OREANDA-NEWS. December 10, 2009. Combine harvesters Don-1500B, ACROS and VECTOR manufactured by Rostselmash have acquired the status of The 2009 Best Agricultural Machines. Results of The 2009 Best Agricultural Machine Contest held at the initiative of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture were reviewed within the framework of the Zolotaya Osen' (Golden Fall) Show. Krestyanskie Vedomosti media-group and Society of Agricultural Machinery Test Drivers (SAMTD) have surveyed Russian landowners within the context of this project.

It should be reminded that voting was held both on-line at AgroNews.ru and Povmis.ru and off-line by distributing questionnaires among regional agrobusiness experts. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the contest it was necessary to enter machinery makes on one's own and to assess their certain consumer attributes.

Organizers received a total of 1422 questionnaires out of which 837 from agrobusiness experts collected in different regions within jurisdiction of 13 Russian Machine Test Facilities and 585 according to the results of internet voting.

The title of The 2009 Best Agricultural Machine was contested by 507 machines. 59 tractor makes, 45 grain combines, 64 forage machines, 43 harvest processing machines and 45 machines for cattle breeding were presented on the contest.

Generally, regions of the European part of Russia took part in the voting. Questionnaires were received from 24 republics and regions. Republic of Bashkortostan, Volgograd and Samara regions were the most active and interested.

Don-1500B, ACROS and VECTOR manufactured by Rostselmash were nominated The 2009 Best Grain Combines.