OREANDA-NEWS. July 10, 2012. In all agricultural entities of KSG Agro holding harvesting campaign for started early crops and technical crops has begun. As for today the yields are harvested on about 70% of the territories. In the harvesting involved About 65 powerful new combines and 80 trucks, which are transposing crops to the elevators. One very important fact – straw gathering processes start right after the moment combines leave the fields.

 2 baling press-sorters, produced by american “Challenger”, started to work on KSG Agro fields in this season. With the help of this equipment straw remains can be quickly and efficiently collected from the fields and, after that, be compressed tightly. Thus, raw material for the Holding’s pellet production project is prepared.. Collected straw is pressed into bales of regular geometric shape, with length of 2 meters, width – 1,20 m, height – 1.30 m, weight 600 – 650 kg. In such bales, the straw is taken to the pellet production, where it is processed into granules, which serve as biological fuel.

Before being send to the elevators, grain is primary cleansed in all KSG agricultural entities. Before this year’s harvesting campaign the decision to install in “Dneproagrostandart” the modern line for primary cleaning of the grain was made. As for this moment it is under tests and operation start preparations .This line will give a possibility to clean additionally up to 250 t of grain per day. Right after the completion of harvesting and straw gathering powerful tractors with disk tools come to the fields. Their task is to prepare the released areas for sowing of winter crops.