Verkhnedvinsk combine operators were the first in the Vitebsk region among youth crews to thresh 1,000 tons

August 5, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA/. Young combine operators from OJSC "Prudinki" of the Verkhnedvinsk district were the first in the Vitebsk region among youth crews to thresh a thousand tons of grain during the harvest campaign, the department for youth affairs of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

The crew, consisting of Sergei Gapanovich and Alexei Pilyushin, operating a KZS-1218 combine, mowed over 220 hectares and threshed slightly more than 1 thousand hectares (as of August 5). Thus, the Verkhnedvinsk combine operators became the first winners of the regional operational competition among young participants (under 31 years old) of the harvest campaign, announced by the department for youth affairs of the regional executive committee and the regional committee of the trade union of agricultural workers. They will be awarded diplomas and valuable gifts.

In total, over 200 youth combine crews are working on the harvesting of grain and leguminous crops in the region, with the largest number of young people employed in the Liozno district (18 youth crews), in the Vitebsk and Postavy districts (17 crews each), as well as in the Orsha and Dubrovno districts (16 crews each).

As of August 5, grain crops have been mowed in the region over an area of more than 215 thousand hectares, or 47.5% of the areas to be harvested. About 690 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 32.1 centners per hectare. Malting barley has been harvested from an area of 7.4 thousand hectares, or 30.5% of the plan, with over 21.7 thousand tons threshed at an average yield of 29.3 centners per hectare.-0-