Source: The Canadian Embassy                           Date: 10 August, 2010

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

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.