The International Exhibition of Agricultural Machinery, Equipment and Tools for Plant and Animal Production “AgroExpoSiberia-2019” and the Forum “Siberian Agriculture: Present and Future” took place from 29 to 31 October in the Agricultural Centre of Siberia, in Barnaul.

This year AgroExpoSiberia recorded a significant increase in the number of exhibitors: 77 companies from Russia, the Czech Republic, Germany and Kazakhstan took part. The number of visitors to the fair and the forum increased by 60% compared to the previous year and amounted to 2,060 trade visitors. They came not only from the Altei region and other Siberian regions such as Tomsk, Kemerovo and Novosibirsk, but also from Moscow and the Moscow region as well as from Belgorod and Voronezh. Other visitors came from Kazakhstan and Germany. A highlight of the exhibition was the German Pavilion organized by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). It brought together a number of large German companies presenting modern technologies and equipment for plant production and animal husbandry.

Many VIPs attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition and the forum such as Alexandr Lukyanov, Deputy Chairman of the Altai Region Government, Roman Kostjuk, Executive Director of the National Union of Beef Producers, and Roman Kostjuk, General Director of the National Bio Union, Oleg Mironenko, President of the Association of Grain Producers of Altai Region, Viktor Gachman, General Director of the Analytical Center for Analysis of the Milk Market, Mikhail Mitshschenko and Gennady Mindru, Managing Director of DLG RUS.

In total 15 events took place in the forum: a plenary session, numerous conferences, round tables and workshops. Not less than 88 experts – heads of national associations (NSPG, FNL, NHA, Soyuzmoloko), associations, agricultural universities, large companies and successful practitioners from agricultural enterprises – determined the success of the events and met with great interest among the visitors. Around 700 trade visitors took part in the forum. The fair and the forum were also supported by the Altai Regional Ministry of Agriculture.

The participants of the Forum learned a lot from leading Russian and foreign experts and successful practitioners about their experience in solving problems and improving production efficiency in enterprises.

All interested trade visitors had a free access to the events. According to the survey, the aim of the forum was to exchange and combine the latest knowledge and best practices in agriculture.

The organisers of the “AgroExpoSiberia” trade fair are LLC “DLG RUS” and IFWexpo Heidelberg GmbH. They are subsidiaries of the DLG – open network and professional voice of the agricultural and food industry as well as organizer of the world’s largest agricultural technology fair AGRITECHNICA and animal husbandry fair EuroTier.

You can find more information about the fair here: www.agroexposiberia.ru

Contact: Anna Khomenko +49 6221 1357 20 or A.Khomenko@ifw-expo.com