Verkhnedvinsk combine operator Vladimir Lapkovsky was the first in the Vitebsk region to thresh 2 thousand tons of grain

August 15, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Combine operator Vladimir Lapkovsky from Verkhnedvinsk district was the first in the Vitebsk region to thresh 2 thousand tons of grain of the new harvest during the harvesting campaign, BELTA was informed by the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex workers' union.

The leader of the harvesting campaign operates a New-Holland combine at Prudinki OJSC and, as of the morning of August 15, has threshed 2,065 tons. The organizers of the regional operational competition (the regional committee of the agro-industrial complex union and the agricultural committee of the regional executive committee) will reward the combine operator with a cash prize of 12 base units (one base unit is currently equal to Br35 thousand) and an honorary diploma.

Prudinki OJSC also employs leaders of the regional operational competition among youth crews (under 31 years old). Young combine operators Sergey Gapanovich and Alexey Pilyushin on a KZS-1218 combine have mowed about 350 hectares and threshed slightly more than 1.5 thousand tons of grain, thus becoming the first among their peers to overcome this prize threshold for threshing. In accordance with the competition rules, the senior combine operator and the combine operator's assistant will be rewarded with prizes of 7 and 6 base units, respectively, as well as commemorative gifts.

In total, in the Vitebsk region, 90 crews have threshed over one thousand tons, including 9 youth crews, as well as 10 crews that have threshed over 1.5 thousand tons.-0-