Winners of the Vitebsk region's machinery operators competition will receive up to 40 base units based on sowing results

To ensure the most efficient use of energy-intensive machinery in the Vitebsk region, a competition is being held among tractor driver-machinist crews engaged in plowing, pre-sowing soil cultivation, crop rolling, and sowing of spring grain and leguminous crops, rapeseed, and corn.

Four nominations are divided into groups depending on the power of the machinery. In each group, three winners will be determined, who will receive 40, 30, and 20 base units for first, second, and third places, respectively.

According to operational information, the leaders in their groups were:

Soil plowing: Dmitry Filipovich and Leonid Yaschenko (Agricultural Production Farm named after Yu. Smirnov of Dubrovensky district of OJSC "Orshansky KHP"), Sergey Romanovsky and Dmitry Shinkevich (OJSC "Rosskiy Selets" OJSC "Orshansky KHP"), Mikhail Latyshev and Dmitry Taldykin (Agricultural Production Farm "Nadezhino" of Tolochinsky district of OJSC "Orshansky KHP"), Andrey Lappo (branch "Mayak-Ushachsky" of OJSC "Polotsky KHP").

Pre-sowing soil preparation: Maxim Rodkin and Nikolay Rodkin (Agricultural Production Farm "Zadneprovsky" of OJSC "Orshansky KHP"), Mikhail Mironka and Yuri Shinkevich (Agricultural Production Farm "Smoliany" of OJSC "Orshansky KHP"), Yuri Karmanov and Alexander Pokhonenko (UP "Mezhevo-Agro" OJSC "Orshansky KHP").

Sowing: Vadim Pykhtin (Agricultural Production Farm "Zaozerie" of Lepelsky district of OJSC "Vitebsky Meat Processing Plant"), Alexey Kärtenko (OJSC "Verkhnedvinsky Butter and Cheese Factory"), Gennady Simankovich (SUP "Meretskiye" OJSC "Gluboksky Feed Mill"), Leonid Alekseenko (Agricultural Production Farm "Zaozerie" of Lepelsky district of OJSC "Vitebsky Meat Processing Plant").

Crop rolling: Vadim Karabatov (Agricultural Production Farm "Zaozerie" of Lepelsky district of OJSC "Vitebsky Meat Processing Plant").

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