Agrodrones, autopilots and a robot bartender. What the exhibition "My Belarus" tells about agriculture

The agriculture of Belarus has come a long way from the manual labor of private landowners and peasants to modern high-intensity production based on the latest scientific achievements. Innovative projects, automated equipment - this is all about it. A decent level of development of the agro-industrial complex is demonstrated by the exposition of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food in the Minsk International Exhibition Center of the Exposition of Achievements of Belarus. A BELTA correspondent asked the organizers of the thematic block and will try to answer the questions: what modern technologies are farmers using today and what innovations can be expected tomorrow?  

Digital simulator of the BELARUS-3522 tractor

As specified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the simulator is designed to train tractor drivers and allows to acquire basic tractor control skills. The digital simulator is able to bring the training process as close as possible to the conditions of the driver's work on real equipment with a trailer and attachments, be it a plough, cultivator or seeder.
Agricultural machinery maintenance simulator with virtual reality glasses
This development is designed to bring to automatism the skills and abilities obtained, including during training on the digital simulator discussed above. The simulator includes exercises for daily maintenance and external visual inspection of the BELARUS-3522 tractor for defects, provides visualization of the space around the tractor and aggregated devices.

Autopilot system for precision farming technology

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food explained: the exhibit allows simulating an automatic driving system, which makes it possible to move the tractor along a given trajectory with an accuracy of up to 2.5 cm during parallel driving.

"The use of this system helps to increase productivity by up to 60%, allows high-quality work even at night and in poor visibility conditions, helps to carry out agrotechnical measures in the optimally short time frame stipulated by technological regulations," the department commented.

Agrodrones X60 with a service station

Chemical weeding of winter and spring crops, including soil preparations, application of microelements and growth regulators, desiccation of grain, rapeseed, sunflower, buckwheat and more, application of continuous glyphosates even in areas where the movement of conventional agricultural machinery is difficult - the agrodrone X60 will successfully cope with all of the above.
No Way Without Biotechnology
The Belarusian National Biotechnology Corporation (BNBC) already today allows domestic agricultural producers to refuse imports by supplying the domestic market with import-substituting lysine sulfate and threonine - amino acids necessary for agriculture.

Until the very end, BNBC, which does not reveal all the secrets of its exposition, promises to present models and interactive tables reflecting each stage of the production process.

A walk around the farm in a virtual format

The thematic zone "Agriculture" consists of several exposition islands. Let's take a look, for example, at "Animal Husbandry and Fish Farming". Here you can get acquainted with a modern dairy complex (DC) and an automated herd management system, milking machines of various modifications, stationary milk cooling units and mobile ones - for work on pastures. Guests of the exposition will even be given the chance to remotely visit the DC: a model of the dairy complex with virtual reality glasses will help with this.
The "Fisheries Activity" exposition is presented by an interactive map, which displays the republic's fish farming organizations and its major rivers. Visitors to the exhibition can mark the locations and photos of their catches and iconic locations of "fish spots" on the map.

Robots serve curds and pour yoghurts

The organizers could not do without robots, which are increasingly used in food production. Automation of agricultural production processes allows increasing productivity and profitability, compensating for labor shortages, and reducing material overruns. And at the exhibition, a robot for dispensing glazed curds, controlled by gestures, voice and a tablet, and a robot bartender pouring yoghurts will work for guests.
The future of any industry is connected with education and youth, or rather, educated youth. This is the opinion of the creators of the "Agriculture" thematic zone, who prepared the "Agrarian Education and Science" exposition. Here you will find information about the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, the Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University, the Vitebsk Order of the Badge of Honor State Academy of Veterinary Medicine and the Grodno State Agrarian University. Each university has prepared a map of graduate distribution, which shows the enterprises and organizations of Belarus where the specialists they have trained work.
The organizers have also thought about the youngest guests of the expositions, who may not be so curious about the scientific know-how and production prospects of leading farmers. A robotics testing ground and a "smart beehive" have been created for boys and girls.
It is hardly possible to tell about all the unique activities presented in the "Agriculture" section of the "My Belarus" exhibition, but you can and should take a closer look and try them out! The organizers are convinced that everyone who visits the agricultural expositions will be able to mark an exhibit that is interesting to them. After all, agriculture is one of the brands of our country.

BELTA

Photo by Yan Gorbanyuk