On September 4-5, the sixth "Battle of Agrotitans" took place on the fields of the TAK group of companies in Tetiev, which hit its scale: more than 2,500 visitors, 86 partner companies and almost 500 units of equipment. In addition, within the framework of the event organized by the Ukrainian Agricultural Council, TAK-Agro and Dykun company, a unique auction of used agricultural machinery, which has no analogues in Ukraine, took place.

The "Battle of Agrotitans 2018" began with a large-scale exhibition, attended by 86 partner companies and a practical demonstration of 136 units at once in five demonstration areas: harrows and cultivators; seeders; plows and deep plows; combines, reapers, bunkers-overloaders; sprayers and spreaders. Tests were conducted on three agrofons of varying complexity: wheat, sunflower and corn, and gathered more than 2,500 interested participants from all over Ukraine.

"Even at harvest, agrarians have found the opportunity to come to the "Battle of Agrotitans", which every year becomes increasingly large. Today, here, without exaggeration, all Ukraine is present. In general, we gathered about 1750 representatives of agrarian enterprises, the land bank of which is 4.3 million hectares", - explained the Chairman of the Ukrainian Agricultural Council Andriy Dykun during the official opening of the event.

The highlight of the event was the first auction of used agricultural machinery in Ukraine. Everyone had the opportunity to get acquainted with the presented units and to participate in the auction.

"Today, the problem of the sale of used equipment is actual for agrarian industry, because in Ukraine there is no such platform where it could be realized. Therefore, we decided to take the US experience and create a place where everyone can put their equipment and maybe someone will enjoy it. Also, one should not forget about the segment of small farmers who may not always afford a new unit," said Ruslan Golub, director of TAK-Agro.

In addition to the demonstration of technology, participants in the Battle of Agrotitans 2018 were able to take part in a test drive of cars on a special test track from Mitsubishi and get acquainted with the latest hybrids of corn "RAGT" and sunflower "VNIS".

"For the second year we have been acting as the general partner of the Battle of Agrotitans, because here there are many farmers who are our target audience. And given that our company conducts selective work on 26 field crops, we want Ukrainian farmers to have the maximum return and enjoy our products", - explained Mykola Hmarsky, VIP-client manager RAGT Semences.

"All-Ukrainian Research Institute of Selection is the first private selection establishment in Ukraine with 20 years of history. Today we have a wide range of hybrids of sunflowers, corn and winter rape, we are engaged in winter rye varieties, wheat, spelled and are ready to present it all today ", - said Yaroslav Pary, head of APK VNIIS.

“AgroHimTechnology” LLC presented innovative remedies in the field of protection, and the most ferocious struggle was traditionally conducted between domestic agricultural machinery and foreign production units.

"Today we brought soil aggregates into the Kiev region, presented a grain drill with a turbocharger, which can work on the technology Mini-Till, a seven-body reversible plow and a pewter. The organizers of this event have formed a high-quality target audience from many areas, which we want to show our new products ", - explained Natalia Kovalenko, Head of Marketing and Development Department of Veles Agro.

"Today, we present a technique that has proven well in the Ukrainian market - it's KUHN trailer technology and Massey Ferguson tractors with 200 and 300 horsepower. KUHN Company is represented by ESPRO cereal complexes, shredders with widths of 6 and 4 meters, AXIS fertilizer sprayers and plows ", - said Dmitry Petrichenko, LLC "Mintehtekh".

The entertaining program was provided by a real Ukrainian hero, four-time world champion Alexander Pekanov, who dragged a 40-meter-long Massey Ferguson tractor and performed the Mitsubishi SUV stall.