, and technical training to multinational ag-input companies and large regional growers across the Brazilian Cerrado.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Consulting Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Yield Optimization & Crop Performance Consulting (AFACABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Plant Tissue, Soil & Water Sampling Coordination (Agronomy-Focused) (AFACABAH), Cover Crop & Conservation Practice Planning (AFACABAI)

Keywords

• Agronomic consulting
• Agricultural research
• Crop production consulting
• Field trial services
• Agricultural technical training

Headquarters

HQ city

Primavera do Leste

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consultoria Agronômica: Technical and professional agronomic consulting services delivered to farmers through field visits, property analysis, crop planning, team training, and ongoing recommendations during crop development seasons.
2. Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento: Agricultural research services provided to input supplier companies, generating agronomic efficacy reports, regional result reports, and technical opinions. Own experimental field enables conducting trials for product development and new technology validation.
3. Treinamentos Técnicos: Technical training services for agricultural business teams, focusing on cotton, corn, and soybean cultivation. Also provides technical-operational training for main farm activities.
4. Projetos de Viabilidade Técnica e Econômica: Technical and economic feasibility project studies for agricultural operations, supporting professional decision-making and business success.
5. Diagnose do Sistema Produtivo Agrícola: Agricultural productive system diagnosis services visiting properties during any point of the harvest season to identify bottlenecks and suggest improvements focused on rural business profitability.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ceres Consultoria Agronômica is an agricultural consulting firm delivering professional agronomic advisory, agricultural research (using its own 60-hectare MAPA-accredited experimental field), production system diagnosis, technical-economic feasibility projects, and technical training to small, medium and large farmers and agricultural input suppliers in the Brazilian Cerrado. Services are focused on cotton, soybean, corn, and cover crops, with integrated expertise in crop rotation, pest/disease management, and sustainable production systems.

Product overview

Ceres Consultoria Agronômica is an agricultural consulting firm offering five integrated service modules: Consultoria Agronômica (core agronomic advisory), Diagnose do Sistema Produtivo Agrícola (production system diagnosis), Pesquisa (research with MAPA-accredited 60-hectare experimental field), Projetos de Viabilidade Técnica e Econômica (feasibility studies), and Treinamentos (technical training). The company serves small, medium, and large farmers across Brazil's Cerrado region, specializing in cotton, soybean, corn, and cover crops, with over 30 years of experience since founding in May 1995.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Consultoria Agronômica (Agronomic Consulting) Professional agronomic consulting service delivering preferential attention to Brazilian farmers, including property analysis, crop planning, team training, and ongoing technical visits during crop development for cotton, soybean, corn, and cover crops.
• Diagnose do Sistema Produtivo Agrícola (Production System Diagnosis) Diagnostic service that visits agricultural properties at any point during the harvest season to identify production bottlenecks and recommend improvements aimed at maximizing farm profitability.
• Pesquisa (Agricultural Research) Agricultural research service conducted at Ceres' 60-hectare MAPA-accredited experimental field, generating agronomic efficacy reports, regional results, and technical opinions for agricultural input supplier companies.
• Projetos de Viabilidade Técnica e Econômica (Technical and Economic Feasibility Projects) Feasibility study service for agricultural ventures providing professional and comprehensive technical and economic analysis to support informed decision-making and business success.
• Treinamentos (Technical Training) Technical training service for agricultural businesses covering cotton, corn, and soybean crops, including technical-operational training for main farm activities to build internal team capacity.

Quantifiable outcome

• 64 partner companies served in 2023/24 season
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Datagro: Brazilian agricultural consulting and data analytics firm serving producers, traders, and input companies. Comparable to Ceres as a professional services provider offering agronomic advisory and market intelligence across Brazilian agribusiness.
• Fundação MT: Mato Grosso-based agricultural research foundation focused on cotton, soybean, and corn R&D in the Cerrado. Directly comparable to Ceres as a regional agronomic research organization serving producers and input companies in the same geography.
• Agroconsult: Established Brazilian agribusiness consultancy providing crop forecasts, market intelligence, and producer advisory. Comparable to Ceres in serving Brazilian farmers and agribusiness stakeholders with professional consulting services.
• Athenagro: Brazilian agricultural consulting firm focused on agribusiness economics, crop projections, and producer advisory. Directly comparable to Ceres as a Brazil-based agronomic and agribusiness consultancy serving farmers and agribusiness clients.

Emerging players

• IDEA (Instituto de Desenvolvimento Agrícola): Brazilian agricultural research and consulting entity focused on regional crop research and producer advisory. Comparable to Ceres as a smaller, regionally focused agronomic research and advisory player serving farmers and input suppliers.

Broad incumbents

• Embrapa: Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation — state-owned R&D leader covering crops, livestock, and forestry nationally. Comparable as a broader incumbent in Cerrado agronomic research, though operating at a much larger scale and scope than Ceres.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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