Sociedade Rural Brasileira

What Sociedade Rural Brasileira does

Sociedade Rural Brasileira (SRB) is a 107-year-old non-profit agricultural association founded in 1919 in Brazil, headquartered in São Paulo with a permanent office in Brasília. It operates as a voluntary membership organization serving rural producers and agribusinesses, providing political representation, regulatory advocacy, technical committees, and member services. Core offerings include legislative and executive-branch monitoring, sectoral committees (Coffee, Livestock, Sustainability, Tax, Legal, International Relations, and others), arbitration services via CAMARB (which absorbed SRB's former CARB chamber in 2018), events, and partnerships with institutions such as IPA, FPA, FARM, ACSP, Boston University Questrom, and the Susilo Institute. SRB actively positions on major agribusiness policy issues including Plano Safra, rural debt renegotiation (CMN Resolution 5.314/2026), rural insurance funding, and rural property rights (ADPF 743).

SRB's revenue model is built on tiered monthly membership dues ranging from R$90.02 for the Rural Youth program (members up to age 30) up to R$6,655 for Tier IV legal entities, supplemented by event sponsorships, technical publications, and CAMARB arbitration service fees. The association employs 11-50 staff and runs an international relations agenda that includes targeted missions (e.g., 2026 Women in Agribusiness Mission to New Orleans). Recent commercial activity includes FUNRURAL tax recovery consulting and the Balizador GPB/DATAGRO benchmarking product, indicating modest expansion of the paid service surface beyond dues.

Name

Sociedade Rural Brasileira

Legal name

Sociedade Rural Brasileira

Website

https://srb.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1919

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sociedade Rural Brasileira (SRB) is a 107-year-old Brazilian non-profit association that provides political representation, regulatory advocacy, technical committees, and arbitration services to rural producers and agribusinesses through tiered membership and event programming.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

São Paulo

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: SRB generates revenue primarily through monthly membership fees from individual rural producers (pessoa física) and legal entity members (pessoa jurídica), with fee tiers based on revenue brackets. Additional revenue includes event participation fees, sponsorship of events and missions, and professional services such as arbitration/mediation administration through CAMARB.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

SRB is a membership-based association of Brazilian rural producers that provides political representation and advocacy before the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches, technical committees covering coffee, livestock, sustainability, taxation, legal affairs, international relations, technology, agricultural policy, and rural youth, plus arbitration and mediation services for agribusiness disputes through CARB (now integrated into CAMARB). It generates revenue primarily through tiered monthly membership subscriptions from individual farmers and legal-entity agribusinesses, with additional revenue from events, sponsorships, and dispute resolution administration.

Product overview

Sociedade Rural Brasileira (SRB) is an agricultural advocacy association founded in 1919, not a product company. It provides representation services for rural producers through departments and committees covering Café, Pecuária, Sustentabilidade, Tributário, Jurídico, Relações Internacionais, Mulheres da Rural, Mercado & Finanças, Tecnologia e Inovação, Política Agrícola, and Rural Jovem. Member benefits include the Balizador GPB/DATAGRO price information service, FUNRURAL tax recovery consulting, access to technical committees and departments, historical archive access, and event discounts. The SRB also offers arbitration services through CARB (now incorporated into CAMARB).

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• SRB Membership Programs Tiered membership association for Brazilian rural producers, offering networking, advocacy, technical committee access, and historical archive benefits. Includes Rural Jovem (members up to age 30), Pessoa Física (adult individuals), and Pessoa Jurídica Tiers I through IV for farms and agribusinesses.
• Departments and Technical Committees

Quantifiable outcome

• SRB has contributed to the creation of key Brazilian agricultural institutions including Embrapa, Emater, and the BM&F (now B3), and played a role in the modernization of Brazil's agricultural sector.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Associação Comercial de São Paulo (ACSP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 June 2026SRB signed a cooperation agreement (termo de cooperação institucional) with ACSP to strengthen joint action within the Conselho do Agronegócio. The partnership covers cooperation on topics of mutual interest through meetings, information exchange, knowledge production, events, and institutional dissemination actions.
• CAMARB (Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem Empresarial – Brasil)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 November 2018SRB entered a cooperation agreement with CAMARB for the incorporation of CARB's (Câmara de Arbitragem da Sociedade Rural Brasileira) mediation and arbitration activities. SRB becomes an associated entity of CAMARB, integrating a group of institutions representing industry, construction, law, and academia. CAMARB administers arbitration and mediation procedures related to agribusiness under this agreement.
• SyngentaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerSyngenta is a silver-tier sponsor of the 3rd International Mission of Women in Agribusiness organized by SRB's Women in Agribusiness Committee to New Orleans (September 2026).
• BayerminorGTM or Marketing PartnerBayer is a bronze-tier sponsor of the 3rd International Mission of Women in Agribusiness organized by SRB's Women in Agribusiness Committee to New Orleans (September 2026).
• Boston University Questrom School of BusinessminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRB hosted the final stage of the 3rd edition of the Susilo Ethics Competition, a global case competition organized by Boston University's Questrom School of Business in partnership with The Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy (Singapore). The event provided international students immersion in Brazilian agribusiness.
• The Susilo Institute for Ethics in the Global Economy (Singapore)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner with Boston University's Questrom School of Business in organizing the Susilo Ethics Competition final hosted at SRB.
• FARM (Federación de Asociaciones Rurales del Mercosur)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRB is a member of FARM, the Federation of Rural Associations of Mercosur, participating in regional agricultural policy discussions and international forums including the WTO and UN.
• Instituto Pensar Agro (IPA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSRB is a member of IPA, a think tank that supports the Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuária (FPA) — a congressional bloc of over 200 federal deputies and senators — providing research and policy analysis for agricultural advocacy.
• Frente Parlamentar da Agropecuária (FPA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerSRB works closely with the FPA, which congregates more than 200 Federal Deputies and Senators, through IPA to advance agricultural policy interests in Brazil's Congress.
• Withers (international law firm, USA)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWithers, a US-based international law firm, presented details on the US Supreme Court ruling on IEEPA tariffs and reimbursement pathways for Brazilian agricultural exporters at SRB's Legal Committee meeting.
• Martins Villac AdvogadosminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMartins Villac Advogados served as moderator and translator of US legal complexities for practical application to Brazilian agricultural exporters in the context of US tariff reimbursements.
• Women in Agribusiness (conference organizer)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerSRB's Women in Agribusiness Committee participates in the Women in Agribusiness conference in New Orleans as a core component of its 3rd International Mission (September 2026).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• American Farm Bureau Federation: Largest U.S. agricultural membership organization, providing policy advocacy, insurance, and member services. International reference peer given SRB's century-long membership-based rural advocacy model.
• Copa-Cogeca: Combined voice of European farmers and agricultural cooperatives. International reference peer as the EU's largest agricultural representative body, comparable in scale, mission, and lobbying intensity to SRB at national level.
• Organização das Cooperativas Brasileiras (OCB): National body representing Brazilian agricultural cooperatives. Operates in the same membership-association space with political advocacy focus, but its member entities are cooperatives rather than individual producers.

Direct peers

• Confederação da Agricultura e Pecuária do Brasil (CNA): Brazil's national agricultural confederation and the largest umbrella organization for rural producers. Directly comparable as a Brazilian agricultural membership body providing political representation, technical assistance, and advocacy across crop and livestock sectors.
• Sociedad Rural Argentina (SRA): Argentina's oldest rural association, founded 1866, and explicitly cited as one of the historical inspirations for SRB in 1919. Directly comparable in mission (rural producer representation), structure (membership tiers), and focus on political advocacy.
• Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Milho (Abramilho): Brazilian corn producers' association providing crop-specific political representation and technical support. Comparable model of sector-specific advocacy with tiered membership and committee-based governance.
• Associação Brasileira do Agronegócio (ABAG): Brazilian agribusiness association focused on representing the entire agribusiness value chain. Closely comparable to SRB as a domestic membership organization providing policy advocacy, networking, and sector coordination in Brazil.

Regional players

• Federación Rural del Uruguay: Uruguayan rural producers' federation, fellow Mercosur member and ag advocacy organization. Comparable as a regional rural association participating in FARM alongside SRB, with similar advocacy mission.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/ruralbrasileira
• Facebookfacebook.com/sociedade.ruralbrasileira
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sociedade-rural-brasileira-srb
• Instagraminstagram.com/sociedaderuralbrasileira

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

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