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AnnouncementS 5 October. Seminar on John Deere grain combine harvesters and Reman spare parts Robert Kloos: Venue: Kostroma Organisers: Kostroma branch of EkoNiva-Tekhnika LLC 8-12 October. The 14th Russian Agro-Industrial Exhibition Golden Autumn 2012 Venue: All-Russian Exhibition Centre, Moscow Organisers: Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture, All-Russian Exhibition Centre CJSC 10-13 October. All-Russian Farming Equipment Exhibition Agrosalon 2012 Venue: Crocus-Expo International Exhibition Centre, Moscow Organisers: Rosagromash Russian Association of Farming Equipment Manufacturers 23-26 October. Altai Field 2012 Agricultural Exhibition Venue: Barnaul Voronezh oblast deserves Organisers: Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture, Altai Territory close attention Administration 24-26 October. Harvest 2012 Inter- Robert Kloos, the state secretary of Germany’s Federal Ministry of Food Supplies, Regional Specialised Exhibition Agriculture and Consumer Protection visited EkoNivaAgro LLC, the largest farming Venue: Voronezh enterprise of EkoNiva in the Voronezh oblast. Organisers: Voronezh Oblast By Svetlana Weber Department of Agricultural Politics Before this, however, he held political the Voronezh oblast. Such scope impressed 30 October – 2 November. Agrosib. negotiations with his colleague Aleksandr the guests more than a little. Siberian Farmer 2012 Agricultural Exhibition Petrikov, deputy minister, at the Russian “I would like to point out the excellent Ministry of Agriculture. He also attended the Venue: Novosibirsk organisation of work both in crop production Organisers: Novosibirsk Oblast Field Day in the Lipetsk oblast. The discussions and stockbreeding,” says Mr. Kloos. “This is focused on seed production and the related Administration legislation. very important when an enterprise is so large. The concern of each workman in the common 12-16 November. EuroTier 2012 In Voronezh, Mr. Kloos met with Aleksey cause is evident. He does his best at work International Stockbreeding Exhibition Gordeyev, the oblast governor. They spoke about and tries really hard. The art of dealing with Venue: Hannover, Germany the development of bilateral cooperation. The colleagues as equals and the ability of building Organisers: German Agricultural governor believes that a promising direction relationship with partners at various levels is Association (Deutsche could be production of biological products and an essential prerequisite for business progress Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft, DLG) agricultural equipment plus the processing and a recipe of Stefan Duerr’s success.” of foodstuffs. Robert Kloos pointed out that 13-19 November. Selmash-Expo the Voronezh oblast is much more attractive Summing up his visit, the deputy minister 2012 Agricultural Exhibition than other regions in terms of investments, noted that the Russian agricultural politics are Venue: Kemerovo which is why it deserves the close attention of moving in the right direction, especially with Organisers: Russian Federation investors. The guests from Germany could see reference to subsidies for various productions. Ministry of Agriculture, Kemerovo for themselves how the German investors work In due time, the same measures were taken Oblast Administration today on the Voronezh soil, for which purpose in Germany and they appeared very effective. 14-16 November. VoronezhAgro they visited one of Stefan Duerr’s enterprises. Also, Mr. Kloos said that he would surely advise 2012, the major agricultural forum in The season at EkoNivaAgro proved quite hot the German investors to pay special attention the Black Earth Region and harvesting was at its . But despite the heat, to the farming industry in the Voronezh oblast. Venue: Voronezh the guests spent all the day on the field and the “They have established here a constructive Organisers: Voronezh State farms and watched the pastures. The company cooperation between administration and Agricultural University’s Exhibition operates on an area of 88,450 hectares, has business and created adequate conditions for Centre, Voronezh Oblast Department 19 stockbreeding houses, more than 19,000 work protected by law. One can find here good of Agricultural Politics head of cattle and is a major milk producer in partners, start up a business and do really fine!” 2 № 31 September 2012

its work, and to compare the JCB A heart-to-heart talk models with the rivals. AN event “One must know the machines not for eighteen months. The so-called only by sight,” accentuates Semyon Mega-telescope can lift a load of Kostin. “One must also look into up to 5 tonnes to the height of 8 it, penetrate its soul, as the saying metres, boasting the highest lifting goes. That is the only way a manager capacity among its counterparts. can recommend a specific model to a farmer, taking into account the “The JCB equipment nature and specifics of a given farm.” advantageously differs from its counterparts by the simple control The theoretical training was followed and the well thought-out design by a test drive on the field. New 225 of everything, in construction, and 225T wheeled and tracked side- appearance, controls layout, etc.,” turn mini-loaders aroused particular says Yevgeny Buravtsov, sales interest. Though designed for heavy manager of EkoNiva-Chernozemye duties, they look like toys. The unique LLC. “We have strongly assured PowerBoom design employs a single ourselves of this once again. The boom, instead of a traditional double wide range of compact telescopic boom arrangement. The single boom loaders makes it possible to select machine hampers the operator less, the right type of machine for any with a loader thus increasing his efficiency. More than 70 representatives of the dealer companies of Russia, farm.” Ukraine, Belarus, and Kazakhstan met for a practical training Among the first timers was the session arranged by the JCB Company in Belgorod. Among those improved 527-58 Agri loader wishing to test the loaders in real life were the specialists of developed expressly for poultry EkoNiva. farms. The new options, created for the Russian and CIS markets, By Anna Bordunova include blue headlights, 2,000 wide JCB has now provided this type of Semyon Kostin, JCB business fork, and a large 1.5 m3 bucket for training for the third year,but this adviser on farming equipment in loading and unloading the grain. is the first time so many examples Russia and the CIS, the emphasis An outstanding performance of equipment and representatives was on practice during which the was demonstrated by the «strong of interested companies have participants were able to test the machine» Loadall 550-80 Agri Plus. come together. According to equipment in operation, to see The specialists of JCB worked on it John Deere tractor Dreams come true! EkoNiva-Sibir has realised the cherished dream of Siberian farmers in Krasnozersky district. Soon the company will open a servicing and maintenance centre for them. By Anna Bordunova Last year, at the opening managers will always help to of a major dealer centre of choose the required machines EkoNiva in the Novosibirsk and equipment for each farm, oblast, the company president taking into account its production Stefan Duerr promised the volume, the technologies it uses Krasnozerka grain growers and the development strategies that soon they would have it implements.” consolidates cooperation a servicing centre of their “The farmers of the district are own. Said and done! The new Russia’s leading agrarian noted Aleksandr Sysoyev, the MGAU happy that the company fulfilled educational establishment, agricultural facility, measuring its promise and made an excellent president. “The John Deere officials 3,404 sq m, housed four the Goryachkin Moscow State and we realise that food security is present,” says Yegor Kin, Rubin Agro Engineering University one of the keenest problems in the heated repair zones, offices, a LLC director (Krasnozersky (MGAU), and the John Deere world. It is difficult to resolve without commercial hall, spare parts and district, Novosibirsk oblast). “The Corporation signed a contract of modern technology. But without expendable materials depot, Krasnozerka farms nearly all cooperation. The historic event trained personnel it can’t be resolved and a vehicles maintenance use the John Deere equipment. was attended by officials of the at all.” area. The workshops (428 A minute’s downtime spells a EkoNiva Company. sq m) are fitted with modern disaster for us. But today we can Joseph Barrett pointed out that John equipment for all types of repair. By Anna Bordunova Deere particularly trusts the MGAU for stop worrying about force majeure. its innovative approach to education The total investments amount The company is serious and its In a classroom, expressly outfitted to 7,300,000 rubles. for studying the John Deere and the ability to make the best use servicing quality is excellent.” equipment, Joseph Barrett, head of of the facilities available. “Dedicated training sessions This is not the last surprise from the Russian branch of John Deere, The cooperative ties were sealed and master classes for various EkoNiva. Shortly, it will open a and Aleksandr Sysoyev, president of by the ceremonious award to the types of equipment will be similar centre for the farmers of the MGAU, signed a memorandum. university of keys to the John Deere held at the servicing centre,” the Kemerovo oblast. Its chief goal is to train highly 6925 tractor which will become says Yevgeny Gorbunov, skilled professionals for work in the the students’ first teaching aid. EkoNiva-Sibir executive farming industry. The curriculums Sergey Skrobkin, head of the EkoNiva- director. “Also, the sales imply the training of students and Tekhnika sales department, the instructors both at the MGAU itself MGAU graduate, presented it with and at the company’s training a certificate for 500 motor hours of centre in Domodedovo. Also, they free servicing. include the exchange of expertise “Today we have initiated an important and the students’ probation work movement in agriculture which will with subsequent employment by help the future students to leave John Deere divisions in Russia and the establishment fully trained abroad. and prepared for work on modern “A momentous event for our equipment,” concluded Sergey institution took place today” Skrobkin. № 31 September 2012 3 A visit Seed growers on a visit The Zashchitnoye farm has played division of EkoNiva-APK, is doing a good deal host to the partners of EkoNiva, of professional research work on testing and specialists of the IG-Pflanzenzucht growing of new field crops. seed selection and production company and Saatzucht Gleisdorf This year, a large batch of new varieties selection company of Austria. of winter and spring wheat, oat, barley, Colleagues familiarised themselves and peas, supplied by IG-Pflanzenzucht, with special features of the Russian underwent preliminary tests on the agrarian business and saw how the Shchigrovsky pilot production plot of varieties they had supplied sustained the Zashchitnoye farm. Galina Dyudina, acclimatisation. head of the pilot production plot, related that the good results during preliminary By Anna Bordunova tests were demonstrated by the field peas Antelope and two varieties of Over the last two years, EkoNiva has cooperated oats, Max and Kurt, all supplied by IG- with IG-Pflanzenzucht, one of Germany’s Pflanzenzucht. The highest harvest, leading seed selection and production 6.74 t/ha, was obtained from the Max variety. associations incorporating 11 seed companies. EkoNiva, in association with IG-Pflanzenzucht, cleaning to assure the best quality. The guests saw The seed production area in Germany amounts will hand this variety over to the National Variety a new plant under construction (3 t/hr product to 37,082 hectares. Of those, 27,000 hectares Certification Committee for testing. output) designed for grass seed pre-treatment. are occupied by winter wheat. The guests witnessed the harvesting of the Franz Beutle, IG-Pflanzenzucht executive director, While touring the company facilities, Yuri Vasyukov, barley Calcule. This year, 40 hectares of it have confessed that he had visited Russia only once deputy director-general of EkoNiva-APK, told the been sown. The yield was 5 t/ha. The spring and he first familiarised himself with the country’s guests that field crop seed production plays an wheats Epos and Amaretto also demonstrated farming at the EkoNiva Company. important roles in the company’s economics. high productivity. Those are going to be put on “If other Russian farms pursue agricultural Every year, the facilities of EkoNiva produce the market in addition to the yet unsurpassable production the way they do it at Zashchitnoye, up to 15,000 tons of certified seeds of grains, variety Trizo. then Russia, a country of huge areas and leguminous plants, perennial herbs and potatoes. outstanding technological capabilities, faces a For a second year, the company has been The foreign selectionists attended a modern European style potato storage facility, a promising future,” said Mr. Beutle. “We have our replacing its varieties stock. The emphasis is laid own genetics business and we know the results on the search for highly productive and adaptive stockbreeding complex, and the Twister elevator. varieties of winter and spring wheat, peas, barleys, They watched the putting of grain into storage and it produces in Europe. So we’d like to employ soya, and fodder grasses. visited a seed production plant featuring a 10 t/ our expertise in Russia. We clearly realise today hr product output. Aleksey Bibikov, director of the what varieties we should advise for production in The Zashchitnoye firm, a leading seed production farm, told how the seeds undergo a four-stage Russian conditions.” Getting acquainted personally Milk comes from cow’s tongue The Tula Dairy Plant OJSC, in association with EkoNiva-Farm LLC, arranged a trip to the EkoNivaAgro stockbreeding facilities in the Voronezh oblast for the farmers of their region. By Anna Bordunova While touring the reconstructed well balanced and thoroughly farms in Dobrino, Maryino, detailed rations for the animals, Shchuchye and Vysokoye, the strictly observe the feeding and specialists of EkoNivaAgro told the milking schedules and maintain Over the last seven months of this year, the EkoNiva-Chernozemye farmers that obtaining high milk their udders hygienically clean. Company supplied 200 units of John Deere equipment. Each year, yields necessitates well balanced The results speak for themselves. over 1,000 machines of this brand undergo servicing. and regularly timed feeding plus On the Dobrino farm, for instance, By Yulia Salkova keeping animals in comfort. An the annual milk yield exceeds integral part of the dairy farm is 9,000 kg per cow. The local stock At the end of this summer, John Deere US$ 32.9 million in sales of machines, its milking equipment. All of the animals on the Shchuchye and key personnel, headed by Joseph US$ 9.2 million in sales of spare parts reconstructed and newly built Vysokoye farms produce around Barrett, chief of the corporation’s and US$ 950 thousand in servicing. John 6,000 kg a year.” Russian division, got personally Deere will account for 73% of the total complexes are equipped with acquainted with the official dealer in trade turnover. machines from the GEA Farm The principal purpose of the trip, Technologies Company. i.e. refuting the notion that high the Chernozemye (Black Earth) region, Much attention was paid to the future, i.e. visiting the EkoNiva-Chernozemye “To answer the question ‘how milk yields can be obtained only the modern servicing centres of EkoNiva- by super-modern automated servicing centre in the Liskinsky Chernozemye under construction in much milk does the cow produce’ district of the Voronezh oblast. The the villages of Verkhny Mamon and we need to find out what she eats complexes, was achieved. delegation included John Deere Davydovka of the Voronezh oblast. and how much, as well as how A the conclusion of the visit, leading international experts on the we milk her and what with,” says The guests familiarised themselves Sergey Mitusov, director- manufacture of combine harvesters Vyacheslav Prostyakov, head of the general of the Tula Dairy Plant, and plant protection equipment. with EkoNiva’s agricultural production in the Voronezh oblast and visited the quality management department suggested, in cooperation Among them also were marketing and of EkoNiva-APK Holding LLC. with EkoNiva, holding training sales specialists. EkoNivaAgro firm. Roman Litvinov, deputy executive director of the farm, “The cow’s milk comes actually sessions on stockbreeding for Accompanied by EkoNiva president noted that 50% of the equipment used from her tongue. That is why the specialists of the Tula oblast Stefan Duerr and EkoNiva- in agricultural work comes from John specialists of the farm prepare farms. Chernozemye executive director Deere. The eighth series tractors got Nikolai Buravlyov, the guests attended special praise. At EkoNivaAgro, of 55 the workshops and storage facilities John Deere tractors 19 are “eights”. and learned the production process, the people who maintain it and Concluding the acquaintance, Joseph the company personnel. After that, Barrett thanked everybody for the warm Stefan Duerr related in detail about and informative reception. EkoNiva in the Voronezh oblast, its He said: “The on-the-spot familiarization history, manufacturing capabilities, with the company’s life helps to better personnel and financial performance. understand the people we work with. The company’s trade turnover in the This ‘reveals’ the dealer’s soul better current fiscal year will come close to than figures in the financial statements.” 4 № 31 September 2012

.. Based on own Vaderstad is experience Today, the Vaderstad tilling and seeding equipment is everywhere where farming is. Its special feature is versatility. In a single pass, the units perform several everywhere operations, which saves time, energy and money. About ten years ago, as the Vaderstad equipment emerged in Russia, many farmers revised their classical tilling and seeding patterns. Many abandoned the plough which not only saved them funds but also increased their crop productivity and improved the soil quality.

By Yulia Salkova Tractors where farming is The Vaderstad equipment has operated on depth of 5 to 25 cm on difficult black earth soils. Today, 20% of the farm’s sown areas are tilled the EkoNivaAgro farm (Liskinsky district of the Due to the grip width being larger than that of using the No-Till technology since they have Voronezh oblast) for seven years. Today the the plough, the fuel consumption is only 9-10 l/ been brought up to the required condition, farm’s inventory numbers 10 seeding and 11 ha at the same power employed. The TopDown i.e. the fields are ideally smoothed over and tilling machines operating on 66,200 hectares model operates at a high speed of 8 to 20 km/ feature an excellent soil structure. of arable land. hr (depending on the treated crop). In tilling the For seeding, EkoNivaAgro employs mechanical “The versatile nature of the Vaderstad soil at the depth of 25 cm, in a single 12 hr shift and pneumatic Rapid seeding systems with equipment made it possible to quickly abandon the five metre TopDown does the job on 40-50 an operating width of 4 and 6 metres. Due ploughing and switch to no-till technology hectares. This exceeds by 2-2.5 times the rate to the set of pre-seeding tools, the Rapid employing TopDown and Carrier cultivators of the eight-component plough with a grip width system not only seeds but also performs the and Rapid seeders,” says Roman Litvinov, of 3.2 m. Another forte of this machine is the compete range of pre-seeding cultivation. The EkoNivaAgro deputy executive director for absence of the plough sole hampering the plant machine is used for production. “This called for ample knowledge root growth. seeding various crops of agronomy and more sophisticated work The cultivator consists of four operating like grains, leguminous with seeds, fertilisers and plant protection zones that fully prepare plants, rape, and maize compounds. Of course, the effect was not the soil for for silage. instant and much had to be learned.” seeding. “The Rapid system Nonetheless, in some aspects the effect The first one reduced the production leaps to the eye. For instance, the fuel does the soil cost by 30-35% consumption decreased by a factor of 1.5 loosening and and increased the to 2. This is particularly important in case of crushes the productivity on tilling equipment. The EkoNivaAgro specialists crop residues, average by 500-700 employ TopDown multi-cultivators as the main the second kg per hectare,” tilling tool, using them at different operating loosens the lower says Vladimir soil layers at a Litvinov, the chief An opinion: set depth, the agronomist of the Willi Drews, third preliminarily farm. “This is a doctor of agronomy: smoothes over the multi-role seeder “The next year’s soil and breaks the that excellently productivity is lumps, the fourth cultivates, makes the determined by the one, the compacting seed bed, embeds seeds, and 48 hours following zone, performs one forms a layer of mulch on the surface which the harvesting. of the chief functions retains moisture. The spouts are wonderfully That is when it is that can’t be fulfilled in regular despite the high speed of the seeder imperative to retain ploughing, i.e. prompt compacting of the surface reaching 12-15 km/hr. Thanks to these assets the soil moisture. In layer. Thus the moisture is retained in the soil. we do all the seeding job in 15-20 days.” the now increasingly Even in the abnormally droughty summer of 2010 when the mean productivity of grains in The seeder is remarkably small, measuring frequent droughts only 3 metres, which eases its transportation. the transition to the minimal tillage or even the Voronezh oblast did not exceed 1.3 t/ha, that at EkoNivaAgro was around 1.5. This year, This is very convenient since quite a few fields direct seeding is unavoidable. However, are located more than 30 km apart. the transition to these techniques must the mean productivity of the farm is 3.8 t/ha as compared to the average one of 2.3 t/ha After the harvesting, the Carrier always be smooth. The new methods ought to be goes across the fields. This cultivator, also introduced step by step, with due regard obtained elsewhere in the oblast. EkoNivaAgro often got lands that had not been performing several operations, is a lighter than to special soil features of a given field. TopDown. It evenly spreads the straw, loosens Thanks to its versatility, the Vaderstad tilled over the last 3 to 5 years, which brought in wanton weeds reaching up to the waist. But the soil and does the compacting. The machine equipment is well suited both for the provokes the sprouting of weeds and invasive ‘transition period’ and for work by the even on such difficult fields the TopDown did a fine job, in two passes if not in one. plants, which are destroyed in the cultivator’s minimal tillage, or No-Till technology.” subsequent pass. № 31 September 2012 5

Technical inspection

In 2011, the import of foreign made tractors, both new and used ones, exceeded 13,000 machines in Russia, with a value of US$ 217 million. The bulk of them were wheeled tractors (around 10,000 machines). The number of caterpillar tractors supplied to the Russian market in the past year exceeded by 31% the number of those in 2010. The interest in caterpillar tractors grew due to their earth sparing features and the capability to start field works earlier. By Anna Bordunova Tractors advance The John Deere Corporation continuously wheel, which increases manoeuvrability in 18-speed PowerShift transmission with works on the creation of highly productive turning. the Efficiency Manager system enables and economically efficient equipment. This Heavy duty machines moving at a speed of up to 40 km/hr. The year, the company offers a new product line new comfortable Command View II cabin of 8 RT (8335 RT, 8310 RT) and 9 RT (9510 The John Deere 9RT caterpillar tractors is 10% more spacious. It is fitted with the RT, 9460 RT, and 9560 RT) caterpillar (506 to 616 hp) are the strongest, most Command Arm simple-to-use control panel tractors. productive and comfortable full-drive models and a new GreenStar 3 Command Centre The “eighth” wonder of ever manufactured by the company. They are display. This can simultaneously activate engineering built for heavy duty jobs on large fields. The many different accessories, including new prime movers came to replace those of The new 8RT series caterpillar tractors the JDLink and Service ADVISOR Remote the 9030 series launched into the market in intellectual systems. Due to the electric- (310 to 335 hp) enable working on very 2007. All the models are powered by the John wet and sticky soil hydraulic Deere PowerTech PSX (13.5 l) diesel engine. three- and fields, and on The 9 series model features a solid frame abrupt slopes four-point

inaccessible to a wheeled tractor. The 8RT for caterpillar alignment and special drive suspension, the lifting capacity of the tractor’s wheelbase is 254 mm longer wheels for better adhesion. This assures the “nines” reaches 9,072 kg. This makes it than that of the previous model caterpillar maximally possible ease of maintenance, possible to fit them with large trailers, wide counterparts of the 8030T series. Its durability and high productivity. The width seeders and heavy duty ploughs. advantages include enhanced tractor stability and increased area of contact with An opinion: the earth which eases work on the field. Due Aleksey days earlier and to finish it in autumn to the unique air cushion suspension, the Priskoko, chief later. The farmers say that by consuming machine operates at a top speed of 42 km/ engineer of the up to 15% less fuel the caterpillar tractors hr. The 8 series models feature improved EkoNiva-Tekhnika add to their incomes. These tractors skid cohesion, minimal soil compression, servicing group, Tula less, especially on wet soils. Their skidding increased draft and smoother motion. The branch: is only 2-5% compared to 12-15% of the ActiveCommand exclusive steering system “Compared to the wheeled types. It means that in 1,000 is the most reliable and functional in its wheeled tractors, motor/hours the wheeled tractor’s idle class. The dynamic control of the wheel shift the caterpillar types time is 150 hours while that of caterpillar maintains the set direction of the machine provide a stronger type is only 50. So, the owners of caterpillar with the minimal effort applied. This assures draft, greater contact tractors save 100 motor/hours or nearly the tractor’s stability as it moves. The with soil and higher two weeks’ work. The biggest shortcoming steering system with an adjustable transfer manoeuvrability. Thus it becomes possible of most caterpillar tractors is their inability ratio assures a short travel of steering to start field work in spring three to five to move over asphalted roads.” 6 № 31 September 2012

Guest of the issue of machines and tractors has been completely renewed. Modern economically efficient equipment of world-renowned brands has been acquired. The Nikolai Kirov branch of the EkoNiva- Tekhnika LLC helps to do this by offering a wide range of Kharkin: agricultural machines and follow-on servicing. Over 30 units of self-propelled and trailed equipment from John The Agrofirma Sredneivkino CJSC is a large Deere, Vaderstad, Grimme, enterprise specialising in dairy and meat Lemken, Einbock, Degelman production. It boasts a nearly half a century’s operate on the company’s fields. history. This is one of the top five farming firms Those have been supplied by in the Kirov oblast. Its head is Nikolai Kharkin. the Kirov branch. The head He unquestioningly believes that gainful work of the agricultural company is only possible when it is done using new ideas, takes special pride in the John cutting edge technologies and improving the Deere 9435 tracked tractor infrastructure of the homeland. purchased this year in the By Yekaterina Galushkina Verkhoshizhemsky district. Also, Nikolai Kharkin often goes on business tours abroad with specialists of EkoNiva. Such “ We share a common fate” trips supply him with new ideas. A professional approach agricultural produce. feature outstanding productivity The young do it Nikolai Kharkin, the head of the Recent years have seen and endurance. The ‘red’ cows’ The head of the agricultural enterprise since 1989, comes the intense development of milk is fat and features high company believes that success from the village of Sredneivkino. stockbreeding. A new cowshed protein content. The pedigree in farming is only possible if a After school, he graduated from has been built for 400 cows selection work steadily increases well organized team of energetic the agronomical department of and a calf house for 200 young the head of livestock. Today, experts works in concert. Over the Kirov Agricultural Institute. animals. This summer, a 400 the annual average milk yield the years of operation the For some time he had worked head dairy farm equipped with the is 7,196 kg per cow. There are, company has built up a mainstay at the chemicalisation station in Herringbone milking system went however, record breaking cows of real professionals. Kirov, and then at the pedigree into operation. yielding 9,000 to 10,000 kg. Nonetheless, it has always relied production trust. He returned Today the stock breeders face the “I was urged to introduce the new on the younger generation and to his home village in response task of increasing the animals’ continues to do so. Thus the to his fellow villagers’ proposal technologies following my trip to productivity so that to exceed Germany,” recalls the director of Sredneivkino Company is a fine requesting him to participate in the 8,000 kg landmark. The daily base for students of the Vyatka the elections of the head of the the farm. “That was in 1996. I was weight gain of bull-calves invited to represent a large dairy Agricultural Academy, Nolinsk Sredneivkinsky state farm. reaches 1,100 Technical School of Agricultural company. I attended the exhibition Since then, for over twenty years Mechanisation, and Urzhum and saw the new equipment Veterinarian Technical School. Nikolai Kharkin has headed the and new loose housing farm and all the chief experts Since 2010, a consulting centre have worked with him just as also operates here for farming long. His colleagues describe him specialists of the region. “It’s as a knowledgeable, energetic essential for us to fasten the EkoNiva conquers Udmurtia and proficient leader. He knows young people to the land they how to work for the future, were born on,” says Nikolai precisely calculates in terms Kharkin. “Many beginner of economy, and persistently specialists and workers work for our company. We do our strives to achieve his goals. best to create adequate Such are Nikolai’s inherent traits. conditions for them. But it’s These assets helped him attain difficult to stop the outflow of outstanding results in the career. the young. Therefore we seek Nikolai holds the title of an to modernise the production honourable workman of the process, thus making up for Russian agricultural complex lack of labour.” and is a member of the council of the Kirov oblast department Developing the production, the company doesn’t ignore the of agriculture and food supplies. grams. The social aspect of life. It builds He is decorated with the medal calving rate is 80 head housing for its personnel. “For merits in serving the per 100 cows.” For instance, in the last two country, second class” and the methods. In crop production the focus is years seven families enjoyed honourable sign “The best leader So, I decided to their housewarming parties. of farming enterprise”. on growing high quality fodders. borrow foreign expertise. Back in Simultaneously, the company Three more houses are Re-equipment strategy the Soviet era the Sredneivkino grows grains, vegetables, and under construction. Also, the Headed by such a leader, the farm opted for the Ayrshire potatoes. Today, “the second company improves the village Sredneivkino farm is among the cattle brought in from Karelia. bread” is grown on 350 hectares infrastructure, from repairing best farming enterprises of the Today the complex maintains with employment of the modern the roads to building socially Volgo-Vyatsky region. Its area of that tradition. In 2000, the firm GRIMME potato equipment. Every essential facilities. In August, according to a tradition, the Day arable land amounts to 14,700 received the status of a pedigree year, Sredneivkino sells around of the Village is held, called “We hectares. The cow herd totals production enterprise specialising 8,000 tonnes of potatoes. 2,918 animals, 1,165 of which in breeding Ayrshire cows. These share a common fate”. This title are milch cows. In 2011 the farm animals adapt themselves well Much attention here is paid to echoes the fate of Nikolai who, sold 220 million rubles worth of to the northern latitudes and re-equipment of the facilities. as it happens, came in useful In the last five years the stock at home. № 31 September 2012 7

News from the fields An agrarian city in Siberia planter. Designed for operating This year, the Siberian by no-till method, this machine Field Day broke all produces excellent results in planting sunflowers, which is a records in terms of welcome factor for the Siberian number of participants region. The JD 9430T tracked and guests. Over 130 tractor is very popular in that companies from all region. In the four past years the machine has won over the over Siberia, some 500 Altai farmers. agricultural machines and nine thousand The climax of the event was a competition of fodder guests turned the harvesters. EkoNiva was exhibition into a real represented by the time-proven farming city. veteran, JD 7450 combine harvester (530 hp) fitted with the JD 645C picker featuring By Anna Bordunova the working width of 4.5 meters. The two demonstrated Aleksandr Karlin, the Altai Over the years of their work, the the JD 995 grass reaper. The a fine job, not succumbing to Territory governor, noted EkoNiva specialists launched spotlight was on the JD 1740 any rival. that one of the key issues – around 580 units of farming engineering modernisation of equipment into the fields of the the agro-industrial complex Altai Territory. – must be all-embracing and trigger not only the improvement “Every year, the farmers’ demand of the quality of agricultural for efficient farming equipment products, but also updating of is growing,” says Denis Tyurin, the farmers’ work methods. head of the Altai division of EkoNiva-Sibir LLC. “The farmers The EkoNiva-Sibir firm arranged keep abreast of the times, a large-scale exposition of 25 increasingly relying on advanced machines. Those represented technologies.” the world-renowned brands like JCB, John Deere, Kverneland, Among the first time exhibits and Vaderstad. This year, 88 were the John Deere 4630 agricultural machines left the sprayer and John Deere R450 company’s storage depot. self-propelled mower fitted with EkoNiva conquers Udmurtia machines of such brands as contracts for cooperation The third agricultural forum, The Volga Field Day John Deere, Vaderstad, Grimme, with Udmurtian agricultural 2012, became a site for exchange of knowledge Lemken, JCB, and Pottinger. enterprises. and expertise between the Republic’s agricultural Particularly interesting were enterprises and farmers’ market operators from other cultivators, seeders, and potato growing machines. regions. The Kirov branch of the EkoNiva-Tekhnika demonstrated its products. “The agriculture of Udmurtia doesn’t stand still,” says Maxim By Yekaterina Galushkina Reutov, sales manager of the Company’s branch in Kirov. “It keeps abreast of the times, updating the production process, seeking new approaches and introducing the latest technologies.” The guests of the agricultural forum wished to learn in detail the terms and conditions of supply of equipment and spare parts and provision of follow- on servicing of the supplied foreign machines. The eventful day resulted in the conclusion of The Field Day held in the equipment. The Kirov branch some two village of Zyambai, Vavozhsky of the EkoNiva Company dozen district, exhibited some 200 enthralled the guests with a wide units of various farming product range of highly efficient 8 № 31 September 2012

News from the fields From exhibition to farm The Voronezh Field Day is a major exhibition and of the presented machines method. The seed-out device feast in summer attended by all the farmers of the will leave the exhibition for the «shoots» a seed into the soil. region. During it, much was spoken about the crops, farms. For instance, the John Such a technique maximises grain prices and purchases of new equipment for the Deere S550 rotary combine the seeding precision. next farming season. (assembled at Domodedovo) and During demonstrations, the JCB 531-70 loader went to EkoNiva-Chernozemye By Yulia Salkova the Dokuchayev agricultural artel presented its Lemken in Talovsky district.” EuroDiamant plough with a The company guests also took feather-type mouldboard. The interest in the novelty of the year, guests believed this plough did the Swedish-made Tempo seeder the best ploughing, compared from Vaderstad. This will become to seven rivals competing at available on large scale next the show. The EuroDiamant year. But the farmers are already left ideally loosened soil, placing orders for it. It features a embedding all the crop perfectly new seed embedding residues.

Anatoly Spivakov, head of The agricultural producers fully the oblast’s Department of agree with the head of local Agricultural Politics, started with farming, which is proved by a optimistic predictions. high demand for agricultural “The agricultural performance machines. On its exhibition of the Black Earth Region is site, the EkoNiva-Chernozemye essentially higher than average,” company presented 15 units of he noted. “The grain prices are farming equipment for various maintained at an adequate field works and technologies. level. I think that the Voronezh “This Field Day features the farmers will turn their work into farmers’ particularly keen good profits that will be invested interest in equipment,” says in development of production Ivan Vorobyov, head of the and modernisation of farming EkoNiva-Chernozemye sales equipment.” department. “More than half

brands. According to Fyodor Pyotr Gusev, EkoNiva-Tekhnika Romanovsky, the profitable work leading engineer, related about today necessitates the use of the AMS John Deere precise Insider’s view highly productive and wide-grip tillage system. How to be competitive on the agricultural products machines. Willi Drews, the consulting market? The Tula farmers who gathered for a seminar The Tula branch of EkoNiva- Tekhnika introduced the agronomist of EkoNiva, dwelt at the Lazarevskoye pedigree farm, LLC (Shchokinsky guests to such machines, on the Strip-Till method of soil district of Tula oblast), sought an answer to this demonstrating over 10 models treatment. Its main difference question. of equipment from John Deere, is that treatment is applied to Einbock, Vaderstad and JCB. For separate narrow strips in which By Anna Bordunova the first time the farmers saw the the seeds will be introduced. JD 4630 self-propelled sprayer. This technology is chiefly used The company specialists held a in planting the seeds of maize, number of dedicated seminars. sugar beetroots and soya.

The adequate equipment and rape, peas, potatoes and proper treatment of the fields buckwheat are grown on an area at Lazarevskoye, plus advanced of 19,000 ha. The company’s expertise, enable this company own processing facilities turn to turn out highly competitive out high quality products eagerly agricultural products. Fyodor consumed in the Tula region and Romanovsky, director of beyond. The fleet of agricultural the enterprise, told that the machines is fully equipped. For company keeps 60 thousand over eight years the company head of pigs and 2,500 head has used the machines of John of horned cattle. Grain crops, Deere, JCB, Kvernеland and other № 31 September 2012 9 Our champions Four winners, that’s our way! Over the last several successive years, the Petropavlovskoye division of the Sibirskaya Niva Company played host to stockbreeders coming from all over the Maslyaninsky district to participate in the professional contest. After a year’s break the farm resumed the tradition. Some 16 machine milking operators and insemination experts gathered here to demonstrate their skills and exchange expertise. By Anna Bordunova and Viktor OdineTS compete I feel like I’m Schleiger, took second doing it for the first time,” place. Vladimir Zakharov, says Nadezhda with a Sibirskaya Niva LLC smile. “There’s always just deputy director-general one thought of Socrates for stockbreeding did not in my head – I know that I conceal his pride in his don’t know anything!” colleagues: “Four prizes, The young workers that’s our way!” of Sibirskaya Niva have a fine example to follow. Nadezhda is an experienced expert Winners of the working on the farm insemination since its foundation. experts’ contest This notwithstanding, Photo by Viktor ODINETS she continues to study, The contests proceeded professional skills over bronze. learning new technologies for all the participants in the laboratory bench and and directions in work. “It Among the insemination is never too late to learn,” two stages: a theoretical to present the reporting experts, Nadezhda one which offered many documentation. says Nadezhda. “Dr. Eller Vostrikova from Sibirskaya from Germany visits our difficult questions and The prize of the milkmaids’ Niva became a winner for a practical one in which farm regularly. He advises contest went, as previously, the sixth time in a row. The us on all the relevant participants competed to Yevgenia Marchenko of colleagues never doubted in manual skills. The issues and holds training Sibirskaya Niva, a repeat her victory. They describe sessions. We use now on milkmaids disassembled winner of the district her as a real professional and assembled the our farm the rectal-cervical and oblast competitions. who knows her job. method of insemination. Yevgenia milking machine, Her colleague, Natalya Marchenko, prepared it for operation The winner herself does The knowledge we Sibirskaya Niva Neverova, a first timer not conceal that she had obtain helps us achieve and did the milking. The participant, took, in LLC, winner of insemination experts been excited all through effective results.” The the milkmaids’ accordance with to the the contest from beginning other representative of had to demonstrate their referees’ decision, the contest to end. “Each time I Sibirskaya Niva, Galina Photo by Viktor ODINETS

Ploughing with Kverneland Silver goes to Tempo At Russia’s first open championship champion’s laurels. For fifty years in ploughing the best machine the Kverneland ploughs have been operators strived on their ES 85- the farmers’ efficient helpers that 200 one-way ploughs to win the have won over 48 gold medals.

The Tempo F8 Vaderstad seeder unique batcher operating under won the silver medal at the high pressure. This minimises professional contest of innovative the vibration impact and farming technologies, Agrosalon maintains exceptionally high seed 2012. The machine got the introduction precision despite high honourable prize for its use of a speed and irregularities of soil. 10 № 31 September 2012

The specialists of EkoNiva- Chernozemye were introduced Regional news to the New Era of John Deere The myth Combine Harvesters, a machines with this threshing presentation of updated rotary and separation system is often and straw walking machines. of high losses believed to be the high grain “The share of grain combine loss in straw. This is true of other harvesters in sales is not large brands of harvesters with a fairly in the Voronezh oblast, hardly short rotor, due to which there is exceeding 40 machines per not enough time to treat all of the year, thirty of which come from mass flow. John Deere,” says Ivan Vorobyov, head of the sales department The losses for the updated John of EkoNiva-Chernozemye. Deere harvesters are just a myth. “Representatives of eighteen Their rotors have been elongated farming enterprises have come so that there is enough time to attend our function. These are even for a highly productive people willing to acquire combine mass to be fully threshed. The harvesters and persistently bullet-shaped rotor «tears» the seeking answers to specific incoming mass, preventing it questions.” This summer, the EkoNiva-Chernozemye Company from winding around, which The guests were particularly held several dedicated trials and demonstrations on often occurs in harvesting the interested in rotary combines. the fields of customers’ farms. One of them took place wet mass. Finally, the myth of Aleksandr Savushkin, head at the facilities of the Agro-S LLC in the Paninsky high losses was dispelled on the of Agro-S LLC intensified the district, Voronezh oblast. barley field. The JD S550 rotary interest saying: combine harvester was tested “From our own experience we By Yulia Salkova twice: on the entry into the plot realised that the ‘small’ rotary the mean power of 350 hp) fitted ha/hr. The fuel consumption of with the rotor partially loaded combine harvester JD S550 (271 with a similar reaper. In harvesting the rotary combine harvester and in the middle of the plot hp) with the 7.6 m reaper is in barley with a productivity of 3.8 t/ was considerably lower, 7.6 l/hr, when the rotor was fully loaded. practice not inferior to the JD W ha, the S550 featured the output compared to 9.8 l/hr.” In the first case the losses were 650 straw-walker combine (with of 4.3 ha/hr, and the W650 4.5 The shortcoming of the 1.8%, in the second 1.5%. The variety race Experts of technology Every year, at the facilities of the Zashchitnoye seed At the YarAgro 2012 agro-industrial exhibition the production farm, the EkoNiva-Semena Company holds Kostroma branch of EkoNiva once again proved that a Field Day dedicated to new varieties of crops and it provides absolutely the best equipment for real agricultural technologies. This year, around a hundred professionals. The company presented its ten most guests from 11 regions of Russia took part in this event efficient farming machines and tools. aimed at thorough study of crop varieties. By Yekaterina Galushkina By Anna Bordunova At the exhibition one could watch a plough model for more than one product line of John Deere 6130D, season. Yevgeny Shikholev, chief 6920, and 7830 wheeled tractors, engineer of the farm, is pleased with and John Deere 732 trailed sprayer. the implement, believing that this In addition to the basic product line, tool makes ploughing much faster on offer were two novelties of the and easier. season, i.e. John Deere W330 grain For those farms employing the combine harvester and Lemken minimal treatment and No-Till Chrystal stubble cultivator. technologies, the Chrystal cultivator “The new W330 fourth class straw came in particularly useful. This walker combine is based on the CWS combines the advantages of a 1470 model,” relates Denis Povalikhin, double- and multiple-row tool, head of the EkoNiva-Tekhnika LLC which allows better stubble branch in Kostroma. “Small, but treatment. Yuri Vasyukov, deputy director- and the UK drew the attention of reliable and highly efficient, this will general of EkoNiva-APK Holding the farmers. Among the novelties The “pet of the public”, the JCB cope with any loads. Besides, its price 531-70 telescopic loader, drew, as LLC, said that for a second year the were the Belmondo and Jackpot is very appealing!” company has been doing a major varieties. The crops of the new per usual, the farmers’ attention. job on variety replacement, seeking German spring wheats Amaretto Many Yaroslavl farmers The boom of this model reaches 7 new genetic resources that cut and Epos received the highest know the Lemken tilling metres at a lifting capacity of more equipment not only by than 3 tonnes. Denis Povalikhin is production costs and improve crop evaluations. Willi Drews, EkoNiva hearsay. The agricultural sure that such an assistant makes quality. adviser, pointed out that these firm Planet has used this even the hardest of jobs easy. In the fields, the guests inspected varieties feature a stronger ear. the advanced varieties of the “We have already bought seeds Canadian soya. In terms of quality of peas and wheat from EkoNiva,” and protein content they by far said Ivan Dyadkov, deputy outdo their Russian counterparts. director-general of Mordovsky The new varieties of the Danish- Bacon CJSC, the Republic of and French-selected malting barley, Mordovia. “We are pleased with Evergreen and Calcule, attracted the results. This year, the Trizo considerable attention from crop spring wheat occupies 5,600 producers. Particularly interesting hectares. We are setting our was the Evergreen variety used sights on new varieties of the for low cost production. It resists French forage barley, peas, and diseases and needs no fungicidal soya. It’s essential that the seeds treatment. A wide range of peas come supplied with advice on the from Denmark, Germany, France growing technologies.” № 31 September 2012 11

Our people A virtuoso of sales

As it happens, we almost live at work. However, few of us can match up our work and daily life. It can be a real art to be able to enjoy each and every working day.

By Yulia Salkova Ivan Vorobyov, head of the “We have cooperated with my people. Thus the managers recognise anybody except Andrei EkoNiva-Chernozemye Ivan for over five years,” says see me working and talking to Arshavin. I have no time for this.” Company’s sales department, Aleksandr Savushkin, Agro-S customers. Working so, I better Ivan is the youngest in the seems to have mastered this art LLC director, the customer of find my bearings on the work site.” family. He has four sisters, but fully. He really loves his work and EkoNiva-Chernozemye. “He is a Ivan assures us that the special in difficult life situations he his feeling is returned. knowledgeable specialist capable nature of his work never lets him often acted as an elder, coming In 2003, three days after his of assessing the situation and stand idle. directly to rescue. He is short of graduate thesis defence at the choosing the right equipment. time even for his family, which is He expertly finds solutions to “Once you stop, you roll down Experts of technology Voronezh Academy of Agriculture, immediately and then climbing why he appreciates every minute Ivan got a job with an emergent all problems, even those that he spends with his wife and son. have nothing to do with him. I back up is much more difficult,” EkoNiva-Chernozemye company. says Ivan. “Everybody makes his own Back then managers had only know for sure that in case of an emergency with Ivan seems to be choice and seeks to enjoy just started to learn how to sell different aspects of life. I love imported agricultural equipment, so used to living in permanent motion my work, especially when it until then unknown to the bears fruit, for instance, when Russian market. at work that this influences all we win a new transaction and “At first other aspects of when I see my managers grow I didn’t his life. Two years professionally. It means that I understand ago he took too am growing as their leader.” how management equipment courses under could be sold the Presidential for ten million programme. rubles while the Now he is in the flat I live in costs third year of just two,” says postgraduate Ivan. “But we studies at the saw our Moscow Voronezh colleagues from Institute of EkoNiva-Tekhnika Economy and doing a more Law. Recently, he revealed than successful himself as a gifted showman, who business. Even then equipment, I came up with an ingenious idea of they managed to can turn to Ivan for help the Fashion-Farmer field day at sell up to ten tractors round the clock. He can cope with which he performed as a master and combines in one any crisis.” of ceremonies for three hours at package to a single farm. Dealing a stretch. with the farmers we realised that Since 2007 Ivan has been in by acquiring modern equipment charge of the sales department. When asked if he has any time they gain, in the first place, new His chief concern today is left for his loved ones, relatives economical, technological and performance of his team. Actually, and hobbies, Ivan answers thus: manufacturing capabilities. The it is doing quite fine. This year, for “My hobby is the manager’s number one job is instance, the sales of EkoNiva- building of my dacha. to aptly slot a specific piece Chernozemye amounted to 1.7 But sometimes I make of equipment into the farm’s billion rubles. This is the second my appearance there working scenario.” highest figure among enterprises just once a fortnight. of the entire holding. Ivan believes that it is just as I am fond of football, important to clearly understand “Did the promotion trigger your but can’t remember the situation in the region’s move to a personal office with when I last agriculture. It is imperative to be a gold-plated nameplate on the watched it. Earlier, not a mere seller, but «the friend door?” I used to know of the family» and to steadily “What do I want with an office?” our national maintain contact with the people. asks Ivan with a smile. “I’m with footballers by sight. Now I won’t 12 № 31 September 2012

From talks over the table to talks … on the field! A reverence, English style

EkoNiva-Chernozemye servicing engineer at command centre

What an interesting vehicle! Give us a ride, boys! John Deere equipment sells like hot cakes at the Altai Field Day

A straight talk

Hold the bag wide!

Legends parade at the Farm Progress Show in Canada Potato harvesting at Zashchitnoye

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