The first thousand-tonner in grain harvesting has been identified in the Vitebsk region
One of the best machine operators of the farm is 41 years old, and since the age of eighteen he has been working in the fields of "Shayterovo" – plowing, sowing, applying organic matter, harvesting. During the harvest season, he consistently demonstrates high results. Three years ago, he switched to a New Holland combine and in his first season threshed over 4 thousand tons. In other years, his performance was close to or exceeded 3 thousand tons. Vasily Kosov has been honored more than once at the regional agrarian festival "Dazhynki", and he received a Letter of Gratitude from the Prime Minister of Belarus.
When asked how he manages to achieve such high threshing results, the harvest hero replies: the equipment is good and the yield is high.
Although, as noted by the chairman of the Verkhnedvinsk District Executive Committee Vasily Shilov, the weather did not please the agrarians this year.
- You have seen the conditions that have developed in the Vitebsk region – drought. Meanwhile, the harvesting campaign started earlier than in 2022, and to date, we are ahead of last year in terms of threshing. Of course, we will not reach last year's harvest, but the results are not bad, and this is the first thousand-ton thresher from our district, – said Vasily Shilov.
Congratulating the combine harvester operator on overcoming the significant milestone, the chairman of the regional executive committee Alexander Subbotin noted that the first thousand-ton thresher in the Vitebsk region is a great celebration and victory.
– You snatch every minute between the rains, understanding that you cannot waste such precious harvest time, thereby ensuring the food security of Belarus, – emphasized the head of the region.
– I am pleased that my work as the President's Aide – Inspector for the Vitebsk Region begins with such a pleasant event. I am glad that I can express words of gratitude to the land tillers. The weather conditions have spoiled our mood, but we have always overcome difficult situations thanks to the machine operators, the guys who work in the fields from morning till night, – said the President's Aide – Inspector for the Vitebsk Region Igor Brylo.
According to Mikhail Gumnenkov, Director of OJSC "Shaiterovo", 12 combine harvesters are participating in the harvest. The area of grain and leguminous crops in the farm is slightly over 2.3 thousand hectares, 44% of the area has been harvested, 4.6 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with a yield of 45 centners per hectare. Considering the difficult year in terms of drought, the farm also has a good indicator for winter rapeseed. Out of 250 hectares, more than two-thirds have been threshed, with an oilseed yield of 33 centners per hectare.
In the Vitebsk region, 48.8 thousand hectares (18.2% of the area) of grain and leguminous crops have been harvested, 130 thousand tons of grain have been threshed, with an average yield of 26.6 centners per hectare.