With what indicators farmers approach the professional holiday and who are considered the main characters of the season

The agricultural year in crop production ends. For farmers, this is a time of summing up and preparing for the main professional holiday - the Day of Workers of Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Agro-Industrial Complex. The outgoing season was not easy: weather conditions repeatedly made adjustments to work, required operational decisions and full impact. Nevertheless, the country's farms coped with the tasks set - without five minutes, the harvesting campaign was completed, fodder was harvested.

About what indicators farmers approach to a professional holiday and who are considered the main heroes of the season - in a series of interviews "SG".

According to the director of OJSC "Maloberestovitsky elite" Berestovitsky district Mikhail Bolbat, the Day of workers of agriculture and processing industry of the agro-industrial complex is a holiday of people who every day, without weekends and discounts on the weather do non-public, but very important work.

- This year we really have something to be proud of, – said the head. - The harvest went well. Almost 11 thousand tons of grain and legumes were threshed.

Separately, the interlocutor allocates winter rape. We collected 2.8 thousand tons of oil seeds, which is a thousand tons more than last year, with an average yield of 47.9 centners per hectare.

- Well done on potatoes. The area under it is the largest in the area: 75 hectares. We specialize in elite seeds, we have 18 varieties, and all Belarusian breeding. Removed the "mind", "manifesto", "scarb". The harvest was good, the director continued.

Mikhail Bolbat emphasizes: behind every number are people. Their labor, their dedication, is the main capital of the economy.

- I want to sincerely thank our harvesters. The leader among them was Valery Letko - more than 1,700 tons of ground grain. The second place belongs to the young combiner (also chief engineer) Vadim Keveisha – about 1300 tons. Vladimir Moroz threshed more than 1,200 tons. The best drivers on the delivery of grain were Alexander Sunelik, Oleg Leonchuk and Vladimir Krasovsky. Special thanks to the employees of KZSV-30, where the conditionally dried volume of grain amounted to more than 7 thousand tons, the head lists.

According to him, the farm knows how to appreciate work: advanced workers received prizes and memorable gifts from the enterprise.

- Our farmers remained in the field until dark. One of the first in the area completed the harvest, successfully fulfilled the state order for the delivery of grain, and enough left for their needs. This is expensive, says Mikhail Bolbat. Not far from the village of Neporozhnevtsi, a new dairy complex for 800 cows is being built. There will be two barns, a modern milking and dairy block, a building for dry-resistant cows with a maternity ward and a milking shop, a covered dispensary for 300 calves. This will ensure that all processes are fully recorded. We hope that the complex will give a new impetus to economic development. Belarusian farmers continue to form a feed base for livestock. The crops are harvested at an accelerated pace from corn fields. This season in the northern region intend to harvest about 200 thousand tons of corn for grain. Compared to 2025, the area has increased almost 5 times. This important stage of the agro-season is nearing completion in the SUE "Lipovtsy" of the Vitebsk district.

This farm was the first to begin cleaning. The average yield of corn here is about 100 centners per hectare. To ensure the fodder base, livestock intend to collect more than 3 thousand tons of corn grain.

- We carefully selected suitable fields, says agronomist Julia Provalinskaya. - Made a complex of necessary fertilizers, feeding. It is not news that the harvest must be brought to the required condition. Great help - our own grain drying complex. The humidity of corn is brought to an optimal 14 percent. Productivity - 30 tons of grain per hour.

Experienced mechanizer Alexander Shashkov comments:

- After harvesting, the grains switched to corn. We re-equipped the harvester, which for two years of operation has never failed, and without wasting time, started working. This year, we started harvesting corn a week earlier than usual. As soon as the harvest is ripe, they went to the fields in order not to lose the nutritional properties of a strategically important crop. There are no small things on the field. It is necessary to monitor the settings of harvesting machines, take care of the technique and deliver grain to dry in time. A good result consists of the efforts of many people – those who remove corn, transport and accept grain, work on grain drying complexes. For us, this work is not just the end of the season, but responsibility to the economy and countrymen.

Engineer Arthur Balbotkin is in control, and he joined the team early in the fall, but he's pretty much settled in.

- I graduated from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, where I studied in the target direction, says the engineer. My primary task is to prevent breakdowns by timely replacement of segments so that there are no downtime. We quickly leave, call, ask what parts are needed. If something is missing, we find it. Here they are able to competently organize work, prompt and support.

Agriculture is not only a job, but also a way of life for the director of SUE Lipovtsy Irina Khrapenkova. On its fragile shoulders is a diversified enterprise with about 300 employees. For more than seven decades, meat and dairy farming and the production of grain crops have been engaged here. The company is traditionally among the leaders of the Vitebsk region in spring and autumn field work, she notes:

Harvesting corn for grain is an important stage of the agricultural season, which requires special concentration. Much depends on the weather, the timely operation of equipment and how well all participants in the process act. Preliminary results consist of the daily work of mechanics, drivers, specialists and workers of the grain drying complex. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the campaign. Now our task is to sum up the final results, ensure high-quality refinement and preservation of grain, as well as analyze what can be improved next season. In the near future, plans include preparing equipment and farms for the winter period, summing up the results of the year and working on the tasks of the next season. And before the upcoming holiday, we will try to pay attention to our employees: congratulate the team, celebrate those who have especially distinguished themselves, create a warm, friendly atmosphere for people. Such meetings remind that behind the overall results is always the work of a large team.

The institution of mentoring has long been developed in the economy, the basic principles of which are still adhered to today. It is no coincidence that people here work in families, forming strong labor dynasties: Kovalevs, Gaidukovs, Gruntovs, Grishanovs, Chernukho, Drabtsovs. Every day is filled with colossal work Director of OJSC "Mikhalevskaya Niva" Bobruisk district Igor Goncharov believes that the current agricultural season, although tense, has become successful. Therefore, the upcoming holiday of rural workers is an occasion to thank them sincerely for their dedication to the profession, incredible endurance and true love for their native land:

Agriculture has never tolerated indifference, here every day is filled with colossal, selfless work from dawn to dawn. Our people work conscientiously, knowing full well that the prosperity in every home and the well-being of the whole country depend on their daily efforts. And it is very gratifying that this hard but noble work receives the highest appreciation and deserved respect at the state level.

This year, the farm harvested 5,546 tons of grain, harvested 24,215 tons of silage and 17,785 tons of silage. This will provide animals with good diets.

Behind the numbers is the work of specific people. One of them is tractor driver Andrey Orekh, who these days is involved in the most responsible and difficult autumn work - finches plowing. When asked how the season went and what emotions the upcoming holiday evokes, he answers simply, in a peasantly restrained manner, without excessive pathos:

- Everything is fine, in the usual working mode. Now we are making organic products, this continuous campaign has been going on for the fourth month. And the upcoming holiday? Of course, we'll celebrate collectively.

Alongside him, other masters of their craft work shoulder to shoulder. Valentin Tarasevich is a local man, was born here, grew up here and knows each field like his five fingers. About the past season and weekdays of fieldwork Valentine tells with usual modesty:

- In spring, immediately went to the mower, received a new energy-saturated tractor, was engaged in feeding. Then he switched to plowing. During the day, 20 - 25 hectares are released. The more to the holiday lift the chicks, the more pleasant on the soul, because this will depend on the pace of spring field work and the future harvest.

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