Success is a team effort. What are the concerns of Kraisk OJSC and how is it preparing for its anniversary?

Kraysk is an agrotown with a 500-year history. The village, 40 kilometers from Logoisk, was first mentioned in 1523 as the Zenovich estate. Residents of the agrotown are proud of its history, as well as of Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov, who, as a child, visited his grandparents in their village on the banks of the Krayshchanka River. Today, the agrotown's reputation is enhanced by the employees of Kraysk. Following in the footsteps of its leader , "The Nobel laureate never forgot his fellow countrymen even after achieving international fame," explains Nikolai Moisky, DIRECTOR of Kraysk. Zhores Ivanovich promised to visit again eight years ago, to sit down and talk, but never got around to it—it didn't work out. Today, the agrotown's reputation is enhanced by the workers of Kraysk. And the leader of this diversified agricultural enterprise sets the tone for the team's work. Nikolai Vladimirovich began his career at his native fur farm in the Vileika region, after graduating from the Gorki Agricultural Academy. He admits, however, that he truly felt like a true farmer, with his feet firmly on the ground, after moving to the Logoisk region.  Nikolai Moisky has headed Kraisk OJSC since 1999, albeit with a short break. From 2010 to 2013, he left to HEAD another farm, then returned to Kraisk OJSC. Recently, district management, colleagues, and the entire Kraisk OJSC team congratulated Nikolai Moisky on his 70th birthday. We also join him in wishing him good HEALTH and great success in his challenging work as director of one of the leading agricultural enterprises in the Logoisk region. Warm, dry, and... sunny.   "7 Days" correspondents, along with the birthday boy, visited one of the farm's dairy farms—the Rogozino dairy farm, where nearly 60% of the MILK produced by the livestock farmers is sent for processing. They learned how the cattle are wintered and how the production of "white gold" is organized. The first thing they noticed was the care given to the youngest calves, those up to two months old. While some farms immediately move the calves to plastic houses outside, citing the need for hardening, at this dairy farm these calves are carefully cared for. The building where they are kept is lined with huge bales of straw for added security. It's warm, cool, and bright: the winter sun shines through the polycarbonate roof. "We take the roof off in the summer," Nikolai Vladimirovich explains, leading us past the neat two-room "apartments" consisting of a small bedroom and a courtyard covered with straw. "The main thing for us is to preserve and raise healthy young animals, without which there can be no good dairy herd. We'll add on milk production."














it might seem like it's only midwinter, but the farm is already in full swing preparing equipment for spring fieldwork. Looking back on the past season, the director describes it as challenging for crop growers and machine operators—the battle for a harvest was waged in extremely challenging weather conditions. Field yields and the gross grain harvest were lower than expected. Nevertheless, the team at Kraisk JSC did everything possible to provide feed for the large herd, which at the end of the year numbered nearly 2,000 head, including 772 dairy cows.
And it must be said, the results were immediate. Milk production for the first 10 months of 2023 amounted to 3,903 tons, or 106.5% of the same period last year.
"We're up on milk!" notes Nikolai Vladimirovich. "The average milk yield per cow over the 10 months was 5,080 kg, compared to 4,838 kg last year." Overall, livestock production accounted for 105.1% of gross output. Chief livestock specialist Irina Matetskaya is largely responsible for the farm's year-on-year increase in dairy supplies. 

Machine operators and drivers made invaluable contributions to the enterprise's production success. Vitaly Gerko and Viktor Kalvinkovsky demonstrated outstanding results in harvesting grass, combine operator Valentin Tsybulsky in grain harvesting, driver Sergei Likhachev in delivering harvested crops from the fields , and Alexey Gabransky in compacting haylage and silage.
Andrey Sudnik excelled in the 2024 harvest preparations—plowing for winter crops—and Leonid Ankuda in sowing winter rapeseed and winter grains. As soon as the snow melts, the machine operators will return to the fields to prepare the soil for spring crops. Spring is traditionally a time for big plans and groundwork for Belarusian farmers.

Success is a Team
Worker. The farm's manager also introduced us to the farm's staff—the livestock breeders and machine milking operators. In short, they are the people without whom dairy production cannot be maintained at the proper level. After appreciating the cleanliness of the cowsheds, the kindergarten-like atmosphere of the calf barn, the orderly milking parlor and equipment, and the impeccable operation of the technological processes, we were once again convinced of the professionalism of the MTK team. We were even more surprised to learn that the machine milking operators are men . Denis Azarov and Sergey Smirnov have been working on the farm for several years. There is also a family business on the farm—a married couple, Alesya and Viktor Belko. The wife cares for the young animals, and the husband's responsibilities include ensuring the smooth operation of the equipment. The manager names machine milking operator Lyudmila Tyutyunnik and inseminator Maria Rudak among the best.
The next stop on our tour was the Grinevichi MTK, also renowned for its top performers. For example, machine milking operator Marina Savitskaya, livestock breeders Alexander Bakhar and Alexander Tsyrinsky, who are engaged in raising young animals" Cattle .
"Well done, guys, they're working hard!" the company's director says of the MTK livestock breeders, noting the well-coordinated work of the Sushkovo MTF team, in particular foreman Yuriy Rolich and dairy operators Natalya Semenova and Anastasia Shupenko.
Everything's going well

. This year, Kraysk celebrates an important anniversary. Ninety-five years ago , the Chyrvonaarmeyets collective farm was founded   , and in 1951, a new one, Zvezda, was established. In addition to the lands adjacent to the farm, it included land near the villages of Grinevichi and Rogozino. Naturally, residents of these villages began to work in Zvezda's fields. Over the past 70 years, the agricultural enterprise has expanded: it merged with the Budyonny collective farm and changed its name several times. In 2010, the enterprise was reorganized into Kraysk OJSC.
Many residents of the agro-town believe that Kraysk is a place blessed by God. It's no coincidence that the St. Nicholas Church, a rare beauty, stands in the center of the village, next to the farm's administrative building. We personally verified that this is indeed the case: both the agrotown and Kraisk OJSC are in good shape.
Kraisk OJSC's agricultural land covers 3,969 hectares, of which 2,505 hectares are arable land and 1,461 hectares are meadows.

Tamara Markina, photo by Nadezhda Kostetskaya