The third AgroFarm was held at the All Russian Exhibition Centre (AREC) in Moscow from 20 to 22 May 2009. The course and the results of this year's event especially underscore just how firmly this international exhibition for animal husbandry and animal breeding has now become established as a platform for further development of animal production in Russia.
Despite the difficult economic situation, the organisers were able to achieve growth of about 5 per cent compared with the preceding year and registered over 8,000 expert visitors. They rate this as a clear indication of a substantial increase in the need for information, as now in particular Russia's animal farmers are looking even more strongly for solutions to improve production efficiency on their farms.
With 162 exhibitors from 15 countries, the organisers once again presented an extensive exhibition programme on a total floor space of 7,300 m². The exhibitors focussed on modern genetics for breeding and on animal housing systems and modern production methods for livestock, as well as for aquaculture. In addition to exhibitors from Russia, many exhibiting companies came from Germany, the USA, Canada, Australia, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Hungary and other countries. The exhibitors also included global market leaders from the area of milk production, DeLaval and GEA Westfalia Surge.
There were 34 exhibitors from Germany. Attendance was enabled in particular by a national pavilion promoted by the German Ministry of Agriculture. In addition, there was substantial participation from the United Kingdom, Italy and France.
Elena Skrynnik, new Minister of Agriculture, stressed the specific importance of AgroFarm for the further development of animal production in Russia already at the start of the exhibition. In a word of welcome for the opening ceremony
