Farmers Voices

The trade fair offers me a great opportunity to maintain my international contacts and make new ones. I also appreciate the many good contacts of the exhibitors, who offer very good information and exchange opportunities.

What interests me personally most about agricultural technology is what innovations are emerging, how close they to be available on the market for practical use and to what extent they could add value to our medium-sized arable farm here in Germany. I find technology for reducing operating resources particularly exciting. Due to the increasing complexity on farms, I am also interested in software for efficient farm management.

We’ve been to every single AGRITECHNICA since 2005. In the early years, we were mostly impressed by the sheer size of the exhibition and the machines of course. It was the “wow” effect!
Now, we look for specific solutions and plan our visit in advance—because in just two days, you really can’t see everything.

On our cereal farm in the Indre region in France, we grow 10 -12 crops. We've been practicing simplified cultivation techniques  for over 30 years, and rotations are essential to maintaining balance.

For the past 25 years, we've been optimizing our practices by localizing fertilizers. We analyze sap to adjust fertilizer inputs to plant needs. We are supported by several agronomists.

In terms of challengs, we are concerned about the problem of foxtail weeds and raygrass. We believe that soil imbalances may be the cause. Our current challenge is to rebalance the soil.

At AGRITECHNICA, we explore all the new technologies before they’re even been introduced in France. It will be inspiring to see what manufacturers from Canada, India, or China are developing. We always come back with a bag full of ideas!

I have been to nearly every AGRITECHNICA  over the last 20 years. To me it is chance to encounter new tools under development. GPS is nearly “old hat“ now and we are a lot further now in terms of precision farming. Many of the innovations I have purchased I have either discovered at AGRITECHNICA  or I have heard about it and have been able to inspect closer.

 As a large-scale organic vegetable farmer in Denmark, the challenge is always labour so any robotic solutions that can help us out is always of interest. Right now I am looking to see how I can combine autonomous equipment that can then conduct mechanical weeding more efficiently.

I look forward to visiting AGRITECHNICA  in November 2025.

AGRITECHNICA is the premier show for me. The biennial timing is ideal: I use the show to contribute to my investment decisions, and to view agriculture from a wider lens.“

I will be looking at robotics closely this time. My neighbour has used a  robot for planting sugar beet and so i am curious at the range of robot solutions available and in development at AGRITECHNICA.

Right now the challenge for farmers in the UK is to maintain a resilient business which offers profitability. Technology is key to achieving that.

Farming without subsidy is a future concern. One key thing now is to look for niches and gaps in the market for the producer.

I am going to Hanover in November and plan to stay for at least three days. With that much to look at you really need time. But I also look forward to networking with my colleagues from other countries. A trip to AGRITECHNICA is a great investment, knowledge is everything.

My husband and I have been attending AGRITECHNICA for more than 20 years. It's a fun trip that always brings new inspiration, new ideas, and interesting conversations. In 2025, I am expecting to see the progress in the development of specific weed control in crops: green to green

As joint managers of our 1200 ha arable farm in Hungary since 2005, my husband and I have attended AGRITECHNICA together and sometimes we have brought our employees.

At the trade fair, we manage some things together, especially contacting suppliers and gathering information about planned business developments. However, we also sometimes divide the visit between the two of us to explore our specialized competences. I like to attend technical presentations, while my husband prefers to quickly browse the halls in search of technical surprises. However, it's always nice to be out there together and come home with new ideas.

After that, I introduced precision farming in 2015 on tractors and was amazed at the saving in input cost, but most of all: the navigation system allows you to focus 85-90% of the time, on the implement.

Apart from saving fuel and time, precision farming also saves on labour. In the past, when spreading fertilizer or planting, you had your tractor operator and two additional labourers, one at one end of the field and another at the other end, operating as markers for the tractor operator to know where he needs to go. This is anything but precision, as every labourers’ length in stride differs!

My second future investment will be automation and optimisation of my resources. Automation eliminates the possibility of human error, and you save time.

At AGRITECHNICA, you can see all the new and old technology available to the agricultural sector and you can get accurate figures of what your savings are going to be if you implement the technology and apply it to your farming operation.

The one thing that differentiates AGRITECHNICA from any other agricultural exhibition, is that you can speak to the development engineer, find out what the idea behind the design was and how to optimise the use of the implement. AGRITECHNICA caters for all types of farming and every time I visit, there are new innovations.

As a South African farmer, we face many challenges, including competitiveness, socio-economic, socio-political, crime, water scarcity and rising costs. Labour and energy supply are two of the greatest overhead costs. 

AGRITECHNICA gives me the opportunity to meet with farmers, engineers, designers etc. from all over the world. I was pleasantly surprised on my last visit in 2023, to meet more South African farmers at AGRITECHNICA.

Every farm has its own identity, but from talking and interacting with these people, I gain insight into what other farmers from other parts of the world struggle with and discuss what possible solution there are, or solutions that they have already implemented.

I have had the honour to build relationships with different suppliers and farmers through AGRITECHNICA. I truly believe that the South African farmers can give valuable contributions to other farmers due to the common saying in South Africa;” ‘n boer maak ‘n plan” translated in English;” A farmer makes a plan”, and that is one thing we as SA farmers specialise in, we always have a plan and a solution if a problem occurs.

I attended my first AGRITECHNICA at the age of six with my father. As I grew up in agriculture, I was always very interested in technology. Later, I organised several bus trips to AGRITECHNICA at the technical school, followed by a visit to the Young Famers Party. Today, AGRITECHNICA is always a highlight for me because I can get detailed information about future business investments there. I meet my business partners there and get a very good overview of all the technical innovations. I also enjoy the professional and creative dialogue and the great DLG network.

I run an arable farm in northern Hesse, where we grow sugar beet, ware potatoes and grain fennel in addition to cereals and rapeseed. I also have a contracting company where we offer contract threshing, plant protection and soil sampling. AGRITECHNICA is a great opportunity to find out about these specialised areas, particularly in the fields of special crops and soil sampling technology.