Russia: Agroprom Ural 2026 Opens in Yekaterinburg on 27 October — Free Entry with Promo Code POTATOES

From 27 to 29 October 2026, the Yekaterinburg-Expo exhibition centre will host Agroprom Ural, held jointly with the 14th Interregional Agro-Industrial Exhibition of the Ural Federal District. For potato and vegetable growers, the business programme includes a dedicated session on soil, crop rotation, vegetables and potatoes, and the speakers include Tatiana Gubina, head of the executive office of the Potato Union. Potatoes.News readers can attend free of charge with the promo code POTATOES.

This is the fifth edition of Agroprom Ural. According to the organisers, the exhibition is supported by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture and the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region. It is intended as a meeting place for farmers, suppliers, research institutions and government bodies.

What is relevant for potato growers

The exhibition covers farm machinery and equipment, solutions for crop and livestock production, automation and digital systems, drone and robotic technologies, production inputs, and equipment for storing and processing agricultural raw materials. For the potato and vegetable sector, the organisers highlight solutions for soil fertility, crop rotation, adaptive crop production, potato and vegetable growing and storage, and processing technologies.

Business programme

27 October — production and technology

• “Crop Production in the Urals: Nature-Based Technologies, Soil, Crop Rotation, Vegetables and Potatoes — a Systems Approach”: soil fertility, rotation, yields and profitability.
• “Adaptive Crop Production: Varieties, Technologies, Economics”: variety choice, resource-saving technologies, economic efficiency.
• “Robotics and Digital Technologies in Agriculture: Scenarios for the Urals”: pilot projects, scaling up and payback.
• “The Ural Dairy Cluster: Growth Strategy and Federal Leadership”.

28 October — strategy, processing and development

• Plenary discussion “The Agro-Industrial Complex of the Ural Federal District: Sustainable Growth Amid New Challenges”, with regional agriculture ministers from the Ural Federal District and representatives of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture.
• “Exports and Imports in Ural Agriculture: Logistics, Regulation, Markets”.
• “Developing Agribusiness in Russia: Small and Medium-Sized Farms”.

29 October — practice

• Round table on artificial intelligence for farmers.
• Training seminar for farmers on digitalisation in agriculture.

Speakers

• Tatiana Gubina — head of the executive office of the Union of Potato and Vegetable Market Participants (Potato Union).
• Vasily Ptitsyn — chairman of the Union of Unmanned Agricultural Aviation; expert session on drone systems.
• Olga Chebunina — general director of Agropromtsifra; strategy session on robotics and digitalisation.
• Gennady Ryazanov — general director of the KRiMM agricultural company; discussion on deep processing of agricultural raw materials.
• Mikhail Kopeikin — head of the grain traceability system operations department at the Centre for Agroanalytics of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture; moderator of the plenary session and speaker at the digitalisation seminar.

Exhibitors

Confirmed exhibitors include VIS-AGRO, PhosAgro-SeveroZapad, Norika-Slavia, KRiMM, Agrokhimtorg-KM, Agromaster Group, Agro Partner, APH Rus, AgroSystems, the Klin Machine-Building Plant (KLINMASH), EKSLi, Rosselkhozbank and RSHB-Insurance.

From field to shelf

FoodTech Ural, InterFood Ural and Translogistica Ural take place at the same venue, so the combined event covers the whole chain — from raw-material production and machinery to processing, packaging, logistics and distribution.

When and where

• Dates: 27–29 October 2026
• Venue: Yekaterinburg-Expo, Yekaterinburg, Russia
• Opening hours: 27 and 28 October 9:30–18:00, 29 October 9:30–16:00 (local time, UTC+5)
• Admission: 200 roubles online, 400 roubles at the box office; the e-ticket is free with the promo code POTATOES. Ages 18+.

Free e-ticket with promo code POTATOES: register for the exhibition.

Read also: Potato Union to bring its first collective stand to Agroprom Ural 2026.

Based on materials from the Agroprom Ural organisers.