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The popular agricultural Christchurch A&P Show took place from 14th to 16th November 2018 in the south island of New Zealand.

The largest exhibition in Russia focused on agricultural technology, equipment and materials for the production and processing of agricultural products.

Zemas a.s. Čejč is a business that manages 2,900 hectares of agricultural land in the cadastre of 7 South Moravian municipalities. The cultivated soil is medium-heavy to heavy, and sandy in some places. The company uses stubble cultivation at a depth of 30 cm for all its fields. Each year, a few fields are selected to be cultivated at a greater depth, up to 65 cm.

The November issue of OFI (Oils and Fats Magazine, www.ofimagazine.com) comes with our article on solvent(hexane)-free soybean processing.

Mr. Zajíc from Chotutice in the Central Bohemian Region has tested Triton 450 PS in various conditions.

The year 2018 has been full of success for Farmet, whether in regard to the new products introduced to the market, increased production capacity, or the reinforcement of our position in the current and new countries.

Three Farmet machines competed in a difficult cultivation match in the former Cidlina River bed: Triton 450 PS, a specialist in crop residue incorporation; Fantom 650 PRO, a light ploughshare cultivator and stubble plough; and Digger 3, a deep cultivator (chisel plough). The field where corn for grain grew was harvested with a combined harvester. Moreover, wild boars ate in the field and crushed it, which made the cultivation conditions harder. The extremely heavy soil did not allow for cultivation deeper than 17 cm. In spite of these conditions, we compared the work of 3 different machines.

Since 2015, catch crops have been one of the ways fulfilling the function of greening. Greening is one of the conditions for receiving direct payments. To meet the conditions of greening, farmers choose from a wide range of EFA areas (Ecological Focus Area). When choosing an area with catch crops, the seeding of a mix of catch crops is required.

Triton 450 PS incorporated a thick and tall (40-70 cm) phacelia crop in aggregation with a 300 HP Case tractor in a field that belongs to Mr. Andrýsek (Mlékosrby Farm. The discs easily cut everything and processed soil in a depth of 7 cm. The chisels without wings (due to heavy soil), recessed to 18 cm, thoroughly mixed everything. The field was left to “rest” for a day, to let the soil dry a bit and to wither the crop residue.

On Thursday, 18th October, we had the opportunity to meet again at the last Farmet Company Day this year. This time, the Company Day was hosted by the Sloupnice Farming Cooperative, which has been the new authorised Farmet partner in the sale of agricultural technology since August.

The year 2018 was one of the “better” years for corn harvest. After the extremely dry summer and start of autumn, the youngest member of the soil cultivation family, the Triton 450 PS combined disc and chisel cultivator, was also presented in active demonstrations in Slovakia.

At the exhibition, Agrimatco company, which is our long-term partner in Moldova, presented Diskomat, Duolent and Fertis machines that together with our other machines are popular and held in due respect among the farmers of the sunny republic.

In the hilly area of Středočeská pahorkatina, on the border between the Pribram and Pisek districts, the versatile Falcon 6 PRO seed drill has been operated for four years.

Digger has been helping Ukrainian farmers with basic soil cultivation for more than seven years. The solid and reliable machine design, tested through time and thousands of hectares, is capable to manage the most difficult load in the hardest conditions of the challenging Ukrainian fields.

At the beginning of this millennium, Farmet began preparing a new project - the soybean extrusion for ZD Brezina in Podolí near Mnichovo Hradiště. Extrusion technology is a manufacturing process where the processing material passes through a high temperature and pressure working unit. The output product is full-fat extruded soy that is used by the customer as a part of compound feed for poultry and cattle.

The module of a Compact pressing shop was recetly launched in Spain. The technology produces high quality filtered vegetable oil and pressing cakes.

On 9 – 12 October 2018, the traditional Agrosalon exhibition was held in Moscow. This event takes place once every two years and attracts attention of many prospective as well as existing customers. Both divisions – agricultural machinery and Oil & Feed Tech division – are presented at the exhibition. The exhibition was organized in liaison with our mutual dealer, Rostline Agroservis.

Mr. Václav Lorenc from Ječovice has purchased Softer 6 PS and he is very pleased with its work. He chose the largest discs with blades all around the circumference, with a diameter of 56 cm, and the well-tested double ring roller (DRR). In spite of the fact that the mustard was almost 1 metre high, it was cut very well and incorporated into topsoil for green fertilisation. The double ring roller (DRR) consolidated soil even with the higher autumn humidity and a large quantity of crop residue.

They have been using the Falcon 6 PRO Fert+ seed drill at the Domašín Farm near Vlašim in Central Bohemia for two years. The joint-stock company focuses on plant production and manages over 660 hectares of arable soil. They especially appreciate the versatility of the machine, low pulling resistance and quality electronic system with seed flow scanning. The operating staff praised the huge seed and fertiliser hopper with the total capacity of 6,000 litres.

In mid-September, a 16th congress organized by the European Federation for Fat and Oil Science and Technology was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland.