№ 19 October 2014

The corporate journal of the AgroCentre Company New servicing centre for the agrarian region Page 2

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The silver of Agrosalon: two developments of AGCO P Machinery receive awards in the innovations competition… р. 3 “Work hard like a farmer.” Vladimir Korotkikh about farming P and modern farm equipment...... р. 6 The world of visited by Russian farmers P together with AgroCentre……………………...... р. 7 Farming rally. Contestants measure swords on the fields of the Ariant agricultural firm………………………...... р. 11 www.agrozentr.ru P 1 The corporate journal № 19 October 2014 New servicing centre NEWs operate in our oblast!” for agrarian region The newly opened centre will not only sell farm equipment and service it. Its rooms and facilities will be used for seminars, demonstrations of farm equipment and training of the farmers. For this purpose, classrooms and demonstration sites have been prepared. Nikolai Ivanishchev, AgroCentre Director General, thanked Oleg Korolyov for the possibility of building a high-end servicing centre in one of the country’s most successful agrarian regions. Special thanks were expressed for the particularly On 22 August, the Day of the Russian National Flag, Lipetsk Oblast Governor Oleg favourable investment climate Korolyov opened a new servicing centre in the village of Khlevnoye, Lipetsk oblast, in the oblast. for sale and maintenance of AgroCentreLiski farm equipment. “Today is a special day in life On this day, one more holiday, of AgroCentre,” said Nikolai the Village Day, was marked at Ivanishchev. “We have been Khlevnoye. Opening the new moving towards this event facility of AgroCentreLiski, Oleg for a year and half. And now, Korolyov noted that this holiday instead of weeds high as a would be incomplete without the man, here stands one of the opening of such an important largest servicing centres not agricultural establishment. only in Russia, but also Europe. Undoubtedly, it will promote “This servicing centre progress of the region’s demonstrates how fast our farming. Today at the facilities regional farming industry is of this centre we service over developing,” said Korolyov. 50 farms. We not only offer “I’m proud that our farmers servicing to all farmers of the are introducing revolutionary oblast, but also invite them to technologies in their business participate in various seminars and that such a large and and demonstrations.” advanced servicing centre will By Yulia Salkova A technological duet The duet of the Massey Ferguson 8690 Autumn in Voronezh started with the Industrial Crops Cultivation and (340 hp) and 16-row Challenger Harvesting exhibition held in the Khokholsky district of the oblast. 9180 seeder riveted the guests’ attention. AgroCentreLiski introduced the guests to a “technological duet” used for sowing industrial crops. The MF 8690 tractor is one of the most economical in the world. Its electronically controlled AGCO Power engine makes possible non-stop regulation of the amount and frequency of fuel injection with allowance for the engine’s revolutions and load. This not only saves fuel much better than most other (on average 1 litre per hour), but also increases the machine’s power. The Challenger 9180 drill with a between- row space of 70 cm is a fine choice for sowing maize and sunflower. “Thanks to the cutting disc fitted before the plant-out sections, the machine operates fine using both the traditional and minimum till methods,” said Nikolai Kunitsin, AgroCentreLiski LLC sales manager. “Two independent seeder frames follow the terrain features with millimetre accuracy. It goes very well not only over uneven fields, but also on slopes and hills.” Many guests of the exhibition appreciated the simplicity of the tractor’s and drill’s adjustment and control. They also noted the reasonable price of “the duet.” 2 By Yulia Salkova The corporate journal № 19 October 2014

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stunned them by its size. The well conceived logistics enable a delivery, within 24 hours, of any component to any point in the world. At the JCB history museum, the guests familiarised themselves with rare machines. The farmers could see the loaders in operation on the farm of Anthony Benford, the facility director. On an area of 1,117 hectares, he grows crops and produces dairy and meat products. Twelve people work on his farm. But the main assistants are the loaders. Among them are both time- tested machines and newly developed models. The Russian farmers liked the idea that before offering new equipment to clients the JCB specialists try it out on their own farms. In this way, the equipment’s weak points are identified and rectified. “We’ve used two JCB loaders on our farm for the second year,” says Roman Bogomaz, In the JCB kingdom grains production manager at the Bogomaz farming A is a good thing, but a whole facility of these and accepted. In one shift, enterprise, Bryansk oblast. yellow coloured assistants is better! This is what 86 units of equipment roll off “They are reliable assistants, Russian farmers decided and headed, together with the the conveyer. The quality of providing high production AgroCentre Company, for the JCB kingdom in the UK. each machine is ensured by a results and outstanding quality. two-hour test drive under the I fully assured myself of this The JCB telescopic loader guests saw machines in the maximum load. on visiting the facility. The manufacturing facility produced making. They visited the work production process here is an indelible impression on areas where the loaders are Russian farmers visited the impeccable!” JCB World Parts Centre, which the Russian delegation. The welded, assembled, painted By Anna Bordunova “Silver” innovations of AGCO

Two newly developed products from AGCO Machinery tractors with electronic fuel for instance in the Tyumen have won awards in the innovations competition at supply engines running on oblast, are willing to buy such the Agrosalon 2014 exhibition. natural gas or alternative fuels. machines.” Several farming enterprises, By Yulia Salkova The competition featured electronic fuel supply system sixty-one developments for the N103.4H3 Dual in the field of agricultural Fuel diesel engine. This makes engineering, nineteen of which it possible to run not only on were awarded prizes. All the diesel, but also on compressed samples were evaluated in natural gas, biogas or biodiesel. the rigorous terms of the The second medal was awarded novelty’s importance for for a unique electronic system practical use, advantages to control the tractor and offered for company savings mounted implements combined and labour, benefits for the in the single terminal 933 environment and natural Vario Profi Plus 1. resources conservation, soil “Tractors with the integrated fertility management, improving Fendt 933 Vario Profi Plus 1 working conditions and terminal have been successfully occupational safety. operating in Russia for AGCO Machinery, a leading several years now,” says Oleg manufacturer of farm Kitsis, Fendt and Valtra sales equipment, received two silver manager of AGCO Machinery. medals for innovations. The “We are already planning with first was for development of the AgroCentre the deliveries of 3 The corporate journal № 19 October 2014 Field Day, NEWs London-style

A misty Albion sort of weather in the form of thick fog and rain rather inhospitably greeted the guests of the Field Day held in Tyumen. As for the local farmers, they’re not afraid of such weather.

As many as around 130 Tyumen farmers are generally 865C (510 hp) caterpillar the business side. farmers, some even from the very fond of tractors from tractor capable of operating In the Massey Ferguson neighbouring oblasts, came AGCO. even on water-logged fields, product range, the Activa to see the cutting edge farm “According to the rating, in AgroCentreZakharovo grain combine harvester was equipment on display. 2013 the share of AGCO presented its wheeled presented. It fully justifies its AgroCentreZakharovo showed tractors in the Tyumen region’s counterpart, Challenger 595B name. Convenient and simple off 10 units of farm equipment market made up 75%,” said (215 hp). in operation, this model offers and its area was crowded Dmitry Ivanov, sales director of The farmers also registered high output and an outstanding as usual. The farmers were the AgroCentreZakharovo LLC. interest in the Massey Ferguson bin discharge rate, 85 l/s. The somewhat annoyed that for “This is amazing! The Tyumen 8690 (370 hp) tractor, a Massey Ferguson Activa 7347S safety reasons the exhibition farmers prefer these machines reliable machine for wide-grip combine harvester’s reapers organisers didn’t let them test for their endurance and wide implements and economical are expressly developed for drive the Challenger caterpillar range of capabilities.” operation. The guests pointed optimising the harvesting of a tractor. In addition to the Challenger out that this tractor not only variety of grain crops. works well, but also cares for By Yulia Salkova

A demonstration of the Schulte mulching machine Cutting edge force from AgroCentre took place on the premises of the The Ivanovo Agrarian Leasing Organisation chose this farm as one Avangard farming cooperative in the Ivanovo oblast. of the closest with fallow lands. The FX315 mulching machine faced a difficult task of crushing the thickets of a birch wood for subsequent treatment by disc harrows. It did a fine job on fallow lands with small trees. Just a few passes were enough to realise how quickly and thoroughly Schulte operates. After its pass, the trees were cut down to the root and crushed for follow-on treatment. “The Schulte mounted rotary mulcher is designed for mowing and crushing vegetation with a diameter of up to 9 cm,” said Alexander Baushin, sales manager of AgroCentreZakharovo LLC. “The adjustable height of treatment is above 3 cm from the ground, and the grip width is 4.6 m. The loosely fastened double blades on the rotor ensure an efficient cutting force.” The mulcher is fitted with adjustable wheels thanks to which it finely follows all of the terrain irregularities. Unlike a drum-style mulcher, Schulte does not need a tractor with a second steer for moving in reverse. The representatives of Ivagroleasing were pleased with operating the Schulte mulcher. They pointed out its high speed, grip width and simple design. By Yekaterina Galushkina 4 The corporate journal № 19 October 2014 НОВОСТИNEWs “An early bird” AgroCentre has participated in the on the Andreyevsky Meadow Svenskaya Fair 2014 traditionally held in ploughing is indispensable. The Bryansk oblast. Put on Kverneland plough assures even and regular ploughing display here were the without disturbed furrows.” technology bestsellers The most popular drill in popular in the region. the Bryansk oblast, Rapid Vaderstad, was also displayed On the Andreyevsky Meadow, at the AgroCentre exhibition the company set up a line of stand. The 8-metre drill was Challenger, JCB, Vaderstad partnered by the powerful and Kverneland self-propelled and reliable caterpillar tractor and towed equipment. The Challenger 765С, 350 hp. The indisputable favourite was farmers say the machine needs the Challenger 685D wheeled no introduction. This is what tractor fitted with Kverneland they define as “an early bird” RN 100 semi-mounted swivel coming on the field in spring plough. The eight-furrow plough before all other machines has a shear bolt protecting the and remaining there till late machine during ploughing. The autumn, operating even in wet maximum ploughing depth is weather. down to 35 cm. The JCB 531-70 telescopic JCB WORKMAX, caused quite manoeuvrable all-purpose “Today most of the Bryansk loader, with a lifting capacity a stir. Both adults and children machines are designed for farms work using the of 3.1 t, lifting height of 7 m, sought to test drive it. These a variety of jobs on the farm, traditional technology,” attracted not only farmers, trucks are fitted with Yanmar forestry or apiary,” said Yevgeny said Yevgeny Lazutin, sales but also ordinary citizens. The three-cylinder diesel engines, Lazutin. “The machine gathers manager of the Bryansk machine’s multiple capabilities 14.9 kW. Weighing a mere 710 speed of up to 40 km/h branch of AgroCentreLiski. and hydraulic performance kg, they provide a total lifting and can easily cover short “This is particularly true of earned well-deserved applause. capacity of 600 kg. distances.” potato growing farms, where Its colleague, a small truck “These compact and By Yekaterina Galushkina Over 150 farmers from the Penza oblast arrived for a seminar on new methods in crop farming. This time, the farmers were shown not only the traditional sown fields with demonstration crops. AgroCentreZakharovo demonstrated to them 25 advanced farming Technological ensemble machines. The seminar took place at the to the disc. The raised soil gets Many participants of the inter-row seeder. The farmers Dimitrov Limited Partnership, straight under the press wheel seminar showed interest in the involuntarily dashed to the an AgroCentreZakharovo and covers the furrow. In other Massey Ferguson straw walker field to check the embedding customer, where some of the seeders, the wheels running grain combines, both Activa precision. The seeder did a fine farm equipment demonstrated next to the disc squeeze the and Beta models. These are job! The between-seeds space at the event is already in crop residues into the seeding famous the world over for their was regularly equal. operation. One such machine bed which has an adverse productivity, high threshing is the Challenger Single Disc impact on the seeding.” quality and low losses. Now the “The demonstration arranged by AgroCentreZakharovo 9850-60 pneumatic seeder Together with the seeder, the machines are manufactured in with a grip width of 18.3 m. Russia as well. livened up our seminar,” said Challenger MT 865C (510 hp) Pyotr Stepanyuk, the Dimitrov “The seeder has demonstrated tractor was presented. This The farmers spotted a maize Limited Partnership Director a fine job in no-till technology. is one of the most powerful field with crops in neat rows, as General. “Such an ‘ensemble’ It’s also well suited for use caterpillar tractors in the world. if sown with the help of a ruler. of demonstration of fields tilled in the minimum tilling and Despite such power, the tractor This “wall of maize” is created using modern technologies and traditional methods,” says does not compact the soil. Its by the Tempo F8 precision advanced equipment seems Aleksey Porokhin, senior sales impact on the ground is several seeder from Vaderstad. The to me quite logical since these manager of the Penza branch times less than that of wheeled farmers saw it in operation, things can’t function without of AgroCentreZakharovo. counterparts. And its slipping is too. The machine rushed over one another.” “Unlike rival models, the Single 15 to 20% smaller. the field at 15 km per hour, an Disc has no gauge wheel next untypically high speed for an By Yulia Salkova 5 The corporate journal № 19 October 2014

Guest of the issue Vladimir Korotkikh: “We must work really hard, like peasants, but using modern equipment!”

In Lipetsk oblast, there is the Rechnoye peasant enterprise. Its head, Vladimir Korotkikh, deliberately removed the word “farming” from its name. “The farmers are in the West. We, over here, have always been peasants!” he says strictly, but with a smile. Naturally, we were keen to learn from him his image of today’s peasant.

A peasant on the Challenger the chief advantages of modern shows that it pays to grow all from doing so. We look forward caterpillar tractor. That’s the equipment is the ability to treat kinds of crops if the job is well to new programmes from the way! larger areas using fewer people. organised. If you grow grains, be government. I think they’ll “We must work indefatigably Recently AgroCentreLiski opened sure to build a proper storage emerge shortly. At the moment like our grandfathers and a servicing centre in our district. facility for them. We’ve got one the focus is largely on domestic great grandfathers,” Vladimir Having a service at hand is very like this for 20,000 tonnes, milk.” explains. Unfortunately, home- convenient. The company has which enables us to store the “The local administration helps built machines are good only big plans not only for equipment grain till the next harvest.” us very much. Help is provided for repair, not proper work. Thus maintenance. Promises are “Some ten years ago we realised to all farming enterprises. Some we’ve come by some thirty pieces made about training machine that the enterprise is profitable of them get even more than of farm equipment from the most operators and agronomists and if the animal husbandry and they need! However, they don’t famous of manufacturers.” for accepting trial engineers. I crop production go together. In move ahead, complain about like this idea very much!” “We have bought two powerful addition, we produce milk and poor conditions and do nothing Challenger MT 865C (510 hp) “Personnel are an important grow fodder for cattle. We’ve got to stir up the growth of their tractors and two RoGator 1084 issue for us. Today there are 520 head of dairy livestock. The production or arable areas. C and RoGator 1300 self- lots of specialists with diplomas cows are the Simmental variety, The only things growing are the propelled 36-m sprinklers. We who are, in fact, worthless yielding a little over 6,000 litres houses of the farms’ heads and have no problems whatsoever ballast. Therefore we appreciate each. They could yield more, but their park inventory. We live with these machines, neither each and everybody. We pay current conditions prevent them differently on the land where we repairs nor idle time. When adequately and help in settling work. We repair roads, schools, necessary, specialists come for everyday problems. Our machine kindergartens. The collective adjustment and commissioning operators work farm is responsible for life in the or subsequent maintenance. in comfort, using village. With us, it has always Everything gets done on time and modern equipment.” been so.” as planned.” All work pays if By Yulia Salkova “We’re very pleased with the done properly! Challenger caterpillar tractors. “Our farm We start using them on the field specialises in when wheeled tractors get stuck growing crops and in the soil. We operate them animal husbandry. to the utmost during seeding We grow grains, and tilling for treating all of our leguminous 13,000 hectares. Moreover, plants, potatoes, in terms of fuel consumption, and industrial they are more economical than crops. Experience wheeled counterparts. Their draft is stronger, which is very important considering that ours are wide grip machines. One of The corporate journal № 19 Оctober 2014

Off to foreign countries

“We’re already using this tractor on the fields for tilling and winter sowing,” Nikolai Filonov said. “Each and every part In the world of the machine was carefully thought out. I’m very glad I visited the facility myself and saw with my own eyes how the of Massey production is organised.” The farmers familiarised themselves with a new hybrid grain combine harvester, MF Ferguson DELTA 9380. This features both caterpillar and wheeled versions. At the moment, the machine is available only to European farms, but the company plans to supply it also to Russia. As for the MF Beta 7330 straw walker combine, the Russian farmers know it already. AgroCentre supplies this model to the Russian market. The Beta combine harvesters are fitted with AGCO Power large capacity engines. These have a 6-cylinder 8.4 l volume and rated power of 300 Russian farmers, together with AgroCentre plunged into the world of Massey hp. The 9,000 litre grain bin of Ferguson when they visited the company’s manufacturing facility in France. the Beta features one of the fastest discharge rates, 105 The tour started with a visit that the facility builds 17,000 2700 and 4700 tractors. Before l/s, which minimises machine to the company’s new tractor tractors each year, 85% of coming onto the market, the downtime. cabin manufacturing facility, which are exported. machines passed more than The farmers were invited to Beauvais-2. Yuri Zyabkin, AGCO Thierry Lhotte, Massey 360 hours of laboratory and participate in test driving the Machinery Commercial Director Ferguson Vice-President for field trials in Africa, America and tractors. Nikolai Shalygin, Chief in Russia, said that in the last Marketing in Europe, Africa, Asia. The focus in creating the Engineer of Agsen LLC, Penza five years Massey Ferguson and Middle East, made a new generation tractors was to oblast, did not deny himself this has invested more than 300 statement for Russian farmers combine power with comfort. pleasure, eagerly taking a drive million euros in equipment at the Vision of the Future The most interesting thing on the gigantic MF8732. After a and engineering support. The from Massey Ferguson 2014 awaited the guests on the ten-minute rally, Nikolai shared Beauvais-2 facility is one of the conference. field. The farmers saw here his impressions. new production plants making the complete range of Massey “The tractor is great! It’s a special contribution to the “The mission of Massey Ferguson is to serve each Ferguson equipment, from convenient to control and unique quality of MF products. tractors of various capacities moves well over stony soil. The The facility was opened in farmer in each country of the world,” Thierry Lhotte said. and the newest combines, cabin is large and comfortable. October of last year. It turns out balers and loaders. In the You feel like you’re in a 100 cabins per day. The farmers “By manufacturing innovative equipment we seek to be exhibition, Nikolai Filonov, Mercedes.” watched assembly lines and a head of one of the Kursk oblast spare parts depot. On passing pioneers on the global farm The finale of the event was a market.” enterprises, quickly spotted the music-supported show of the a rigorous testing, the cabins MF7624 tractor, which already are shipped to the main plant Specialists of the design Massey Ferguson equipment. operates on his farm. Nikolai Tractors, combines, and loaders of Beauvais. This assembles and engineering department was the first in Kursk oblast Series Five, Six, Seven and constantly work on creating skilfully danced to different to acquire this red-coloured foreign hits, boasting their Eight MF tractors featuring 85 smart machines. Among the assistant from AgroCentre. to 400 hp. The guests learned latest developments are series capabilities. By Anna Bordunova

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AgroCentre recommends Triple calculation Efficient drying

The preparation for the autumn seeding at AgroCentre started with demonstrations. In Penza oblast, 45 hectares of Konstantinovo Closed Joint Stock Company have been sown with winter wheat by minimum and no-till technology using Challenger and Vaderstad equipment. The principal purpose was to see and compare results obtained with different methods.

In the first case, the seeding was head of the Penza branch of m worked directly on the stubble CJSC Director-General is quite performed using the 8-metre AgroCentreZakharovo LLC. without pre-tilling. pleased with results of the drilling system Rapid Vaderstad “This creates a sort of a blanket The maximum pressure on demonstration crops. mated to the Massey Ferguson protecting the soil against water one disc is 260 kg. The grain “Both seeders are high 8690 tractor following cultivation and wind erosion and retaining bin capacity is 10 tonnes. The technology systems. They are by the TopDown, which had moisture. This is important between-row space varies fast, precise, and powerful,” prepared the soil for seeding. given the recent years’ irregular from 15 to 23 cm. According remarks Pavel Kozlov. “They did In the second case, the self- rainfall. If the soil is treated to Artyom Simbulatov, such a a fine job using both minimum same Rapid drilled on an right and organic fertilisers space gives each row a sufficient and no-till technologies. Now we uncultivated of madwort stubble are introduced correctly, the amount of warmth and moisture must provide the right care and with simultaneous tilling. The productivity may exceed 5 as the seed germinates. look forward to the harvest and tonnes per hectare.” operating speed was 18 km/h. Today, the Challenger Single economic effect.” “The special feature of Rapid The No-Till Technology was Disc drilling system successfully Further work on herbicide drill’s operation on the stubble demonstrated by the Challenger operates on the farms of Penza treatment and top-dressing is that the front discs create Single Disc pneumatic grain oblast, for instance, at the of the crops will be done by a mulching layer at shallow seeding system with the CH 685 Dimitrovo Limited Partnership AgroCentre jointly with the cultivation of crop residues,” D (340 hp) tractor. The seeder and Zernovaya Kompaniya LLC. AgroStroiInvest Company. with an operating width of 12.2 says Artyom Simbulatov, Pavel Kozlov, Konstantinovo By Yekaterina Galushkina Special prices for Challenger tractor reinforced caterpillar tracks

Discounts on sales from 17.09.2014 to 15.10.2014

The terms and conditions of the offer apply to Extreme Agriculture reinforced caterpillar tracks: • Offer applies to the caterpillar track models listed below • The number of caterpillar tracks in the order must be divisible by 2 • Offer applies only to in-stock goods Special prices for caterpillar tracks special price special price Article Description per unit per unit (if 2 units are (if 4 and more ordered) units are ordered) Extreme Agriculture caterpillar track for 8,521.0 7,746.0 554112D1 Challenger MT 800 B/C euros euros tractors, width 30” prices shown in euro per unit excl. VAT 8 More details are available at all servicing centres. The corporate journal № 19 Оctober 2014

AgroCentre recommends Efficient drying

Ever more proposals crop up on the market for building modern elevators. For the third year AgroCentre has cooperated with the North-American company GSI, which has all the equipment needed for efficient grain production.

With its 40 years in business, plants, and oil-bearing crops. minimum fuel consumption economy and cuts down on the GSI International is a global The dryers can run on different with a high performance cost of drying. Thanks to the leader in development fuels such as natural gas, liquid coefficient. absence of screws in loading/ and production of modern propane, and diesel. The choice Drying grain on an industrial unloading subsystems, the technologies and equipment of tower-type or modular dryers scale is most profitable in elevator towers handle the for grain drying and storage. largely depends on consumer tower-type dryers. They take up grain more carefully. Thanks to their impeccable requirements and specifics of little space, are easy to erect “By using the specific types quality, longevity and high the farm. and their height is 30 to 40 m. of the GSI dryers the farmers efficiency, all of the GSI Small farms could well do with The fans are inside the grain can bring the grain moisture products are very popular with modular drying and cleaning column, which is why the noise content to the ideal level,” farmers across the world. systems with an output of 4 to level is low. The output of such notes Sergey Sobolev. “This “AgroCentre supplies Russia 100 tonnes per hour. Those are towers is 100 to 300 tonnes ensures the appropriate quality with both individual subsystems represented by single-, double- per hour. The heat recirculation of grain and profitable sales.” Special prices of the grain handling and triple-modular sections. system ensures maximum fuel By Yekaterina Galushkina equipment and, jointly with its To increase the output, it is for Challenger tractor reinforced caterpillar tracks partners, complete solutions possible to build up the number GSI dryers like turn-key elevators,” says of dryer sections. • 40-year expertise in dryer Sergey Sobolev, head of the The modular dryers need grain technologies department, manufacture no special foundation. • 1st place on the US market AgroCentreLiski LLC. “This They are supplied virtually • Ideal for drying maize includes design, construction, preassembled and are quickly • Minimum fuel consumption equipment delivery, installation, put into operation. Dedicated • Lower price compared to shaft adjustment, automation, transportation systems (loading dryers of a similar output commissioning, and follow-on and unloading screw conveyers • Patented options for reducing round-the-clock servicing.” and unloading meter) are fuel consumption Grain drying facilities are needed for their maintenance. • Simple design (lower concrete needs for foundation) an important component of For efficient drying it is • A wide modular range. A specific dryer can be chosen for a specific farm putting the grain in storage. GSI necessary to use low noise • Shorter installation time as compared to the shaft dryers manufactures modern modular fans with rotation frequency of • Simple and fast cleaning and tower-type fully automatic 1,725 revolutions per minute. • Different types of fuel (diesel, gas, propane) dryers for grains, leguminous Heat generators operate at • US-made high quality components

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AgroCentre recommends Unchallengeable hit of the seeding

Reliability, versatility and simplicity in operation, such are the advantages of the Challenger 9800 Single Disc seeder that explain accuracy. In addition, the Advantages of Challenger why farmers prefer it to others. Each farmer seeder is adapted to the 9800 Single Disc seeder: believes that this machine will become an ISOBUS system which enables unchallengeable hit of the new seeding season. operation using the tractor’s * Discs are in a single line onboard computer. At an operating speed of 12 km/h, * Single point control of depth the efficiency of a seeder with * Changing the pressure on the a grip width of 12.2 m linked move to a 330 hp tractor reaches 14 to 16 ha per hour. * No springs on coulters Pristen Grain Company of Kursk oblast, one of the * Minimum tractor power is permanent customers of required AgroCentre, knows all about * Excellent seed embedding, the benefits of the Challenger even at a high speed seeder from its own experience, not by hearsay. * Option of introducing “Today we use two Challenger anhydrous ammonia between Single Disc systems on our the rows Single Disc seeders are Usov, sales manager farm,” says the Chief Engineer suited to soil treatment using of the Kursk branch of * Easy depth control Roman Shubin. “The seeder adjustment any type of technology, be it AgroCentreLiski LLC. “The follows the terrain features zero, minimum or traditional. operator doesn’t have to very well, evenly embedding * Simple servicing (two press The special feature of this leave the cabin to change the seeds. That is why the oilers on each running tandem pneumatic seeder is the the operating mode since sprouts we get look like in a every 25 hours) employment of a patented he can control the discs by picture!” technology of opposed the onboard computer, not By Yekaterina Galushkina single discs that mix the soil manually as on most other between two 15 cm rows. similar machines.” The soil loosened by opposed Seed and fertiliser discs is moved back to the introduction are also roll-on wheel which levels computerised. The Challenger and compacts the furrow soil. 9800 basic model has Such soil removal prevents sensors for monitoring the compression of the side wall batcher shaft operation, and keeps the furrow from bin filling level, batcher cluttering with stubble, all of fouling, machine movement which promotes sprouting speed and fan rotation well. rate. The seeding area and “The Challenger pneumatic seed consumption counter seeders are convenient in controls the work process operation,” notes Alexander with a highest degree of

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Feedback Farm rally

A competition took place on the fields of the Agrofirma Ariant LLC, Chelyabinsk oblast. Participating in it was farming equipment including self-propelled mowers, grain combine harvesters and tractors from the best known brands. AgroCentreZakharovo also took part in this “farm rally.”

Test No. 1: self-propelled took the second place in productivity (with allowance for showed the best results. In mowers productivity (13.05 ha/h). grain discharge time) – 8.42 addition, the Russian-built tractor belonged to a higher AgroCentreZakharovo was However, it won in fuel ha/h. Also, Activa 7347 won power category. represented by the Challenger efficiency (1.48 l/ha). “silver” in terms of grain loss WR 9740 mower (engine power Test No. 2: grain combine 139 hp, reaper width 9 m). harvesters Its rivals were two self- AgroCentreZakharovo sent into propelled mowers of famous battle its Massey Ferguson foreign brands and a Russian- Activa 7347 grain combine built machine. Unfortunately, harvester (engine power 281 the Russian mower came hp). Its rivals (3 foreign and 1 off track because of a spring domestic machines) were fitted failure. with more powerful engines Based on the competition (306, 387 and 300 hp). This results, Challenger WR 9740 didn’t prevent Activa 7347 from winning second place in Opinion Maxim Lukin, Chief Agronomist of Agrofirma Ariant LLC: on the field (28.67 kg/ha). Nevertheless, summing up the “Everything in life is just a mix of several parts and aspects. However, it was above all in results, the jury pointed out the The same is true of farm machines. No machine is ideal in economy, demonstrating 3.06 untreated areas left by both the all parameters. We’ve seen this ourselves today. The tractor l/ha versus 4.32, 4.46, and two foreign machines and the productivity may be high, but it comes at the expense of high fuel 3.4! Russian one. The couple from consumption. Or a combine is fuel efficient, but what is gained Test No. 3: tractors AgroCentre (Challenger MT 685 is fuel is lost in grain left on the field. Wisdom, both human D and Sunflower 1435-29) got The four tractors that and agronomical, is choosing the right option that integrates no criticism. On the contrary, participated in the farm rally all the advantages. Today we have assured ourselves that the they won acclaim for high quality were of different grip width AgroCentreZakharovo equipment is a lucky blend of assets and regularity of soil treatment. and weight, which is why it is proved on the field.” difficult to say which machine By Yulia Salkova

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AGROCENTRE PROMOTIONS PRE-SEASON EQUIPMENT PREPARATION PROGRAMME Goals of the programme: • preparation of equipment for storage; • tentative troubleshooting and evaluation of equipment condition; • drawing up specifications for estimating the cost of recovery and repair; • drawing up repair and spares delivery schedule.

Advantages of participating in the programme:

• early detection of subsystems and components needing repair; • forecast and estimation of the cost of required spare parts and repair; • getting maximum discounts and best terms of delivery; • timely approval of the cost of spare parts, terms of purchase and delivery time; • planning for repair and workshop load; • special conditions of operations related to putting the equipment in storage. Offer period – from 01.10.2014 to 15.12.2014

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