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Participants in PotatoEurope Machinery Demonstrations announced
August 18, 2022
Zindziwe Janse
Over 40 machines will be seen live in action during PotatoEurope 2022, organizer DLG announced earlier this month.
The German Agricultural Society DLG, organizer of this year’s German edition of PotatoEurope, the annual venue of Europe’s potato professionals, expects the Machinery Demonstrations to once again impress the visitors of the event to be held on September 7-8.
Broad range of machines and technology presented
Several different potato planting machines, machines for mechanical weed control, potato harvesters, loading lines and trailers and dumpers for transport from several manufacturers will participate in the Machinery Demonstrations. The range of machines and technology presented at the grounds covers everything that is necessary for successfully cultivating potatoes: from preparing for cultivation, planting and care technology – whether mechanical or the latest crop protection technology – to harvesting, processing and storage, the organisation states.
Numerous manufacturers
Exhibitors participating with their potato planters in the Planting Demonstrations are ALL-IN-ONE and Imants. The companies APV Kompetenz-Center Nord, AVR, Einböck, Grimme, LEMKEN and Vegniek will be part of the Mechanical Weed Control demonstrations, while numerous potato harvesters from AVR, Dewulf, Grimme and ROPA will show their work on the demonstration field. As for loaders, AVR, Bijlsma Herkules, Dewulf, Grimme and Grünhagen Lohnunternehmen will be present, in the transport department Josef Brettmeister Metall- und Fahrzeugbau, JOSKIN, Krampe Fahrzeugbau, Maschinenfabrik Bernard Krone, Peter Kröger and Rudolph & Sohn will put in an appearance. The full list of the manufacturers participating in the machinery demonstrations can be found on the event’s website.
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