About us

Therefore, everything started roughly 30 years ago. We were looking for a quite remote place, to get away from the crowded beaches (we owned a villa at the seaside), and close to a lake to keep enjoying the pleasure of water. With the assistance of some friends, we found a branch of the Parapanema river dam close to Avaré> (western state of São Paulo) that answered to the melodious name of Jurumirim.

The place was perfectly uninhabited: the area for sale had no crop, not even an old shack to take refuge while we decided to build our house. A reasonable size (less than 100 hectares), an affordable price and an uninterrupted view of the lake made us take the first step in the direction of what is the Massaranduva Fazenda today.

Since we love horses, the farm activity first revolved round a small Arabian horse breeding of which we still own some. However, we quickly bought some dairy cows to be able to drink our own milk.

Over the years, the cows multiplied, the equipment modernized, and one thing leading to another, the face of the farm changed: large masonry silos were dug, metallic grain silos grew, new farm buildings appeared, and today, side by side, our dwelling houses a large aviary close to the water live together with a farm in constant evolution.

Descriptive card:

Monette, Jean-Marie Monteil and Dr. Frederic Monteil

Fone and fax: (55) 14 37 61 12 31

Area: 113 hectares

Reserved to crop: 38 hectares

Grazing area: 60 hectares, being 10 hectares of irrigated pasture

Head of cattle: 330 (Dutch cows and half Jersey thoroughbred)

Milk production: 4 500 l/day/170 cows in production

Employees: 8