Meeting place: Siberian Agricultural Forum

Best performers of the agricultural sector of the region, agricultural producers and farm machinery suppliers traditionally met at the forum in Krasnoyarsk. The event was held under the auspices of the regional Ministry of Agriculture.

‘We used the forum to discuss the results of the farming year and congratulate the top performers’, says Mikhail Kovalenko, Head of the Krasnoyarsk Branch Office of AgroCentreZakharovo. ‘It is not often that the farmers come to the centre of the region, since they are very busy during the season. The forum gives them an opportunity to become familiar with the latest developments in agricultural machinery building. And we, in our turn, have something to offer them.’

More than 200 exhibitors displayed their products. AgroCentre participated in the event for the second time. Meetings with clients took place in an informal setting.

‘The results achieved by our partners are very important to us’, says Denis Tyurin, Executive Director for Siberian region of AgroCentreZakharovo. ‘We supply the machinery, which helps to improve the performance of farming enterprises, and service, which brings down time to minimum.’

Andrey Birikh concluded a contract for the delivery of a Challenger self-propelled windrower.

‘We are happy to purchase our first piece of machinery from AgroCentre’, says Andrey Birikh, Director General of Marininskoye farming enterprise. ‘We want to extend the useful life of our machinery, therefore, we have agreed to undergo maintenance service, too. We don’t think it makes sense to purchase the software on our own, we’d rather turn to the experts.’

The Kansk variety testing station bought a self-propelled windrower from AgroCentre. The representatives of the station came to the forum with an intention to buy some more units.

‘We would really like to have a JCB 531-70 AGRI telescopic loader, currently we are contemplating the idea and calculating the costs’, says Valeriy Volkov, Chief Engineer of the Kansk variety testing station. ‘The enterprise has around 130 units of machinery, so there is a lot to discuss with our partners. We will see what spare parts we are going to need and which of them AgroCentre has available. We were happy to hear that AgroCentre was planning to increase the number of service technicians.’

Igor Klimko, Director General of Intikulskoye farming enterprise, has firsthand experience of the benefits of operating imported machinery: Intikulskoye farming enterprise has a Challenger CH647C combine harvester and a Challenger MT685D tractor. At the forum, Igor Klimko praised the efficiency of the AGCO engines.

‘Our enterprise is a small-scale one, we grow wheat and barley on an area of 6,000 hectares’, says Igor Klimko. ‘We are considering buying a self-propelled sprayer but we haven’t decided on the brand yet. We are planning to consult AgroCentre’s specialists with this regard.’