Sustainability inpires Seara’s farms program!

Seara, a JBS company, closed 2024 with 70% of its farms powered by solar energy. In 2019, only 5.61% of the company’s poultry producers used photovoltaic energy, representing a growth of 1,149% over five years.

According to the company, in one year, the production of solar energy in Seara’s integrated farms in Brazil totaled 205,182,885.60 kWh – enough to supply a city with approximately 90,000 inhabitants for 12 months.

The solar-powered farms are spread across eight states and the Federal District. In São Paulo, around 77% of the units adopted photovoltaic panels, while in Santa Catarina, the rate reached 73%.

Seara provides a checklist to its poultry and swine partners that guides a bonus policy. In addition to infrastructure and procedural criteria, sustainability items are included, such as the installation of renewable energy sources on farms.

Investment
Sandro Fontanella’s farm, an integrated producer in Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, meets between 80% and 83% of its energy demand with clean and renewable energy. “We are developing an expansion project to meet 100% of our demand,” the producer reports.

For Vamiré Luiz Sens Júnior, Seara’s Executive Manager of Agricultural Sustainability, solar energy is an economically advantageous alternative for integrated businesses. “The initiative has the potential to pay for itself in the medium term, transforming what was once a simple cost into a new source of margin for the producer.”

Source: Globo Rural (https://globorural.globo.com/sustentabilidade/noticia/2025/01/energia-solar-esta-presente-em-70percent-das-granjas-da-seara-no-brasil.ghtml)