Beshenkovichi district was the first in the Vitebsk region to complete the winter rapeseed harvest

July 23, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Beshenkovichi district was the first in the Vitebsk region to complete the harvesting of winter rapeseed. In total, winter rapeseed has been harvested on 33.8 thousand hectares in the region, which is 65.1% of the areas sown with this crop, Ivan Fedorov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. As of July 23, 56.8 thousand tons of winter rapeseed have been threshed in the region, with an average yield of 16.8 centners per hectare. The highest yields are observed in Verkhnedvinsk (20.9 centners per hectare), Dokshitsy (20.7 centners per hectare), and Sharkovshchina (19.9 centners per hectare) districts. Beshenkovichi district has completely finished rapeseed harvesting, and this work is nearing completion in Dokshitsy and Senno districts, where 89% and 87% of the areas have been harvested, respectively. Agrarians in 12 districts of the region have started harvesting grain crops: Beshenkovichi, Braslav, Verkhnedvinsk, Dokshitsy, Vitebsk, Glubokoe, Lepel, Orsha, Polotsk, Senno, Tolochin, Chashniki, Sharkovshchina, and Shumilino. The harvesting campaign will fully unfold in the region in the coming days, Ivan Fedorov noted, adding that the equipment and people are ready for it. Other significant agricultural work is also underway in the region. For example, the harvesting of seeds of early cereal grasses is nearing completion (80% harvested). Agrarians have also begun flax pulling (the first thousand hectares have been pulled). -0-