February 6-07, 2020, in Moscow, at the Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, the 11th International Conference of Agricultural Producers and Representatives of Agribusiness Industries “WHERE MARGE” was held

The conference was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation and in organizational partnership with ASSAGROS and the Union of Sugar Producers of Russia. The General Sponsor of the Conference is Russian Agricultural Bank. Gold sponsors were EuroChem and PhosAgro-Region; silver sponsors - Syngenta and Rostselmash companies; sponsors - HARVEST CARD, KWS, JSC Suomen Villava; The event’s wine sponsor is Myskhako.

The organizers express their deep gratitude to all sponsors, partners, speakers and participants.

The conference was attended by deputy ministers of agriculture, deputies of the State Duma, representatives of various ministries and departments, as well as heads of major industry associations of Russian agribusiness.

The conference was attended by representatives of the agricultural sector from more than 43 regions of Russia and 13 countries of the Far Abroad and the CIS, including from the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, Finland, the United Arab Emirates, Latvia , Ukraine.

• Among the participants of the Conference are representatives:
• State authorities and state agencies: Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic Development, Central Bank of the Russian Federation, FSBI Grain Quality Assessment Center, etc .;
• Leading Russian agricultural holdings and independent agricultural producers: PRODIMEX, Rusagro-Invest, APK Cherkizovo, UK Agrokultura, GC AgroTerra, Agroholding STEP, EkoNiva-APK Holding, Russian House, Greynrus, TD Concern Pokrovsky, JV Vyazovo, Agronova-L, Holding company Agroholding (Saratov Region), Vilyon, MART Company (Stavropol Territory), Rostagro Asset Management, Parity Agro, Kirov State Farm (Stavropol Territory), Sykden (Russia), Razdolie-Export, Asset Management Company, Dominant Trading House, Agroholding "Energomera", Novosibirsk Food Corporation, RAV Agro, Progress Agro (Krasnodar), IDAVANG Agro, Volgo-Don AgroInwe t, Food Group, Sibir Agroholding (Omsk), RZ Agro, Rubezh Agrofirm, Plemzavod-Yubileiny, Kursk Agricultural Company, Krasnodarzernoprodukt-Expo, UK Tavros, Zerno Zavolzhye, BIO-TON Company, AgroGroTech Kuban , AFG National, Otrada Farmz, PenzaMolInvest, Russian Agrarian Group, Tambovagropromkhimiya, KDV Agroholding, Agroindustrial Corporation AST Company M, Amuragrocentr, AVANGARD-AGRO-Voronezh, Agronefteprodukt, Dekaborod (Saratod), Caucasus (Nizhny Novgorod), (Stavodorod), (Stavodorod), (Caucasus), , Agrofirm "October", A gofirma "Yuzhnaya", FE HEAD KFH Umaev M.A. (Rostov) and others;
• Domestic and international trading and food companies: Cargill, Glencore, Louis Dreyfus, Saburovsky KHP, Sarept mill, Danone, ZK EFKO-K, COFCO International RU, Al Ghurair Resources International, Prologistics, D & F Man, Grain Resource, RusGrain Trade, Don Market, Globex Grain , Petrohleb-Kuban, Sirenz Global Merchants East, Commercial Center, Zolotaya Niva, DON-TRADE,, Zerno-Trade, United Grain Company, McDonald's, Baltika Brewing Company (Carlsberg Group), Altai Mills, Aston, Kubanmaslo-E , Soya Center, Kellogg Rus, Souffle Agro Rus, Agrozan Commodities, Mirogrupp Resources, Zernotex Trading House, MAYSAN , Avia International FZE, TorgProduct, B-I Granum, Novorossiysk bakery plant, LSEZ SIA Liepaja Bulk Terminal, Grain terminal KSK, Novooskolsky feed mill, Bunge CIS, TD Sodruzhestvo, LKHP named after S.M. Kirov, "Agroproduct", Sverdlovsk bakery and others;
• Suppliers of agricultural inputs: Syngenta, Eurochem, Phosagro, ACRON, OHC Uralchem, Clover, Betasid GmbH, Corteva Agriscience, Gran, German Sid Alliance Rus, Affiliate of John Deere Agricalcherel Holdings Inc., Listerra, World Wide Seeds, August, BASF, D Amazone, Agrosnab-L, Klaas Vostok, KUN EAST, Valley, Valmont Eurasia, SAATBAU RUS, Himdilling Pro, Liliani, etc .;
• Finance and investment companies: Russian Agricultural Bank, Sberbank, VTB Capital, OTP Bank, Otkritie FC Bank, Munich Re Group, Sberbank CIB, Profit House Financial Company, etc .;
• Finance and investment companies: Russian Agricultural Bank, Sberbank, VTB Capital, OTP Bank, Otkrytie FC Bank, Munich Re Group, Sberbank CIB, Profit House Financial Company, etc.

• Leading Conferences:
• Mikhail Kharchenko, Director of the Center for Technological Transfer, HSE;
• Korney Bizhov, President of the National Union of Agricultural Insurers;
• Sergey Tkachenko, director of the information technology department of the agricultural holding "Step";
• Andrey Bodin, Chairman of the Board, Sugar Producers Union of Russia;
• Elena Turbanova, financial director of the Agroservice Group of Companies and the Trio Group of Companies;
• Ivan Trudnev, Commercial Director, GK RZ Agro;
• Alexey Ugarov, General Director of LLC UK “Agrokultura”;
• Andrey Klepach, chief economist, VEB.RF.

The first day of the conference consisted of two sessions.

Mikhail Kharchenko noted the problems with seed production in Russia, as well as the importance of creating a new Technology Transfer Center at the Higher School of Economics, whose main tasks are the administrative support and control of technology transfer and the implementation of research projects aimed at studying and improving the competitiveness of Russian selection companies and agribusiness sectors generally. It should be noted a significant decrease in recent years, the share of Russian seeds in the crops of such significant crops as corn and sunflower.

This is also due to the fact that in Russia the actual investment in breeding is 10 times lower than the potential additional value received from breeding. But the main problem of domestic seed production is the poor development of modern institutional and legal infrastructure. As a result, the total margin of the plant growing industry is lower than potential due to underinvestment of selection and seed production.

Korney Bizhdov said that active, often multiple, growth of insured areas was observed in almost all regions of Russia, and all federal districts finally joined the insurance system itself, which recovered after a two-year decline. However, despite the rapid growth of the insured areas, insurance has so far covered only about 6% of all sown areas in the country, which requires new impulses for further development. In particular, the state plays an important role in this matter. support, thanks to which in 2019 the regions in which it was previously absent or was not developed significantly were connected to agricultural insurance.

In this session, representatives of various suppliers of modern technologies for the agricultural sector and agricultural companies presented the results of their joint work. So, delegates from the companies John Deere and Eko-Niva spoke about the successful experience in using the Ag-Data Integrator system and the growing potential for winter wheat and corn yields in the conditions of the Central Black Earth Region.

Ilya Voronkov and Andrei Semerenko told the conference participants about the economic effect of the introduction of the cloud service “Field History” in the agricultural holding “Step”. In particular, an increase in the efficiency of the use of the land fund was noted due to constant monitoring of the borders of the fields.

Alexey Shveitsov spoke about the high adaptability of agricultural machinery of Rostselmash to various precision farming systems and the possibility of connecting data to 1-C.

Armen Nalbandyan spoke about the role of various agrology tools (drying, mixing, separation of grain, etc.) in increasing the profitability of crop production.

On the second day of the conference The First Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Russia addressed the Conference with a welcoming word “Key Tasks of the Agro-Industrial Complex in 2020” Dzhambulat Hatuov.

Four working sessions and a round table were held.

Ben Buckner, a leading analyst at AgResource, told the event about key trends and challenges in the global cereal and oilseed market. Among other things, there was a long-term trend of a sharp increase in cereal yields in the countries of the Black Sea region, which will most likely continue in the next decade. At the same time, due to the slowdown in China's GDP growth rates, the countries of Southeast Asia, India, as well as a number of African countries are becoming new drivers of world grain trade.

Yulia Koroleva, director of the Grain Quality Assessment Center, told the audience about the features of the grain quality of the 2019 crop, as well as about new agreements and prospects for Russian grain in new markets, for example, such as Algeria.

Maxim Uvarov and Alexander Kuchinsky spoke about the current state and strong prospects for the development of hemp breeding in Russia and the world.

During the session, Terry Erhart spoke about the current state of the crop industry in Western Canada, which in its natural and climatic conditions is similar to many agricultural areas of our country. In particular, it was shown that even in the context of a relatively arid climate, it is possible to successfully apply the technology of differential fertilizer application depending on the condition of individual sections of the field.

Andrey Andriychuk spoke about the benefits of sharing data with Cropio project participants.

“Technological solutions and digitalization of the agricultural sector: a discussion of leading experts and practitioners” PhosAgro presented the project of Russia's first online platform that provides effective interaction between the manufacturer, supplier and end users of mineral fertilizers in the digital environment.In the future, the system will become part of the omnichannel sales system of the largest Russian mineral fertilizer distribution network PhosAgro-Region, supplementing it with new digital services, such as online selection of the optimal complex of mineral nutrition for specific crops, soils and agrometeorological conditions for a particular agricultural producer.

During the round table, there was sometimes a heated discussion between the leaders of the leading domestic agribusiness associations.

The event ended with a traditional jazz evening and wine tasting.

The kikipickles - a joint project of Moscow artists well known to the jazz audience - Konstantin Ghevondyan (trumpet, vocals) and Polina Kasyanova (vocals), which also involve their friends playing really lively and hot music on a wide variety of acoustic musical instruments. Thanks to the incredible charisma and artistry of the musicians, each performance of The Kikipickles is not just a concert, but also a vivid performance that charges the audience with a positive

The event was supported by leading business and agricultural media: Thomson-Reuters, Interfax, Zerno-On-Line, ISCO-I.RU and others.

• The conference WHERE MARGE 2020 was covered by:
• Agencies - Interfax, Finmarket, Refinitiv, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Financial Times, RIA Novosti, Argus Media;
• Press Service of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, Russian Grain Union, Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants, National Union of Grain Producers, Rusprodsoyuz Association of Food Producers and Suppliers, Oil and Fat Union of Russia, Russian Biofuel Association, Russian Veterinary Association;
• Magazines - Sugar beet, Sugar, Agroinvestor, Point of sale, International agricultural, Food industry, Agrarian, Agrarian, Agribusiness, Agricultural News, Moscow economic, agribusiness expert, New Agriculture, Agricultural policy, Bakery, Dairy cattle breeding, Confectionery and bakery , Agrarian theme, Mitmaker, Niva-plus, Grain expert, Veterinary and life, Farmhouse; Peasant Publishing House;
• Portals - Zerno-On-Line, ISCO-I.RU, as well as furazh.ru, prodportal.ru, zernotrader.ru, sugarportal.ru, fatportal.ru, meatportal.ru, milkportal.ru, breadportal.ru, sweetsportal. ru, drinkportal.ru, fruitportal.ru, rybinfo.ru, tobaccoportal.ru, coteco.ru, bizon.ru, promexpo.net, promportal.su, dairynews.ru, fermer.blog, meatpro.ur.ru, milknews. ru, agrobook.ru, agrobase.ru, zerno.avs.ru, agronews.com, agroinfo.com, agro2b.ru, soyanews.info, oborud.info, svetich.info, agroyug.ru, ukragroconsult.com, grainbusiness. ru, helpinver.com, itm.spb.ru, sambros.ru, trcw.ru and others;
• Newspaper Vedomosti, Peasant Vedomosti, Probusinesstv.ru, Exhibitions - expomap.ru, exponent.ru, Altai Fair, Belokurikha Winter Grain Conference, Orenburg-Agro, Congress "Biomass: Fuel and Energy", Greintek, ProteinTek;
• And other agricultural and business media.