6 exhibits won the Animal Tech 2019 Gold Medal

Thirty exhibits fought this year for the Animal Tech 2019 Gold Medal, of which 18 were shortlisted. The jury with its chairman Jiří Mašek, Dean of the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, eventually selected 6 of them. The prizes and plaques were handed out at a ceremony held in Hall P, in  the presence of the Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Toman and Jiří Kuliš, CEO of Trade Fairs Brno.

Seven exhibits then received a special award, the first ever Smart Farming. “It goes to exhibits using modern technology to increase the quality and quantity of agricultural produce. The jury focused on exhibits that have a high proportion of automation, or robotisation of work processes, use independent information and communication technologies or create elements of cooperating systems in the spirit of Agriculture 4.0,” remarked Jiří Mašek.

	HerdOptimizer Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: CRV Czech Republic Exhibitor: CRV Czech Republic Location: Dairy cattle demonstration site
	Allflex Young Cattle with eSense™ Flex Sensor Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: SCR Engineers Ltd., Israel Exhibitor: Eurofarm systems s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 029
	AGRITEC Silage Safe Manufacturer: HUESKER Synthetic GmbH, Germany Exhibitor: NutriVet, s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 098
	AGE – VENT 300 Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: AGE s.r.o. Exhibitor: AGE s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 041
	SiloSolve® FC Category: Feed, fodder blends and feed preparations Manufacturer: Chr. Hansen Czech Republic, s.r.o. Exhibitor: Chr. Hansen Czech Republic, s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 074
	MooCall Heat – bovine heat detection Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: MooCall, Irsko Exhibitor: MERKANTA INTERNATIONAL spol. s r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 013

Smart Farming 2019

All the exhibits winning in the Smart Farming category meet the following requirements:

• High degree of automation or robotisation of work processes
• Hogh proportion of autonomous control
• Use of independent information and communicationtechnologies
• Forming the components of cooperating systems in the spirit of Agriculture 4.0

	Lely Astronaut A5 automatic milking system Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: Lely S.à.r.l., The Netherlands Exhibitor: AGRO-partner s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 028
	Cow Manager Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: Cow Manager B.V., The Netherlands Exhibitor: ISB Genetic s.r.o.
	TriSortpro Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: Big Dutchman International GmbH Exhibitor: BD Tech s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 033
	John Deere HarvestLab 3000 Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: John Deere Werke Zweibruecken Exhibitor: STROM Praha, a.s. Location: Hall P, Stand 006
	Fence power DUO RF PDX50 Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: VNT electronics, s.r.o. Exhibitor: VNT electronics, s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 047
	Shuttle Eco – self-driving feeding robot Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: WASSERBAUER GmbH Futterungsysteme Exhibitor: V. Racek – farming technology s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 102
	DeLaval VMS V300 automatic milking system Category: Machinery and equipment for animal production Manufacturer: DeLaval International AB, Sweden Exhibitor: DeLaval, s.r.o. Location: Hall P, Stand 101