Farmers in the Vitebsk region are significantly ahead of last year's sowing pace for early spring and leguminous crops
According to the regional agricultural production department, 76.4 thousand hectares have been sown with early grain and leguminous crops, or 59.7% of the plan (as of April 22, 2023, 49.3 thousand hectares were sown). Work is expected to be completed in one to one and a half days in Orsha (96.1%), Chashniki (95.3%), and Tolochin (93.6%) districts. In total, eleven regions have exceeded 60% of the sowing of these crops.
In addition, 7.1 thousand hectares of spring rapeseed (33.3%) and 4.8 thousand hectares of flax (43.7%) have been sown in Vitebsk region.
Corn sowing is underway. Over 120 thousand hectares have been allocated for this crop. So far, 789 hectares have been sown for silage and green fodder (0.7% of the target), and almost 2 thousand hectares for grain (26.4%).
Tolochin Cannery has planted 262 hectares of potatoes out of the planned thousand.