Two combine harvester crews in the Vitebsk region have surpassed the three-thousand mark in grain threshing

August 26, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Two crews in the Vitebsk region have today surpassed the three-thousand mark in grain threshing, BELTA was informed by the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union. The frontrunners of the harvest are Vladimir Lapkovsky from SPC "Prudinki" of the Verkhnedvinsk district and the crew consisting of senior combine operator Vyacheslav Konyshko and combine operator Vyacheslav Rabchenko from SPC "Kupalovsky" of the Orsha district. Both winners will be awarded cash prizes of 10 base units (one base unit is currently Br35 thousand). The honoring of the harvest frontrunners will take place directly in the field on August 27. In addition to cash prizes, the combine operators will be presented with valuable gifts and letters of appreciation from executive authorities and trade union organizations. Today, the region's grain growers have threshed over 1 million tons. According to the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, about 90% of the sown grain areas have been harvested with an average yield of 33.3 centners per hectare. The leader of the harvesting campaign is the Orsha district, where over 100 thousand tons have already been threshed. The highest yield was achieved in SPC "Larinovka" of the Orsha district - 60 centners per hectare. More than 100 combine operators in the region have threshed over 1 thousand tons of grain. -0-