30 October – 1 November, Kyiv hosted the “InterAgro 2013” exhibition, which moved from February to October this year. What’s more, instead of dealers, the exhibition mostly featured large agricultural machinery suppliers. “ASTRA” was not present with its own stand, but you could meet our company’s staff at the AGCO, Berthoud, Gregoire Besson and Horsch stands.
AGCO Corporation displayed machinery in three colours: Fendt in green, Challenger in yellow, Massey Ferguson in red. The sensation of this exhibition was Massey Ferguson equipment’s return to the Ukrainian market after a three-year break. AGCO impressed with the scale of its presentation: at the centre of the display, on an area of about 900 m2, stood a three-storey stand with 16 meeting rooms.
Berthoud showed the Berthoud Raptor self-propelled sprayer and the Berthoud Tracker trailed sprayer on its stand.
Gregoire Besson, as always, drew attention with a very attractive, airy stand. They demonstrated a 12-body reversible plough, a 3-point mounted trolley solving the hitch problem for tractors without a mount, the new Normandie stubble cultivator, and the DXRV disc-shank harrow.
Horsch, on a 700 m2 stand, presented the company’s product favourites: Tiger, Pronto, Joker and Maestro. The exhibition’s highlight was the 24-row Horsch Maestro row-crop planter, whose drawbar hung right above visitors at a height of about 3–3.5 m. We’re impressed by the bold decision!
