OREANDA-NEWS. September 15, 2009. According to the results of harvesting campaign 2009, some 370 crews of combine operators of the Gomel oblast harvested more than 1,000 tonnes of grain each for the first time, Chairman of the Gomel Oblast Trade Union Organization of Agro-Industrial Complex. In 2008, some 290 crews reached this level, in 2007 – 110 crews of combine operators.

According to Nikolai Sadchenko, in 2009, the Gomel oblast harvested the record crop – 34.2 centner of grain per hectare. The total harvest made up almost 1.1 million tonnes of grain. This year, the region significantly renovated the fleet of combine harvesters. Over the recent two years, agricultural companies of the Gomel oblast have purchased more than 600 new Belarusian combine harvesters. Almost 96% of combine operators, who harvested more than 1,000 tonnes of grain, operate on Gomselmash combine harvesters KZR-10, KZS-10K and KZS-1218.

According to Nikolai Sadchenko, in 2009 all the regions of the Gomel oblast exceeded last year’s grain yield performances. At the Dazhynki Harvest Festival 2009, the Gomel oblast will be represented by combine operators from the Rechitsa, Kalinkovichi, Rogachev, Bragin, Mozyr, Elsk, Chechersk, Buda-Koshelevo, Gomel, Khoiniki and Zhlobin regions.