"Technology has never let anyone down": spring sowing is gaining momentum in the Postavy district
By the end of March, machinery was working in the fields of almost all farms – machine operators were plowing, cultivating, applying fertilizers, and sowing early crops. The work was gaining momentum, with the volume increasing by 5-7% daily. The farmers expected to complete the sowing of grain and leguminous crops within another week. A good start had already been made at OAO "Novoselki-Luchai", "Kuropoly-agro", "Yanovicha-agro", "Dunilovichi-agro", where 50-60 hectares were sown per day. The frontrunners were from these farms. The results of the best sowers Yuri Tatarchuk, Andrey Vrublevsky, Yuri Usovich, Pavel Bolt, Valery Glazkov, Alexander Kabaila, and Andrey Nasevich were emulated by machine operators from other agricultural enterprises.
Where their own resources were insufficient, the mechanical detachment of the agro-industrial association worked. About 30 machine operators from the dairy plant lent a hand to the farmers of the farms included in the APO.
Thanks to joint efforts, by April 4, almost half of the sown areas were reported in the district summary. Slightly more than 2 thousand hectares of planned sowing and 500 hectares of winter rapeseed remained to be sown. The crop was most affected by bad weather in "Kuropoly-agro", but other farms also have lost fields. The district has seeds for resowing. The matter depends on good weather.
By the way, OAO "Novoselki-Luchai" managed to sow up to fifty hectares of spring rapeseed before the rains and snow. It would have taken another 3-4 days to complete this work.
One of the most experienced machine operators of the farm, Yuri Tatarchuk, noted that the conditions for carrying out the sowing campaign within optimal terms have been created: there is enough fuel, competent organization of labor, and adequate nutrition.
"The machinery has not let anyone down yet," emphasized the agronomist. "I have a new seeder that allows me to sow a strip 12 meters wide at once. With it alone, I can sow half of the spring crop area."
The fact that bad weather temporarily slowed down the pace of work upset the grain growers. However, they believe that a few days of rain and snow will not affect the sowing dates. The seeds will be laid in the ripened, moisture-saturated soil and will give friendly shoots.