AGCO has developed the new series CH 1700 Challenger off-set heavy disc harrows expressly for tilling difficult, compacted soils. 

Twelve companies engaged in the supply of agricultural equipment for the Kursk oblast gathered at a seminar dedicated to re-equipment of the farming industry.

Russian agriculture functions in conditions where practically every third year is droughty and every fifth unpropitious or adverse. The fixed assets of the country's irrigation systems are 70% worn out. How can we lessen the dependence of agricultural production on the chance developments of climate, firstly drought? AgroCentre Company sees the solution to this problem in deployment of  US-made Valley modern irrigation systems which we started to present in the previous issue.

AgroCentre arranged a traditional trip for its customers to the JCB loader manufacturing plant in England. The Russian farmers watched the assembly of the telescopic loaders that had caught their fancy.

Representatives of Kverneland held a training session for specialists of AgroCentreZakharovo in use of their Airseeder machine, which can perform as a seeder in a direct seeding function or as cultivator.

AGCO presents a new generation of tractors, the series MT500D Challenges, on the Russian market.

Among AgroCentre’s activities, the top priority is development of a network of service centres. Today ten maintenance centres operate in the regions. One more will be opened in December in the Chelyabinsk oblast.

The Agrosalon-2012 dedicated agricultural exhibition brought together more than 300 manufacturers of farm machines. They introduced Russian farmers to the newest and "smartest" equipment. AgroCentre used the exhibition to show off the results of its work and plans for the future. True to tradition, it arranged for customer visits to its partners' stands.

Among the Russian regions, the Belgorod oblast leads in the production of meat and poultry. At the BelgorodExpo exhibition, AgroCentreLiski specialists presented the JCB 531-70 farming loader and its "smaller brother". The two machines do the complete range of loading and unloading jobs on stockbreeding and poultry farms.