Farming experts are welcome to learn more about Agritechnica 2023, the world’s premier agricultural machinery trade fair, which takes place in the fall in Germany, at Agritechnica’s display T95 in the ‘shared tent’ at the PotatoEurope exposition on 6 and 7 September in Kain-Doornik, Belgium.

PotatoEurope, an annual field event held in alternate sites around Europe this year and hosted by the Belgian agricultural machinery group Fedagrim, promotes practical field solutions to European potato producers.

“Topics like erosion and drought control can be explored by farmers, who will also be looking for exhibitors’ solutions ranging from new seed potatoes to harvesting, including field techniques presented as machinery demonstrations. Agritechnica, which takes place in Hanover, Germany, 12-18 November, will present market-ready potato equipment, like harvesting machines and storage systems, that can be inspected close-up in hall 25,” according to a recent press release.

Agritechnica presents the entire range of agricultural machinery, from crop protection sprayers to drones, tractors to autonomous equipment systems, and combine harvesters to digital assistance systems, as the world’s most comprehensive and varied trade fair program for international arable farming, including potato cultivation.

Because many of the main farm equipment manufacturers, including Grimme and Dewulf, have already registered as exhibitors, potato professionals attending Agritechnica can be assured of seeing the full spectrum of machinery options on show.

Agritechnica 2023 will be the world’s largest agricultural machinery exhibition, with over 2,600 exhibitors anticipated spanning 24 halls on over 400,000 square meters of exhibition area, as well as a full international technical program with over 300 talks.

Agritechnica’s technical program offers hundreds of interactive presentations under the theme “Green Productivity,” which denotes how new concepts and pioneering developments assure agricultural output while safeguarding nature, climate, and the environment.

A key draw for farmers are the many innovations at Agritechnica, which offer increased efficiency and other benefits for practical farming. Over 250 world premieres, a criterion for candidates in the prestigious Agritechnica innovation award scheme, can be found as present market-ready innovations at the trade fair. Past potato equipment award-winners include the four-row self-propelled potato harvester from Grimme and the joint award for Grimme and Ropa for solutions enabling automated potato harvesting.

Dutch and Belgian Participation in the Top Ten

With over 18,000 visitors from Belgium and the Netherlands, the participation from this region is in the top ten. DLG Benelux together with RVO The Netherlands Enterprise Agency and BOM Brabantse Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij B.V. is organising a country pavilion for the Netherlands at Agritechnica 2023.

The stand at PotatoEurope is part of Agritechnica on Tour. DLG (German Agricultural Society), the organizer of Agritechnica, hosts PotatoEurope in Germany every four years with Belgium, France, and the Netherlands providing a venue for other years.

At the PotatoEurope field trade fair in Belgium on 6 and 7 September, the entire European potato industry will gather to explore solutions from new seed potatoes to harvesting techniques. More information 2023 Edition | PotatoEurope

Potato farmers and farm professionals planning to visit Agritechnica can now explore the preliminary exhibitor database, which already lists over 2,500 exhibiting companies from 53 countries.

In addition to exhibitors’ offerings, practical topics at Agritechnica are featured, including Smart farming – Automation-enabling technologies for efficient field work; International Farmers Day – Focus on Poland and France – Explores topics in these regions; DLG.Prototype.Club – Engineering teams solve technical challenges set by exhibitors; Agrifood start-ups – Entrepreneurial startups with inventions; Systems & Components – Farm equipment suppliers with components, engines, drivetrains, and spare parts; Inhouse Farming Feed & Food – Self-contained food production systems like vertical farming.

Agritechnica is organized by the DLG (the German Agricultural Society). Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, the DLG strives to increase professional knowledge in agriculture across borders, its objective since the society was formed in 1885.

With over 30,000 members today, DLG is a politically independent and non-profit society with membership open to all. Drawing on an international network of experts in food and agriculture as well as subsidiary companies in nine countries, the DLG organizes over 30 regional arable and livestock exhibitions worldwide, in addition to its leading international trade fairs, EuroTier for livestock farming, and Agritechnica for agriculture machinery and plant production, each taking place biennially in Hanover, Germany, as well as PotatoEurope every four years.