The crew of Dokshytsy Rayahraservice was the first in the Vitebsk region to thresh 2 thousand tons of grain

August 13, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The crew of Vladimir Lavtsevich and Pavel Shulga from Dokshitsy Rayagroservis OJSC was the first in the Vitebsk region to thresh 2 thousand tons of grain, the Vitebsk Regional Committee of the Agro-Industrial Complex Workers' Union informed a BELTA correspondent. The Dokshitsy team overcame the second significant milestone for machine operators in the harvest on August 13, despite the morning rain. This crew has already received congratulations and gifts from the farm manager, representatives of regional and district authorities for threshing 1 thousand tons of grain during the current harvesting campaign, the trade union noted. In total, there are currently more than 50 crews that have threshed a thousand tons of grain in the Vitebsk region, including nine youth crews. The majority of youth crews that have threshed a thousand tons of grain are working in the Orsha district (five), two in the Chashniki district, and one each in the Verkhnedvinsk and Postavy districts. The crew of Petr Dukhovich and Artur Leyko from Zaozerie Agricultural Production Farm of the Lepel district threshed over 1.5 thousand tons of grain. With favorable weather, this team has every chance of becoming the second crew to thresh two thousand tons of grain. As of August 13, a total of 285.3 thousand hectares of grain crops have been mowed in the region, or 54.4% of the areas. The average yield in the region is 32.1 centners per hectare. The work of the agrarians is interrupted by rains, which affects the pace of harvesting. Over the last day, it has decreased to 2.7% of the areas. To harvest the grown crop as quickly and fully as possible – and it has turned out to be quite good this year, as 915.2 thousand tons of grain have already been threshed – the rural workers are using all resources and opportunities, including night harvesting. The harvesting campaign is progressing most actively in the Glubokoye and Chashniki districts, where 74% and 80.7% of the areas have been mowed, respectively. The remaining regions of the oblast, with the exception of the Braslav, Gorodok, and Rossony districts, have passed the 50 percent mark. -0-