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The corporate journal of the AgroCentre Company Hot season

Smash- Hot hits of the novelties season on Field Days

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Hot issues: Strong together! Russian Machines and AGCO are pooling their efforts to P manufacture agricultural equipment…...... page 2 P GSI tower dryers are works of the engineering art...... page 4 “We need good heads and smart machines,” said Victor Antipov, P General Director of Artel CJSC. He spoke about his own approach to agriculture...... pages 6-7 P Trimble system for precision agriculture turns tractors into “Boeings”...... page 8

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EVENTS Strong together! Russian Machines and and enhance their positions by manufacture of Fendt and meet the demand in Russia,” AGCO completed a deal in one of the most promising Valtra machines by the end of says Manfred Eibeck, Director to establish an AGCO- international markets. In turn, the year. General of Russian Machines RM joint venture for AGCO is contributing the best The next step towards higher Corporation. production of agriculture technologies and innovations localisation is the plan to In turn, Rob Smith, Senior Vice machinery. available for farmers all over assemble the most popular President, General Manager the world. self-propelled machines – EAME for AGCO, noted that The strategic alliance between The project implementation the Massey Ferguson 7347 the joint venture with Russian AGCO, global producer of started in September 2013 and 7370 8-walker combine Machines Corporation will agriculture machinery, and when the companies signed harvesters and Massey enhance the market standing Russian Machines Corporation a joint venture agreement. A Ferguson tractors of the 7000 of the company by offering will allow both companies to facility for agriculture machinery and 8000 series. Russian farmers not only boost their positions in the assembly was established in “In partnership with agricultural machinery and Russian agricultural machinery Golitsyno along with logistics AGCO Corporation, we are equipment assembled in market. In this partnership, centres for distribution of final expanding our competencies Russia, but also bringing Russian Machines are going products and spare parts. SKD in agricultural equipment in efficient and innovative to enter the mechanical assembly of the Challenger and production. The AGCO-RM joint solutions aimed at raising engineering segment, which Massey Ferguson machinery venture has huge potential for the performance of their is new to the Corporation, is underway, to be followed development, enabling us to businesses.”

One day with AgroCentre! AgroCentreZakharovo invites all Penza farmers to participate in an Open Doors Day to be organised at their new dealership for servicing agricultural equipment.

A new service centre was machines is allowed. Any delay opened in Penza this year. in operation is just impossible, Already about 50 regional whatever the reason is. The farming enterprises enjoy service engineers work 24 its services for equipment hours a day to prevent even maintenance. The spare parts the possibility of down time or storage facility (600 m2), delay. The new service centre service area (700 m2), office will provide more options for premises (240 m2), and demo- quality and timely service,” site for agriculture equipment says Artem Simbulatov, samples are situated on 0.8 ha Director of the Penza branch of grounds. The service centre is AgroCentreZakharovo. equipped to meet up-to-date requirements, and it possesses During the Open Doors Day, everything necessary to they scheduled a study-tour of perform diagnostics and repair the service centre to familiarise of agricultural machinery within the farmers with new models the shortest time possible. of agriculture machinery and “During the hot season no to answer any questions of down time of agriculture interest. By Anna BORDUNOVA

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NEWs Demand fosters development!

Livestock producers of the region favour the ‘jack-of-all- trades,’ the telehandler JCB 531-70 Agri. A wide range of attachments shows the huge capacity of this smart, reliable, and failure-free machine: wad handling, fodder preparation, loading-unloading operations at a height of up to seven metres, cargo transportation. Thanks to the quickly detachable carriage, replacement of attachments takes just two minutes. In early summer, agricultural producers of Yaroslavl oblast and adjacent regions attended the traditional Field Day. A demonstration of up-to-date technological GSI dryers were also in solutions was conducted for all forward-looking agricultural producers on the grounds demand from the guests of the Agricultural Enterprise Voshchazhnikovo JSC (Borisoglebsky district, Yaroslavl of AgroCentre. Agricultural oblast). AgroCentre participated in this event. producers complained about the capricious weather of the “At this Field Day, more than of AgroCentreZakharovo was fuel. SCR technology makes central region, which they have 70 suppliers presented cutting- greatly admired. This brand of it possible to refine exhaust to cope with and compensate. edge agricultural machines tractors is the most popular gases and optimise engine It is impossible to prepare coming from all corners of the both in agriculture and in performance. In addition, the grains for market without dryers world. They are in demand, and forestry as well as in utility work. tractor’s dimensions meet here. Compared to its peers, demand fosters development “This tractor is ideal for livestock all road traffic regulations. the prices for GSI equipment of agriculture,” says Sergei and crop enterprises, including One can drive it on regular are quite reasonable. The price Yastrebov, the Governor of vegetable producers with fields roads without any escort,” matches the quality of the dryer Yaroslavl oblast. covering up to three thousand says Evgeny Lukyanov, head and the quality of grains after The tractor Valtra T 191h hectares. T Series Valtra of the service department at drying. (189 hp) on display at the tractors consume much less the AgroCentreZakharovo LLC stand of the Yaroslavl branch regional company. By Yulia SALKOVA Massey Ferguson hits the spot!

Over 1,000 guests from different regions of Russia and Department in the Kursk branch “Long ago I put my eye on of AgroCentreLiski. the CIS arrived at the 15th Kursk Korenskaya Fair to this machine. It boasts high Aleksandr Sivtsev, Director of see and be seen. AgroCentre demonstrated advanced performance, excellent Spasskaya Niva LLC, purchased manoeuvrability and economical agricultural machinery from world-famous brands. the JCB 527-58 telehandler at efficiency. In the case of our AgroCentre. By the way, it is the farm, it hits the spot! We should first telehandler in Kursk oblast. arrange to purchase this He also paid attention to the tractor,” says Aleksandr Sivtsev. The Challenger MT 865C km/h,” explains Aleksandr Usov, Massey Ferguson 7624 tractor caterpillar tractor, JCB 531-70 senior manager of the Sales presented at the fair. By Anna BORDUNOVA telehandler, Carrier cultivator by Vaederstad and Massey Ferguson tractors of the 7 and 8 series sparked profound interest among the visitors. “Fifteen Massey Ferguson tractors have already been operating in our region. The updated, powerful six-cylinder AGCO POWER engine, the highly efficient continuously variable Dyna VT transmission, and the lift capacity of rear mounting up to 12,000 kg — all those features make the machines ground-breaking in their class. Those tractors feature high performance and reach speeds of up to 50

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NEWs Real capacity

Two big GSI 5000G tower grain dryers are being on our own experience in assembled by AgroCentre-Zernovye Tekhnologii at two drying equipment operation farms of the APK Orlovskaya Niva CJSC. This year’s and also on the experience of crop will be entrusted to these powerful works of other agriculture enterprises the engineering art known for their unprecedented already using similar dryers. capacity. We received good feedback. They told us that the real “These grain dryers feature a Dried grains are processed capacity exactly matched unique design providing high by captured heat which the specifications. One capacity, ranging from 30 to other dryers just radiate more advantage was the 330 t/h. Our clients checked out. Such mixing helps to compact dimensions of many times and found maintain optimal grain the tower: height about 31 that actual capacity meets temperature and reduces m with a diameter of 7.5 the data indicated in the fuel consumption. m. Equipment servicing specifications!” says Sergey Mikhail Zhirnyakov, Deputy was considered to be one Sobolev, head of the sales Director of the APK Yunost of the major factors, and department at AgroCentre- CJSC (APK Orlovskaya Niva AgroCentre stood tall in Zernovye Tekhnologii LLC. CSJC) offered the following this regard. We also liked Compared to the dryers from comments: the basic configuration of the dryers. A variety of other manufacturers, the “Our agricultural holding sensors, valves, systems for whole heating chamber of has large production drying process control and a GSI tower is surrounded volumes. We produce grains monitoring are included in by the grain column. Hot air for sale and for mixed the standard delivery set. passes through the grain feed preparation. So we Other manufacturers offer column without wasting heat. need powerful dryers. We such features as options Invertors installed inside purchased GSI grain dryers for extra money. The towers the GSI tower move dried of the tower type with a are quite easy to install. grains from inside out, so capacity of 135 t/h (wheat) Now we have reached the that wet grains supplied and 90 t/h (maize) for last stage of assembly and from the external portion of installation at two elevators. installation.” the column take their place. We selected the dryers based By Yulia SALKOVA As viewed from inside AGCO has carried out its scheduled dealers’ training. This time training took place in Italy, at the European plant manufacturing grain harvesters. AgroCentre specialists attended the sessions as well.

Before looking inside the combine harvester and comparing it with competitors, the dealers examined all production stages of the plant. Here at the laboratory, plant specialists demonstrated quality assurance procedures. After this study-tour, practical training was carried out. The dealers were told about features of the MF Activa, Aleksey Porokhin, senior manager of the sales department at the Beta and Centora grain harvesters in comparison with competitors. Penza branch of AgroCentreZakharovo. The MF Centora 8-walker harvester, a very popular model in the PowerFlow reapers (5.5-6.7 m) equipped with longitudinal belt European market, drew outstanding interest of the participants. conveyors will be available in the Russian market this year. “Compared to competition, this harvester features a larger Conveyors of this type provide smooth feeding of the harvested separating area and higher threshing quality. In addition, this mass, resulting in better quality of threshing and separation. These model is equipped with an innovative system for cylinder loading machines are ideal for harvesting grain crops and rape and they control. It monitors cylinder operation depending on load,” explains also show excellent results on down crops. By Anna BORDUNOVA 4 The corporate journal № 22 June 2015

TНОВОСТИest drive

Good speed helps sowing!

This spring AgroCentre conducted several equipment cm wide rows. Broken soil AgroCentre invited us to demonstrations in which about 20 models of agricultural is moved from the discs to watch the machine in action, machines were presented. press wheel, which levels our doubts dissipated: they and presses the soil down. were ready to show us the “We believe that it is better sowing either by traditional or Such displacement of soil machine in action, which to demonstrate agricultural zero technology. We seeded doesn’t compact the side wall means they were confident machines in action once than spring barley using zero and prevents stubble from in its capabilities. Using this to tell stories about them one technology and thus spent less jamming. We have seen the machine, they seeded over hundred times. Our spring motor-hours and man-hours. results, so the equipment about 50 ha of sunflower made it clear by itself.” demonstrations confirmed this Sprouting quality was really where no spring treatment of once more: our machines were pleasing — the sprouts were The row-crop drill Tempo F8 by soil was done, only shallow taken from demo field to farms even and uniform as if set by Vaderstad became the hit of cultivation in the autumn. immediately,” says Sergei scale. We carried out sowing at the demonstrations in Penza The machine was operated at Lomantsov, Executive Director different speeds - 9, 10, and 12 oblast. 15 km/h. Traditional row-crop of AgroCentreLiski LLC. km/h. Agronomists found no “Compared to the other drills, drills could not even dream According to Aleksandr difference between the sprouts Tempo features an absolutely about reaching such a speed. Kirichenko, Director General sowed at different speeds. new seeding-down method. Again we had our doubts about of Agroholding-AST LLC, We wanted to try sowing at Farmers have already heard this ‘racing drill,’ but after we Lipetsk oblast: 15 km/h, but our machinery about its high-speed seeding,” saw the even and uniform “Just before the start of operators were afraid to do so. said Artem Simbulatov, sprouts, we had to put all the new seeding season, Now when we see that good Executive Director of the Penza kidding aside. The seeding was AgroCentre carried out speed helps sowing, we can branch of AgroCentreLiski LLC. done with sniper precision! We a demonstration of the work at 15-16 km/h! “However, some people do not are very serious about buying Challenger CH 9030-40 I think machine design is the believe that a row-crop drill is this machine for our farm. Single Disc pneumatic drill. key factor here. Opposed able to operate at 12-15 km/h We also liked the Tempo As a result, two machines single discs rise and move or even 19-20 km/h without settings and adjustments — with 12.2 m coverage are soil between two narrow 15 compromising the quality of everything is simple but smart. operating at our farm. Fuel sowing. We have quietly proven All settings can be done from economy was the first thing we its capabilities in action.” the cab, and there’s also an noticed, because preliminary Ruslan Ayupov, Chief optional remote control of the tillage was not required. This Engineer of Niva JSC, Penza drill operation. Deactivation of multifunctional drill allows oblast, says: separate row units is one more useful function which helps “At first, our attitude was to save seeds, in particular, in sceptical, but later on we liked uneven fields.” this eight-row Tempo drill very much. When By Yulia SALKOVA

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Guest of the issue «We need good heads and smart machines,” says Victor Antipov, General Director of Artel CJSC According to Antipov, there are three ways to go broke: spending time with women is the most pleasant; spending time in casinos is the fastest; whereas agriculture is the surest way to ruin. In 2002, the Antipov brothers, Victor and Sergey, set out on the third path. However, they not only avoided bankruptcy, but created a professional and viable seed-production enterprise. Today Artel CJSC is one of the leaders in field crop seed production in Russia.

High-quality marks capacity (wheat). The enterprise the spring, we can go out in the time. This machine distributes is equipped with up-to-date fields earlier with our spreaders. seeds smoothly over the field. Their farm land is located in foreign machinery for seed This year, we nearly finished We seeded 2,800 ha of barley, the Oboyansky and Pristensky cleaning, drying and treatment. seeding by 1 April,” Victor Antipov 500 ha of soy beans, 2,000 ha of districts of Kursk oblast. There, Their modern storage facilities explained. flax and 100 ha of peas. RoGator on a surface area of more than can hold over 120,000 tonnes covers 500 ha in one shift and 20,000 ha, they grow seeds of Last year a Challenger RoGator of grain. provides perfectly continuous productive varieties of malting 1300, 36 m self-propelled seeding. There are no rows, and barley for SunInBev breweries The in-house seed assessment sprayer equipped with New moisture is better preserved. This and winter wheat. They also laboratory controls the quality of Leader 4258 spreader came is a very important factor in our cultivate soy beans, peas, maize seed grains. Seeds produced by into the service yard of the case, since there has been no and flax. Artel CJSC feature high sowing enterprise, which already had features and satisfy all quality 50 farm machines. This year rain in our district for one month The enterprise is home to standards. one more pneumatic spreader and half,” says Victor Antipov. the Oboyan state variety test was purchased, the AirMax RoGator operates here 24 hours plot, where they test new crop A matter of 180. The self-propelled system, a day. Since the beginning of varieties produced by Russian as they call it, performs three the season, the sprayer has and foreign plant breeders, technique operations: spraying, spreading completed three operations including more than 60 varieties Today a 250 hectare plot is a mineral fertilisers, and seeding. on 16,500 ha in total. Now the of wheat and 50 varieties of ridiculously small piece of land for This unique machine was hard work of crop tending is barley. Two years ago, together Victor Vasilyevich and his brother. supplied by the Kursk branch of going on. The sprayer did 1,750 with Bayer, the enterprise However, 13 years ago they AgroCentreLiski. motor-hours in a year. The launched the BayArena research started their farm with only that specialists are satisfied with the project for testing various crop much land. First, they sold grain. “Previously we used centrifugal high quality of the spraying and growing technologies and crop- Then they decided to take up spreaders for seeding, and smooth distribution of fertilisers protection agents. production and things really got seeding quality was not always started. It’s worth mentioning that satisfactory, in particular, when it it provides. RoGator ensures On separate test plots, the brothers haven’t any degree was windy. This year we seeded the highest precision spraying specialists of the enterprise in agriculture. Victor graduated as using the RoGator sprayer with among the competitors in its run tests on winter wheat a chemical engineer, and Sergey AirMax spreader for the first field. The difference in hydraulic varieties from the Lukyanenko as a beekeeper. Nevertheless, KNIISH (Krasnodar Lukyanenko they became pioneers in direct Research and Development seeding using mineral fertiliser Institute of Agriculture) of spreaders. In answer to our Krasnodar Krai. question on how they have come “Today winter wheat varieties to this, Victor Antipov answered: from Krasnodar and the “Poverty drove us to it!” varieties developed by Bagrat “We listed the pros and cons, Ismenovich Sandukhadze are and we decided that seeding by among the best in terms of spreader is the more effective winter survival. Last year those solution. We conducted tests varieties demonstrated the best and compared output yields. overwintering results,” Antipov We discovered that seeding by says. drill and spreader give the same Every year the enterprise results. Today we have a drill. brings to market more than Nevertheless, 95% of wheat and 15 tonnes of quality seeds barley seeding is performed by which they prepare in a seed the spreaders. The seeding tool producing plant with 10 t/h is not what matters, time does. In The corporate journal № 22 June 2015

Guest of the issue

specialist than to be missing one. Staff members should work in normal mode and perform their duties in a professional manner, without overworking themselves. Nowadays they say that optimisation of human resources should not impact on the quality of work,” Victor Antipov concludes. Over 250 employees work for the enterprise. All are young, 35-40 on average. Candidates are scrupulously selected. All the specialists have high professional qualifications. “We adhere to high farming standards, thus we need smart machines and good heads. We fluid pressure between the two machine for the first time and on Seed-breeding in select the best people in all spraying nozzles on the boom is the same shift completed 400 spheres. There are three factors 0.07 bars, which is outstanding ha,” Victor Antipov tells us. fields and beyond of success of any enterprise: for such equipment. Spray The sealed cab, three-stage air According to Victor Antipov, ideas, manpower and money. material is injected evenly. The filtration system, ventilation, air equipment is not the only factor Still, ideas and money are durable steel boom is equipped conditioner, and wide field of view to achieve high performance in optional, whereas people are with a stabilisation system for — everything provides optimal the fields. Personnel are even indispensable, since they can keeping the pre-set height even working conditions. more important. invent an idea and find some under difficult field conditions. The RoGator 1300 has many AGCO Power, a low-consumption smart functions, such as self- engine of the third generation steering, hydraulic adjustment equipped with a Common Rail of track width, and automated fuel injection system, provides a switch-off of separate sections of good power margin. The sprayer the boom during spraying. starts up and gains required operating speed quickly. “This is a reliable machine. There were certain issues during the The average operating speed commissioning procedure which of the self-propelled RoGator were resolved in timely manner. 1300 sprayer ranges from 20 Thus, in general, we are satisfied. to 30 km/h while spreading We think about purchasing one and spraying. Depending on more RoGator 1300. To have conditions and fertiliser types, more money, one should either hydraulic fluid consumption spend less or earn more. Using varies from 100 to 300 l/ha. this sprayer, we will earn more! The Challenger RoGator sprayer For the moment, we need quality features a flexible C-shaped and timely maintenance and frame. Along with the air servicing, since machines which suspension system, the frame stay idle in fields are the most provides good contact of all four expensive. That is why I purchase wheels with the ground even in machinery from vendors who the heaviest field conditions. provide good servicing. To be “Often we tend to overestimate money as well!” Victor Antipov “This sprayer is easy to control. sure, AgroCentre stands tall in the importance of reducing staff. I reasons. think it is better to keep one extra For instance, one of our this regard,” Antipov says. By Anna BORDUNOVA machinery operators got into the

7 The corporate journal № 22 June 2015 Find out about the AgroCentre recommends similarities between a tractor and a Boeing!

The similarities become noticeable after installation of Trimble, a positioning system for precision farming. Trimble is an American company which has been developing navigation systems for about 40 years. Its solutions are used in geodesy, construction and the aviation industry. Because of outstanding signal quality and precision, Trimble tracking systems are installed on its aircraft by Boeing Corporation.

Trimble works well not only ‘train’ of functions. seeding, saving about 30% on the implement, even on in the sky, but down on the EZ-GUIDE 250 heading average. The system controls steep slopes and the most ground as well. This system indicator provides high quality sections of agricultural complicated soils. helps to cut expenses on and precision for field work implements, regulates seed WEEDSEEKER system is used fertilisers, fuel and seeds. considering the low cost of and fertiliser distribution for automated detection and AgroCentre offers various the system. It works well rates, prevents overlapping, spraying of weeds. This system Trimble packages, from for crop production where analyses seeding quality by helps to reduce costs for automatic steering systems sub-metre precision is such indicators as number complete chemical weeding to differential fertilising and enough. Colour display and of seeds per area unit, and save up to 80% of funds seeding. several templates for moving gaps, overlaps and distance allocated for plant protection “One of the most important around the field make the between the sown seeds. products, time and labour advantages of Trimble is its operator’s job easier. The Operation reports can be costs. compatibility with agriculture night mode function enables transferred to a PC via the USB GREENSEEKER system machines of any brand. I 24 hours operation. After port or by using the Connected provides fertilising based on would like to note that Trimble completion of the day’s work, Farm function for wireless data of herbage sensors. The works with either GPS or the accumulated data can be data transmission. system checks the amount of GLONASS, besides using its saved to a USB flash-drive and FmX multifunctional display available nitrogen in the soil own correction signals, all of transferred to a computer. combines features of the two and automatically calculates which makes it very precise. CFX-750 display is intended systems described above plus and distributes the required Its range of capabilities is for parallel steering and several additional functions. amount of fertiliser. really wide, allowing any precise farming operations. TrueGuide is the system FmX display can be used agricultural calculations based The built-in double-frequency for passive control of the while harvesting for yield and on actual data,” says Andrei receiver processes signals implement. It controls tractor moisture mapping. Installation Shtubov, product-manager of of any precision class (up movement to make an of special updates is enough AgroCentreLiski LLC. to 2.5 cm) and supports the implement follow rigorously to enable this option. Data Trimble products make field GLONASS system. It can be the preset trajectory. The are stored in the FmX display work faster, more effective complemented with a steering autopilot system is used memory and can be easily and precise. Depending on the correction device or Autopilot for trajectory correction. No transferred to software for target, the operator can select system. additional devices required. mapping and comparison a suitable heading indicator The Field-IQ system is used TrueTracker system provides operations. (display) featuring a certain for differential fertilising and high precision control of By Yulia SALKOVA

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AgroCentre recommends JCB is more than a handler

For more than eight years, AgroCentre has been supplying all models of JCB telescopic handlers to Russian agricultural producers. Those machines are recognised as indispensable farming aids worldwide for their performance, reliability and versatility.

The JCB Company (UK) has m lift height. Compared to The 4WD switch-off function been producing telehandlers competitors, JCB handlers are is included in the standard for more than 35 years. The equipped with a more powerful delivery kit. This function helps company invests considerable air filtering system. All to reduce fuel consumption money into production, engines in basic configuration and slow down wear of tyres makes research efforts are equipped with turbo- and transmission during and implements advanced supercharging. The powerful transportation work. engineering developments. hydraulic system provides Shifting between the “Such global intelligent and failure-free operation under different modes of handler financial investments pay off. the heaviest loads. Load movement (‘track by track,’ JCB offers the widest range control sensors are installed ‘transportation,’ ‘duck walk’) of handlers designed with on each load-bearing and is automated and can be farming specifics in mind. power unit of the machine. done ‘on-the-run’ by using the These machines are used all Data from the sensors are switch. sent to the display inside the around, at livestock facilities, JCB telehandlers are equipped cab. for loading-unloading, in with the LiveLink system. This poultry yards, at elevators, in The JCB telehandler boom system helps farmers and storehouses, at agricultural deserves special praise. It dealers control worked motor- premise construction sites, is made of a U-shaped tube hours, fuel consumption and and even for snow removal covered with sheet steel data on the handler usage. or transporting calves,” says without any welding at the The system sends notifications Sergey Lomantsov, Executive point of critical stress. The about the operating condition Director of AgroCentreLiski JCB telehandler has no of the machine and need for LLC. counterweight. Its stability is maintenance. All machine Presently no other producer ensured by its design. data are available via a web- offers a wider line of handler When the machine is site which can be accessed models: 13 machines of the moving, it is possible to even by cell phone. Agri series with 1.5-6 tonne switch between two-wheel By Yulia SALKOVA handling capacity and 4-8 or four-wheel power drive.

Hot offer from JCB Finance The financing rate for the 500 series Loadall telescopic handlers has been lowered to 0%! The subsidised offer is valid until 30 June 2015. The down payment is 49% and the leasing period is 13 months. JCB Finance guarantees favourable terms for machinery purchase. The programme offers flexible leasing terms for clients, including down payment from 15%, leasing period up to 60 months, attractive rates, prompt application processing (up to three days), an optimal set of required documents, and an individual payment schedule. JCB Finance covers the complete equipment line.

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AgroCentre recommends

Harvest with excellent marks

The MF Activa combine operator’s work, including harvester is a practical and Since last year, AgroCentre has been supplying electric control of the sieves from the cab, a weigh cell for efficient machine featuring Massey Ferguson combine harvesters high quality cleaning and low additional threshing, and the waste. This model is equipped manufactured in Italy. This article is about how Auto-Guide automated steering with a high inertia cylinder and those Italians are doing in Russia. system. An Agcommand multipurpose concave. It can telemetry system is included handle a wide range of crops, quality. Long straw walkers threshing drum with eight in the basic configuration as from small grains to sunflower easily separate grain from rasp bars and additional loads well. This system allows for and maize. Last season the MF chaff. Due to high-capacity provides excellent threshing on-line monitoring of machine Activa 7347 brought in 25,000 cleaning sieves, the grain quality. operations. The grain tank of tonnes of grain in Rassvet LLC and chaff mass effectively MF Activa machines are Beta harvesters with a capacity (Gorshechensky district, Kursk passes through the sieve pan, welcome at AGSEN LLC (Penza of 9,000 litres has one of the oblast). providing clean and quality oblast) as well. Here, five highest unloading speeds, grain output,” says Sergey “I have given ‘excellent’ harvesters of this type are 105 l/s. Beta combines are Samoilov, Chief Engineer of marks to this combine currently being operated. This equipped with a Skyline cab, Rassvet LLC. harvester. It harvests neatly! year they plan to purchase one of the most ‘silent cabs’ in Grain can be sent on for The MF Activa combine three Massey Ferguson the market. The large glazed storage immediately, without harvester is equipped with combine harvesters (Beta area and comfortable steering processing. Different spaces a Schumacher drive, which models) from AgroCentre. and controls of the machine between the wires provide a ensures good cutting even Compared to the competitors, using a joystick facilitate the large separating area of the at high speeds, up to 1,200 MF Beta harvesters have operator’s work. concave and high threshing strokes per minute. The more features to facilitate the By Anna BORDUNOVA

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FEEDBACK Farm machine operators deserve the best!

Fendt tractors are widely known as premium class machines - and with good reason. These tractors could rival even Mercedes-Benz in comfort. Nevertheless, alongside comfort the tractors demonstrate outstanding pulling characterics and exceptional economy.

“For fifteen years Fendt tractors CVT (continuously variable inner tyre pressure directly excellent visibility, LED headlights have been dominant in European transmission) which converts a on-the-run, allowing you to set with light beam correction, agricultural enterprises. This greater portion of engine power one pressure for field work and climate control, super comfort brand is very famous in Russia into tractive force. Traditional another for road driving. There seats equipped with pneumatic Harvest with excellent marks as well. But Russian agricultural transmissions consist of over is no need to define average suspension, belt support and producers were in the past thirty gear wheels, while the Fendt pressure. dynamic shock absorber, plus discouraged by lack of not only 900 Vario uses only four pairs of The Fendt 900 Vario comfort a user-friendly control panel prompt servicing, but lack of gears. This transmission provides installed on the right armrest. any servicing at all. The tractors deserves high praise. No other an infinitely variable speed range manufacturer pays so much And this is only a partial list of the were down for months waiting up to 60 km/h. The Fendt 900 tractor’s merits! for delivery of spare parts from attention to the operator’s comfort Vario transmission ensures and efficiency: a spacious cab with By Yulia SALKOVA Europe. AgroCentre is an official high efficiency during field and dealer of AGCO Corporation, transportation operations,” Oleg Aleksandr Stebnyuk, a private entrepreneur and head of a including the Fendt trademark. Shchednov, manager of the sales We guarantee quality and farming enterprise, says: department at AgroCentreLiski “Last November I purchased a Fendt 933 Vario Profi Plus tractor (330 rapid servicing. All spare parts explains. and components required for hp) at AgroCentreLiski. This seeding season was the first one for this maintenance of these tractors are The six-cylinder engine with tractor. It ran 600 engine hours with a six-metre Rapid drill attached. available at our storage facilities,” a common rail high-pressure This tractor is marvellous! It operated on over-moistened soil as if no says Sergei Lomantsov, Executive injection system and a 7.8 litre 9-tonne drill was attached. The tractor showed itself off really well in Director of AgroCentreLiski LLC. capacity provides tremendous maize seeding using the 16-row seeding system. I have no complaints! tractive force. The high injection According to the machine operator, seeding passed smoothly, in spite AgroCentre supplies Fendt 900 pressure of 2,000 bars ensures Vario tractors in a wide power of the heavy workload. There was neither cab vibration nor reeling. The fine fuel mixture atomisation and atmosphere inside the cab was cool and silent. The tractor ran over range: from 220 hp to 360 hp. the high combustion capacity of Each tractor has a set of unique uneven fields as if on a European autobahn. No wonder! This tractor the engine. Twin charging gives has more seat adjustments than my Mercedes-Benz! technologies for fuel consumption excellent action and, as a result, (on average - 15% less reduces fuel consumption. This I think as soon as an agricultural producer gets a chance to purchase a compared to other brands) and efficient engine works at lower Fendt, he should do so! Certainly one can work hard even on a К-700 enhancement of tractive force. torque (down to 2,100 rpm), tractor, but good machine operators are few in the country. I think they “Fendt 900 Vario tractors are which also saves on fuel. deserve much more than a Mercedes-Benz. The Fendt is exactly what they need!” equipped with the unique The VarioGrip system regulates

11 The corporate journal № 22 June 2015

AGROCENTRE PROMOTIONS Spring-cleaning 2015 Favourable terms on Michelin large-size combine harvester tyres of the MEGAXBIB and CEREXBIB models (featuring ULTRAFLEX technology) • Special prices and supply terms and conditions • Fixed prices • Additional seasonal discounts

The offer is valid from 1 June to 31 July 2015 Contact the nearest dealership for tyre availability and supply terms Enhanced working tools Vaderstad.. Marathon Marathon chisel advantages: • up to 9 times longer service life compared to standard chisels This offer covers the chisels below • saves time and money because of lower wear and tear and Special price higher performance in the field Article Description (EUR per piece, • keeps to proper working depth, approach angle and VAT inclusive) cultivation quality over the whole working width of the cultivator Chisel 50 mm 498382 70.00 • installation and fastening as for standard chisel Marathon • durable chisel sharpness requires less power for soil 498383 Chisel 80 mm 87.00 penetration Marathon • depth adjustments caused by wear and tear are not required • lower costs on high-wear elements per ha Offer is valid from 1 June to 31 December 2015

The offers are valid at all AgroCentre branches scan QR code to get to the More details are at all servicing centres of the AgroCentre Group of Companies or at our site special offers page www.agrozentr.ru in the Special Offers section 10 July AgroCentre’s Field Day in Penza oblast 10-11 July Ural Field Days 2015 22-24 July 5th Tyumen Special Exhibition of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment 22 August 12+ Svenskaya Fair in Bryansk July — August AgroCentre’s Open Doors Day in Penza Announcements

Signed for printing on 02.07.2015 EditorinChief: Ms. Svetlana Ivanovna Weber Distributed free of charge Address of the editorial office: Translated by the Snegiri Translation Bureau 79-a Radishchev Street, Kursk, 305004, www.snegiri-tb.com, email: [email protected] tel. +7 (4712) 39 26 60 Printed by VIP Publishing House LLC, 5 1st Mokovsky Publisher: AgroCentre Group of Companies [email protected] lane, Kursk, 305007. The circulation of the issue: 145 copies. Order №_____ 12