O Cooperativismo na Bacia Leiteira de Araguaína-TO.

Abstract

The objective was to present and describe the mandatory curricular internship that was carried out at the Vale do Araguaia Producers Cooperative (VALLECOOP), during the March 25th to June 17th, 2019, totaling 480 hours and supervised by a zootechnist. During the period it was possible to monitor the capture of milk from Araguaína and neighboring regions, with the aim of better organizing producers in the dairy cattle farming, monitor the installation of milk cooler tanks to adequacy in Normative Instruction 62 and mechanical milking machines, apart from participate in assisting cooperative producers by informing them about the importance of cleaning milk cooler tanks, brass, fabrics and/or sieves used to strain the milk, in addition to training and hygiene of mechanical milking. It was possible to follow and participate in courses offered by SESCOOP in partnership with VALLECOOP for cooperative producers with the aim of professionalizing or obtaining greater knowledge, thus narrowing relations between producers and the cooperative, transmitting to them the advantages of cooperativism. Finally, the participation and organization of the 18th Dairy Tournament during the Araguaína Agricultural Exhibition (Expoara) 2019 which took place on the 12th, June 13, 14 and 15 of this year, with the participation of cooperative producers in order to explore the dairy potential of their cows. Finally, it was possible to follow the work of VALLECOOP, its organization in the dairy chain and the effort to facilitate access to credit for its members and facilitate milk production.