COTRIJAL

It is due to the favorable conditions and existing land ownership structure, together with the experience of organizing the rural and officers to the modernization of agriculture producers stimuli, which arises wheat cropping Cooperative Não-Me-Toque, on September 14, 1957, known since 2006 , Cotrijal Cooperative Agricultural and Industrial. The motivations that led the group of 11 farmers in the Rural Association of Non-Me-Toque creating the Cooperative, found full correspondence with the economic, social, cultural objectives and political factors that gave rise to the cooperatives of agricultural production and marketing in Brazil. And were well expressed in the original bylaws of the organization: "to unite farmers engaged in the cultivation of wheat, within their areas of operations, to buy them in common, necessary supplies, crops benefit, standardize and sell their produce, and promote broader defense of their economic interests. " objectives expressed by the founders of the Cooperative, thus substantiating the economic and commercial aspects of the entity corresponding to the dynamics of production modernization, which had been developing in the region through the wheatfield in rural areas. PIONEER GROUP: Antenor Graeff (first president from 1957 to 1961) Alfredo Eugenio Schmaedecke Ingbert Schmiedt Arno Augustin John Casimir Dall 'agnol Joseph Walter Piva Madar Mumbach Thebaldo Roos Reynoldo Bruno Becker Romulo Cardoso Teixeira Pantaleon Graeff 55 years records show that the major issues discussed in the Council of Cooperative that time revolved around the production, sale, purchase bagging for storage, purchase of fertilizers and fertilizer to wheat crop. In most meetings, the issue price of wheat was present, especially in regard to its low price and the retention percentage for payment of principal by the Cooperative, sometimes controversial subject among councilors . In December 1963, when the agronomist Irmfried Schmiedt won elections for the presidency, Cotrijal entered a virtuous circle of growth and sustainability, for the last several years. "Schmitão" as would be known henceforward extend his management of the Cooperative for 28 years, interrupted only once, in 1985, to be returned three years later, with the renewed confidence of the membership. Besides the physical expansion of the cooperative, the 70s marked a time when mechanization also enter for real in the life of the producer in the region, with the arrival of the first self-propelled and intensified use of agricultural inputs in crops. The Cotrijal in this period has also modernized internally adopting the use of computers. Soybean was introduced in Cotrijal region in the early 60, by which time the Cooperative was already beginning to show strength, prestige and high enough to obtain loans from the Bank of Brazil, with the purpose of acquiring fertilizer and pass the associated credibility. culture comes in the context of modernization, begun in the previous decade with the wheat. The tillage caused a great "revolution" in the field from the 70s, when bolder farmers decided not to uproot the weeds or plowing the land for planting. By taking the destinies of the cooperative since 1995, when he was first elected to the post of president, César Nei Mânica started to chart new directions, intended to allow Cotrijal could follow the transformations imposed by the era of globalization and the supremacy of markets. Heir to a tradition of solidity and security, built on the work of successive administrations since 1957, the Cooperative now left for new challenges. With Nei Caesar in Manica presidency, Cotrijal also increased the rise of its physical structure and services available to producers. The Cooperative returned to live a new "boom" of deployments of units receiving cereal. Within the modernization process put in place since 1995, with the top management of Nei Mânica Caesar, the way to manage the Cooperative gained a new format. Support units were created in order to better qualify the income and expenses of each segment in the existing Cooperative. Cotrijal history in its nearly 55 years of experience is full of challenges and achievements, fruit of the union of vision and enterprising people who knew how to look beyond his time. But it was in recent years that the Cooperative is now seen as a power in the Brazilian agribusiness by promoting since 2000 Expodireto Cotrijal. This gigantic agrodinâmica fair and business every year renews itself as a meeting point with the knowledge, technology and new opportunities for the agricultural sector, assisting the producer with the challenge of producing more with lower costs. In 2009 Cotrijal celebrated the tenth edition of Expodireto Cotrijal, which became an international fair. With the model focused on the implementation of the principles of total quality in all areas of activity of the Cooperative and administration focused on the technical and economic viability of the producer, in late 1999, Nei César Mânica took perhaps the biggest challenge of his career as a cooperative leader: performing Expodireto Cotrijal a fair agrodinâmica intended to approach the producer of the latest technological advances the sector. In less than six months, with the help of his team, planned and executed what would become the most prominent development of the cooperative at all times. Seeking Cotrijal elevate the condition of "reference organization, use of technology and management in agribusiness," Nei has prioritized in its administration tools: access to information; insertion of the producer, women and youth in the cooperative process, providing alternatives capable of improving the performance of properties, development of programs related to administration and management in the area of ​​grain and animal production, production quality stored; personal and professional training, and awareness to environmental issues.