Exchange of best practices

Agriculture should be efficient and safe

This was discussed at the Agrotechnological Field Conference, held on the margins of the joint-stock company "Kuban" in the village of Zhuravskaya of the Korenovsky district in the Krasnodar Territory. In her work at the invitation of A.A. Tikhonova took part the General Director of the Limited Liability Company (LLC) «FosAgro-Stavropol », employees of the Department of Agrochemistry and Plant Physiology of the Faculty of Agrobiology and Land Resources of the Stavropol State Agrarian University.

The two largest Russian companies in the market of mineral fertilizers and agricultural machinery - the "PhosAgro" Group and Rostselmash - held a unique field seminar on the basis of the modern agroholding "AgroGard" on September 8.

The company "FosAgro-Stavropol" and the scientists of the Stavropol State Agrarian University are associated with long-term and fruitful cooperation. Employees of the Department of Agrochemistry and Plant Physiology conduct scientific support for the use of mineral fertilizers sold by the company, lay production experiments in the conditions of the best agricultural enterprises of the Stavropol Territory - LLC «Luch», agroholding Krasnogvardeysky, peasant farm of Vodopyanov S.S. peasant farm of Kolesnikov A.P., organize training seminars and field days based on the results of the conducted experiments.

"I am pleased to be able to participate in such an event together with our partners: real professionals and enthusiasts of their work gather here, those who are looking for the best integrated solutions and new technologies for safe and efficient farming," said in his welcoming speech the President of the International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) Terry Roberts, opened the Agrotechnological Field Conference in St. Petersburg. "Our work is aimed at promoting sustainable development of agriculture, and we are happy to share its results with those for whom it really matters."

The conference was also attended by the representative of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Krasnodar Territory Yuri Shumilov, the General Director of LLC "FosAgro-Region" Andrei Vovk, the Project Manager of the company "Rostselmash" Oleg Aleksandrov, the General Director of AgroGard Pavel Tsarev, representatives of scientific and educational organizations, agricultural producers.

During the conference, the reports were made by recognized Russian and foreign scientists, authoritative experts in the field of agriculture on the following topics:

- an effective plant nutrition system for obtaining a high yield;

- assimilability of nutrients depending on the methods of application and the form of mineral fertilizers;

- new brands of complex fertilizers with sulfur content, the results of practical experiments using sulfur-containing mineral fertilizers;

- the concept of 4R (four rules for the application of fertilizers): the choice of the optimal forms, doses, timing and methods of fertilization for a particular farming system;

- practical experience in the use of housing and communal services on crops of winter wheat, sunflower and maize, the results of testing on the basis of "AgroGuard";

- innovative methods of soil cultivation;

- fodder phosphates, fodder carbamide.

The program of the conference included demonstration of effective agrotechnological solutions, which allow to increase significantly the crop productivity with the results of special studies and tests.

The result of participation in this scientific and practical event will be the joint field conference of the Stavropol State Agrarian University, the group "FosAgro" and the company "Rostselmash" planned for 2018 in the territory of the Stavropol Territory, which will serve as a discussion platform for obtaining the most relevant information on crop production, exchange of experience and business communication.