Canada co-sponsors agricultural show in Selenge

Mongolia’s national farm show, ATAR III 2010, is being
held on August 13-15 in Selenge, the major agricultural province of the
country. For the first time, the Embassy of Canada is the co-sponsor of this
important event, the other sponsors being the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and
Light Industry, the Governor’s Office of Selenge and Tuv provinces, and the
Gatsuurt Company. Altogether15 Canadian and 200 Mongolian agri-businesses
companies are participating in this first dryland farm technology and equipment
show in Mongolia.

The aim of the show is to deepen Canada-Mongolia
cooperation in the agricultural sector; introduce and promote Canadian advanced
agricultural machinery, products and technology; boost agricultural trade
between the two countries; and to establish contacts between representatives of
the Canadian and Mongolian private sectors. Among the Canadian exhibitors are
Morris Industries, which manufactures air seeding, tillage and hay handling systems;
Westeel, which makes steel storage products for farm and commercial use, and
also offers custom storage solutions to the needs of petroleum and industrial
sectors; Schulte Industries, producer of rotary cutters, rock and snow
removers; Skyway Grain Systems, specialists in custom grain handling systems
and grain storage structures, and OC Flock Management, whose expertise is in
reproductive technologies in sheep and goats.