The DLG (German Agricultural Society) has decided to postpone the Agritechnica exhibition until March 2022.

The DLG said this morning (Monday, March 29) that itself; the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association; and Agritechnica’s exhibitor advisory board have concluded that insufficient certainty for planning currently exists for the exhibition to go ahead in November as planned.

The new dates for Agritechnica are February 27 to March 5, 2022.

"Our top priority is to offer exhibitors and visitors certainty in planning but this is not currently the case," said Dr. Reinhard Grandke, CEO of DLG.

"As a consequence, the decision to postpone Agritechnica was taken by the DLG in close cooperation with Agritechnica’s exhibitor advisory board and the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association as an industry partner," Dr. Grandke added.

Meanwhile, Anthony van der Ley, chairperson of the VDMA Agricultural Machinery Association, said: "In close cooperation with the DLG, we have done everything we can to develop a trade fair concept for this autumn that is fit for the pandemic.

Van der Ley criticised the slow pace of Covid-19 vaccine roll-out in Germany as a major cause of the postponement.

"We are now looking to spring 2022 with fresh momentum and renewed energy so that we can celebrate an Agritechnica together as we know it and love it," he concluded.