Agricultural organizations need to supply a total of 186 thousand tons of grain under the state order, including about 135 thousand tons for grain processing plants, of which 70 thousand tons are food-grade wheat, or 40% more than the state order for 2010, and 50 thousand tons of food-grade rye. As of August 4, the state order for grain supplies for food purposes has been fulfilled by almost 73%. This year, the grain has developed well, meets the requirements of standards for protein content, and the wheat meets the 3rd and 2nd classes for gluten content, which is a good result for the conditions of the Vitebsk region. Procurement activities are most actively carried out in the Verkhnedvinsk and Gluboksky districts, where about 85% of the planned state order volume has been delivered, as well as in the Chashniksky district, whose farms have supplied about 82% of the plan for the state order. In addition, all districts of the region have begun to fulfill the state order for malting barley, which has been increased for the Vitebsk region by 3.5 times this year to 30 thousand tons. As of August 4, about 2 thousand tons of this crop have been received by procurement organizations.

Among the distinguished and respected agrarians is the name of five-year-old Nastya Lukyanenok. Together with her nine-year-old brother Sergey, mother Svetlana, and father Dmitry, the girl will go to a grand celebration. The Lukyanenok family from the Gluboksky district became the winner of the regional competition of the family agricultural project "Master of the Village" and will take part in the project's final, which will be held at "Dazhynki-2012".

Dear veterans and employees of the labor and social protection system! I sincerely congratulate you on your professional holiday – Social Protection Workers' Day!

The event will begin at 13:00 with a solemn laying of wreaths at the monument to internationalist soldiers. After that, the official opening of the tournament will take place at the Vitebsk Central Sports Complex in the boxing hall named after Olympic champion Vyacheslav Yanovsky. More than 120 athletes from Russia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Karelia, and Belarus will participate in the competition in three age groups: men, youth, and juniors.

Under an agreement with the Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, 10 individuals are to be relocated to the northern region of the country.

Today at 6:53 AM, a man who refused to identify himself called the duty officer of the Internal Affairs Directorate and reported that an explosive device had been planted on the territory of the Vitebsk cold storage plant. Specialists were dispatched to the scene, who evacuated 93 employees and conducted a search of the territory for explosive devices. Nothing dangerous was found.