Producing contemporary farming hardware: A guide
The Innoprom International Industrial Exhibition in 2025 highlighted several key strategies for enhancing the production of modern agricultural machinery and its components within international industrial clusters. These approaches focus on technological leadership, international cooperation, and targeted government support.
Technological Leadership and Innovation
The exhibition emphasized the need for increased automation in manufacturing, with the Russian government targeting the production of Russian-made machine tools and industrial robots. This is seen as essential for improving productivity and competitiveness in knowledge-intensive sectors, including agricultural machinery manufacturing.
Other areas of focus include the development of unmanned systems, a dedicated program for the development of new materials, rare earth metals, and small-scale chemical production, and research in genetics and selection for agriculture.
International Collaboration and Cluster Development
International collaboration was a central theme at Innoprom 2025. Joint ventures between Russian and Belarusian companies, such as the production of hydraulic equipment and plans to assemble trams and agricultural machinery, demonstrate the potential for shared R&D, component exchange, and integrated supply chains within regional industrial clusters.
Belarusian manufacturers are focusing on deeper localization, integrating Russian component bases into their equipment, and expanding cooperation with Russian enterprises. This approach aims to optimize supply chains and reduce dependency on external suppliers.
Government and Policy Support
The Russian government is implementing preferential lending for seasonal fieldwork, protective customs tariffs, and support for large-scale agricultural investors to stimulate domestic production and shield the market from external shocks.
Multi-year state grant programs have already boosted rural tourism and, by extension, rural economies, indirectly supporting demand for modern agricultural machinery by enabling farm diversification and investment.
There is an ongoing commitment to training qualified personnel for the agricultural sector, ensuring that the workforce can operate and maintain advanced machinery.
A Look at the "Yug" Cluster
The interregional agro-industrial machinery cluster "Yug" was established to strengthen cooperative ties and form new production chains. The "Yug" cluster has managed to replace several foreign components, such as wheel hubs and hydraulic cylinders, previously supplied from Ukraine, as well as stands and cultivator tines for agricultural equipment.
By 2030, it is planned to implement the project by creating industrial facilities in other countries. Over a thousand companies participated in the project, including LLC "PROMAGROTECHNOLOGIES," which is among the top three in Russia for cultivator production.
Conclusion
The strategies discussed at Innoprom 2025 for streamlining agricultural machinery production in international clusters revolve around embracing automation, fostering cross-border industrial partnerships, and leveraging targeted government support. These measures aim to enhance production efficiency, drive innovation, and strengthen the resilience of supply chains in the face of global challenges.
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- To boost productivity and competitiveness in knowledge-intensive sectors within the agricultural machinery manufacturing industry, the exhibition underlined the importance of increasing automation in the manufacturing process, which involves the Russian government's target to produce Russian-made machine tools and industrial robots.
- The Russian government, at Innoprom 2025, highlighted the establishment of joint ventures between Russian and Belarusian companies as a means to optimize supply chains, reduce dependency on external suppliers, and foster international cooperation, as demonstrated by the production of hydraulic equipment, trams, and agricultural machinery.
