The first two-thousandth combine harvester appeared in the Vitebsk region

August 17, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Combine operator Vladimir Lapkovsky from SPC "Prudinki" of Verkhnedvinsk district, operating a New Holland combine, was the first in the Vitebsk region to exceed the two-thousand-ton mark for grain threshed, the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union informed a BELTA correspondent. Today, the machine operator will be presented with a diploma of the winner of the regional operational competition and a monetary prize, as well as a letter of thanks signed by the Minister of Agriculture. This is already the second success for Vladimir Lapkovsky in the current harvesting campaign; previously, he was among the first in the region to thresh a thousand tons of grain. In addition, over the past weekend, the winner of the operational competition among young workers, established by the department for youth affairs of the regional executive committee and the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex trade union, was announced. Combine operator Dmitry Lakotko, operating a KZS-10 combine from SPC "Gvardeysky" of Miory district, was the first among young people to thresh a thousand tons of new crop grain. As of today, 27 combine operators and combine crews in the region have exceeded the thousand-ton mark for grain threshed. According to data as of August 17, farms in the Vitebsk region have mowed about 210 thousand hectares, or about 60% of the cultivated areas; 705 thousand tons of grain have been threshed, with an average yield of about 34 centners per hectare. The state order has been fulfilled by 41%, with almost 67 thousand tons of new crop grain delivered to granaries. -0-