In August, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan announced the republican contest "The best combine harvester - 2021". The competition is held annually in order to increase the prestige and popularization of the combine harvester profession, prompt and high-quality harvesting, as well as the effective use of harvesting equipment in the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Tatarstan.
This year, the Ministry's competition commission determined 235 winners at the republican and district levels according to the indicators of the largest threshing and mowing area in the Republic of Tatarstan. Machine operators will receive 50, 40 or 20 thousand rubles, depending on the class of the combine and the amount of ground grain.
For objectivity of the competitions, the equipment was divided into groups by capacity. There are 4 groups in total. The first included combines of from 140 to 230 horsepower, the second - from 230 to 290 horsepower, the third - from 300 to 326 horsepower and the fourth - from 351 to 530 horsepower. In the group of self-propelled mowers there are McDon, Challenger, John Deere, New Holland, Massey Fergusson, EC-1, KSU-1, CS-200.
To identify the best combine harvesters of the republic, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan conducted constant monitoring.