AGRO SHOW 2022 Bednary: dates, programme and themes
AGRO SHOW 2022 at Bednary airfield, 23–25 September: field demonstrations, competitions, autonomous vehicles and liming equipment for Polish farms.
23–25 September 2022, Bednary airfield, Bednary, Poland
AGRO SHOW 2022 took over Bednary airfield on 23–25 September, mixing machinery displays with field demonstrations, competitions and autonomous vehicles.
What happened at AGRO SHOW 2022
The 2022 AGRO SHOW was held from 23 to 25 September on the airfield at Bednary, Poland. It is organised by Polska Izba Gospodarcza Maszyn i Urządzeń Rolniczych, the Polish chamber for agricultural machinery and equipment makers. Over three days, static machinery displays sat alongside working demonstrations and professional competitions, so visitors could see equipment both parked and in motion.
Autonomous vehicles featured in the 2022 programme, as did machines for spreading organic fertiliser and for liming. The Labour Inspectorate was also present, offering advice on safe working conditions on farms. Seed companies exhibited too, linking the choice of machine to how a crop gets established and which variety goes in. Watching a demonstration let visitors judge how a machine is prepared, steered and driven across a field, and how easily the operator handles the controls.
The show speaks most directly to farmers and contractors, but also to dealers, advisers and agricultural colleges. For Polish buyers, the domestic sales and service networks gathered at Bednary were a large part of the appeal. A mechanic available at the peak of harvest, or a spare part delivered quickly, often outweighs a headline feature. With cultivators, the talk was about working depth, power demand and residue handling. With loaders, manoeuvrability and visibility came first.
The practical result of a visit was a sharper list of questions to take into an on-farm trial. A demonstration shows how a technology works, but it does not prove savings on every holding. The sounder conclusions came from visitors who weighed what they saw against the cost of adopting it. How much training would operators need? How good were their own field records? Those answers made the show useful for investment planning and advisory work.
Highlights
- Autonomous vehicles on the 2022 programme
- Equipment for organic fertilisation and liming
- Labour Inspectorate advice on safe farm working conditions
Agricultural events 2022
