Chashniki combine harvester operator Valentin Avchinko was the first in the Vitebsk region to thresh 1,000 tons of grain

August 1, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovetov - BELTA/. Combine operator Valentin Avchinko from Chashniki district was the first in Vitebsk region to exceed the mark of one thousand tons of grain harvested during the harvest. The leader of the regional operational competition will receive a diploma and a cash bonus today directly in the field, BELTA was informed by the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' trade union.

The leader of the harvest campaign works at OJSC "Ivansky-Agro". Working alone on a KZS-1218, he threshed 1065 tons, cutting 275 hectares (as of August 1).

The organizers of the regional operational competition (the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex trade union and the agriculture committee of the regional executive committee) will reward the combine operator with a cash bonus of 10 basic units (one basic unit is equal to Br35 thousand) and an honorary diploma.

The leaders of the harvest among youth crews are the Zyabko brothers from the agricultural enterprise "Chashnikskoye" of Chashniki district. Working on a KZS-1218, young combine operators Alexander and Dmitry threshed 770 tons of grain, cutting about 280 hectares of grain crops.

In total, grain and leguminous crops have been harvested in the region over an area of about 156 thousand hectares, which is almost 34.5% of the areas to be harvested. 483 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 31 centners per hectare. Chashniki district leads the harvest, where grain crops have been harvested on almost 52% of the area to be harvested, and Glubokoye district (46%). The highest yield is in the farms of Orsha (35.7 centners per hectare) and Beshenkovichi (34.5 centners per hectare) districts. The region's farms have delivered almost 67.8 thousand tons of grain to the state order, which is about 36.5% of the plan. Flax has been pulled on an area of about 6 thousand hectares, or almost 32% of the plan.-0-