Learning and working with EkoNiva

This year EkoNiva organized a trip to a Field Day in Germany for two groups at once. The first group consisted of company clients - directors and specialists from farms in various regions. The second consisted of EkoNiva agronomists who were undertaking advanced training as part of the Akademiya-EkoNiva programme.

By Natalia BILOUS and Maria SLOBODYANIK

Invaluable experience

At the German Field Day in the city of Springe-Bokenrode (Lower Saxony), the guests from Russia took advantage of the unique opportunity to acquaint themselves with the European market of varieties, fertilizers, and plant protection methods from leading world producers. They also took part in a field demonstration of modern tillage and forage preparation equipment.

Information booths and consultations with over 20 expert seed breeders from eight countries allowed them to evaluate the prospects of various crops for use in Russian conditions.

Besides attending the Field Day, the guests visited agricultural machine manufacturers, seed breeding stations, and farming enterprises. At the Kverneland factory, the guests saw a demonstration of the capabilities of the machines produced. A visit to the DSV seed breeding company allowed them not only to acquaint themselves with seed breeding work, but also to consult with specialists on choosing varieties.

“We were able to obtain a huge amount of information in a short period of time,” says the director of the OOO Consensus-Agro project, Aleksandr Tarasov. "I also noted for myself some new equipment items and new varieties which we will now be using on our farm.”

Akademiya EkoNiva - work has begun

For the agronomists from EkoNiva’s agricultural enterprises, the program was no less eventful. The new agrotechnology and new varieties and hybrids which they saw at the Field Day will be used tomorrow on the fields of EkoNiva.

The agronomists also visited the experimental fields of the Chamber of Agriculture of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Haus Duesse, where they were shown grain crops, during the seeding of which various tillage technologies and plant protection agents were used.

At the DSV and Strube seed factories they had the chance to learn about scientific research work and acquaint themselves with the production of original seed varieties.

“Visiting such a large-scale event was a valuable experience for our specialists,” says the head agronomist of the EkoNiva APK Holding, Roman Ratnikov. “We saw the highest level of seed breeding, toward which we need to strive.”

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