Agritechnica shows a confident sector

The agricultural technique and auxiliary industry had an excellent representation at Agritechnica 2009. More than 2,300 companies from 46 countries showed a complete range of machinery, tools, spare parts and accessories. The proportion of foreign brands and companies rose in this edition of the 43 to 47 percent. All this within a framework, Agritechnica, which has become an optimal platform for the agricultural machinery industry to introduce new tools and machinery. Innovations in the fields of electronics, the technique of regulation and control, as well as data management can open new dimensions of accuracy and efficiency.

More than 350,000 visitors to this Edition provide a new record of visitors to this exhibition. This result shows the tremendous and constant interest of the agricultural companies from around the world by more modern technology aimed at the areas of cultivation of the countryside and forage. Of the total number, 273,000 visitors were national, highlighting the importance of Agritechnica in Germany as information platform for professional farmers, employers who offer agricultural services, as well as for commercial representatives.

The presence of 77,000 foreign specialized visitors makes that Agritechnica has turned into a room in which a large number of future operations may set

The proportion of international visitors continued to grow. The increase in 5,000 specialized visitors from abroad was his total number 77,000, which demonstrates that European farmers, the agricultural services and commercial representatives companies consider Agritechnica as a room where a large number of future operations can forge. On the other hand, Agritechnica also attracts experts from around the world. According to an independent survey conducted among the visitors, the majority of foreign visitors came from Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Great Britain, Denmark, Ireland, France and Italy. Almost 13,000 investors in central and Eastern Europe allowed to maintain an almost constant number of visitors coming from these countries. Most visitors from these regions were introduced from Poland, Czech Republic, Russia and Ukraine. It has emphasized the repeated increase of visitors from North America, which was attended by 3,600 experts. There was also more specialized visitors that from previous editions of Spain, Brazil and India. In total, were visitors from 81 countries.

Almost 55 per cent of the visitors of Agritechnica were entrepreneurs, agricultural coming practically some 30,000 visitors in the sector of trade and distribution with agricultural machinery, while 26,000 were in the field of engineering and auxiliary industry. In addition, some 23,000 enterprises of foreign and national agricultural services were present at Agritechnica.

According to the first, between farmers and agricultural service companies, the real intention of making investments over the next two years is of 70 per cent, a very positive figure. The new concept of pavilions, with a clear division by groups, specialties, as well as the consistent orientation of Agritechnica, with vantage point in the agricultural technique and external economic relations also met widely with the expectations of visitors. 97 Per cent of these assessed the Organization of Agritechnica in a positive way.

The 'World and Water Show', devised by the German society of agriculture elicited great interest. In this context and in collaboration with international experts in the field of science, economics and the practical world, were shown the effects of climate change on the ground and the supply with water and explained how to fix them in various regions of the world.

The varied specialized events on the current and future challenges of the agriculture and agricultural technology are already somewhat characteristic of Agritechnica. The agricultural technique is an area of high technology and with a most attractive areas of professional practice and various. Complete information supply in the different professional fields of the industry of agricultural machinery, of trade and the mechanics of agricultural machinery, as well as the agricultural sector in general had a very good reception. In particular 'Workshop live' was the subject of much attention. Here, the mechanics specialized agricultural machinery, from practitioners to mechanical experts made clear their knowledge do and their potential with high-tech machinery, showing the typical service and maintenance work normally done.

The 'day of students and young farmers Europeans', which was held during the Conference on Thursday and Friday, is already an institution. About 10,000 young farmers and students of Germany and from abroad took advantage of the diverse range of events of Agritechnica. It highlights the debate in the form of round table with 500 young entrepreneurs from many European countries. All of them defended their profession and are convinced that a future of success opens before them. Climax was again the 'Young Farmers Party, a party of young farmers who ended up bringing together approximately 2,700 young people.