In Alkeyevsky area they began harvesting winter wheat, soybeans and lentils
In the Central Alkeevo branch of the Krasny Vostok-Agro JSC 10 combines will take part in the current harvest. All of them are fully prepared for cleaning work. This was announced by the chief agronomist of the branch Aidar Shaydullin.
“For the moment, the branch sowed winter crops on an area of 4,400 hectares. Cereals ripen at the same time. Here in this field of the Salmans unit, combine operators Sergey Zakharov, Rafis Nasybullin, Rafis Kamalov and Vitaly Konovalov are working on the direct threshing of winter wheat, ”says the chief agronomist.
In another field occupying 145 hectares this week also began the harvest. The first day of harvesting was like a test, because the wheat was still a bit wet. Two days later, the moisture content of the grain was already 17-18 percent.
“Nadezhda wheat was sown here. We grew it for several years in a row. But it is already outdated, the crop is less than expected - 27 centners per hectare. We’re not sowing this variety anymore, we’ll update it, ”says Aydar Shaidullin.
In previous days, McDon self-propelled mowers put peas in rolls. They already started threshing this culture. Soybeans and lentils There are also to be removed. There are enough trucks for the transportation of threshed grain. The drivers Faukat Galiev, Anton and Sergey Kuznetsov have been working on the harvest for years.
Hozzat Shigapov is on duty on a tractor with two tanks filled with water. Each combine is equipped in accordance with the requirements of safety engineering.
“We start cleaning works in the middle of summer and continue until late autumn. The branch still has 1052 hectares of corn for grain, 2600 hectares of sunflower. Last year we managed to thresh these late cultures. And now we will make everything possible to harvest without loss, - said the chief agronomist of the branch Aydar Shaidullin.
According to the operational data of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, 483 hectares have already been threshed in the Alkeevsky district, 1,408 tons of winter wheat have been threshed, the yield is 29.2 centners per hectare.