The Siberian Agrotechnical Exhibition-Fair AgroOmsk-2019 has opened its doors to specialists of the agro-industrial complex

During the first day, a number of seminars were held, farmers from the municipal districts of the steppe and northern zone visited the experimental fields of the Omsk ANC, where modern agricultural machinery was demonstrated.

Today, on July 22, the 17th Siberian Agrotechnical Exhibition-Fair AgroOmsk-2019 began its work for specialists in the field of the agro-industrial complex. A seminar on field husbandry was held for the chief agronomists of agricultural departments, managers, as well as chief agronomists of agricultural organizations from the regions of the steppe northern zone.

The seminar was opened by Yuri Epanchintsev, Head of the Department of Crop Production and Mechanization of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Omsk Region, who congratulated everyone present on the start of the exhibition, noting that although the Year of Fertility had not been officially announced, as last year, the exhibition was again held under this slogan, since, in his opinion, fertility in one year a year is impossible to achieve.  Yuri Epanchintsev reminded farmers about the existing support measures in the crop industry, noting that the acceptance of documents for subsidies will begin on August 1. The representative of the regional Ministry of Agriculture placed special emphasis on technical re-equipment: "The list of equipment has been significantly expanded this year, which includes grain drying machines, and it is also planned to replenish this list with machines for sorting and processing seeds," he stressed.

The seminar was also attended by representatives of the Rosselkhoznadzor, Omsk Agricultural Research Center and Omsk Agrarian University. Maxim Chekusov, the head of the Omsk Agricultural Research Center, addressed the participants of the exhibition with a welcoming speech, who focused on technologies in both crop production and animal husbandry. He said that this year the agricultural center has carried out serious work with the Ministry of Science of the Russian Federation and it is planned to create a new modern molecular genetic laboratory in the crop industry on the basis of the center, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2019.

As part of the seminar, farmers visited the experimental fields of the Omsk Agricultural Research Center, where they were presented with varieties of soft spring wheat – Katyusha and Element – 22, which are resistant to stem rust, as well as other wheat varieties, varieties of barley, oats, peas, soybeans of Russian and foreign breeding. In the agriculture department, close attention was paid to the basic elements of modern agricultural technologies, which include crop rotation, soil treatment system, fertilizers, plant protection products, varieties, seeds, human factor, etc.

A demonstration of modern agricultural machinery from the companies Siberian Supply Base, Semirechenskaya Supply Base (Rostselmash), Agrocomplete, Omskdiesel, and Agrosibnavigation took place in the experimental fields. I would especially like to highlight the Altai company Sortex LLC, which has developed the Focus mini photo separator, capable of sorting a variety of products, including grain.

In total, 17 units of agricultural machinery of domestic and imported production, focused on increasing the fertility of agricultural land, are presented at the demonstration.  All samples of agricultural machinery can be viewed at the fair itself, as well as ask questions to representatives of companies. 

Tomorrow, on the second day of the exhibition, there will be a seminar on field farming for farmers from the municipal districts of the northern forest-steppe and southern forest-steppe zones, and an Agro-Financier 2019 seminar at Omsk Agrarian University for accountants and economists from agricultural departments of municipal districts and agricultural organizations. Specialists will learn about new forms of support for small businesses ("Agrostart"), they will be told about the digital economy as a stage of innovative development of the agroindustrial complex of the Omsk region. The seminar will include an excursion with a demonstration of digital economy facilities at the OmGAU training and experimental field: a smart greenhouse, a greenhouse with an agro robot, a container-type greenhouse, and a weather site with a geolocation system. A presentation of gas-powered vehicles will also take place within the framework of AgroOmsk.