Thirty crews from the Vitebsk region threshed more than 1 thousand tons of grain

August 9, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Thirty combine crews from farms in the Vitebsk region have surpassed the mark of 1,000 tons of grain harvested, the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union informed a BELTA correspondent. The largest number of "thousand-tonners" - 18 crews - are working in the fields of the Orsha district. In addition, the first combine operator in the region to surpass the 2,000-ton mark is expected to emerge here. According to information as of August 9, Nikolay Zakharenko from SPC "Larinovka" has harvested 1,900 tons, operating a "Lexion-580" combine. Another Orsha crew, consisting of combine operators Alexander Parchevsky and Igor Klimenkov from OJSC "Agrokombinat "Yubileiny", was the first among youth crews to harvest 1,500 tons of grain. The winners of the regional operational competition, organized by the department for youth affairs of the regional executive committee and the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union, will be awarded a prize of 7 base units. This is the second victory for the young combine operators during the harvest campaign; previously, they were the first among their peers to surpass the 1,000-ton grain harvest mark. As of August 9, grain and leguminous crops have been harvested on 370,000 hectares, or 82.3%, in the region. Harvesting is in its final stages in the farms of Liozno, Orsha, Dubrovno, and Senno districts, where less than 10% of the sown areas remain to be harvested. In total, almost 764,000 tons have been harvested in the region, with an average yield of 20.6 centners per hectare. The mass harvesting of spring rapeseed has begun in the region. More than 3,800 hectares have been harvested, or 13.5% of the plan. Over 4,500 tons of oilseeds of this crop have been harvested, with an average yield of 11.8 centners per hectare. -0-