The All-Russian Field Days 2018 exhibition forum for innovative agricultural technology was held in Lipezk from the 5th to the 7th of July 2018. The exhibition attracted several thousand visitors, including executives and experts, from more than 300 associations from 73 regions of Russia and representatives from Germany, Austria and the USA. The agriculture minister of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Patruschew, attended the ceremonial opening of the event.

 

Russian agriculture minister Dmitry Patruschew (left) at the ROPA Stand talking with Werner Bauereisen (right) and Gennadij Suhorukov (2nd from right)

The team from OOO "ROPA RUS" presented the Tiger 6, the most powerful sugar beet harvester in the world. The ROPA Tiger 6 with its 768 hp 16.12 litre engine with pump-nozzle injection has been adapted for Russian conditions and is often harvesting over 2,000 ha per season. Today there is no sugar beet region in Russia where ROPA is not present.