The first in the Vitebsk region to collect 1 thousand tons among youth crews were combine harvesters from the Verkhnedvinsk district

August 6, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The first among the youth crews in the Vitebsk region to harvest 1 thousand tons of grain were combine operators from the Verkhnedvinsk district, the Vitebsk regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union informed a BELTA correspondent. The tandem of Sergey Gapanovich and Alexey Pilyushin from OAO "Prudinki" harvested one thousand tons of grain by the evening of August 4, becoming the first in the region on a KZS-1218 combine, having harvested grain crops from 267 hectares. Last year, their team also became the leader of the regional production competition among youth crews. As of the morning of August 6, four crews that have surpassed the thousand-ton mark in grain harvesting are among the leaders of the harvest in the Vitebsk region. In addition to the aforementioned team, these are Vladimir Lavtsevich and Pavel Shulgat from OAO "Dokshitsky Rayagorservice", Petr Dukhovich and Artur Leyko from SKHPF "Zaozerye" of the Lepel district, and Alexander Zyabko from KUSHP "Chashnikskoye". In the Vitebsk region, 202.6 thousand hectares of grain crops have been harvested, or 41.5% of the cultivated areas. Almost 659 thousand tons of grain have been threshed, with an average yield of 32.5 centners per hectare.