Most districts of the Vitebsk region have started harvesting fodder corn

August 12, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The harvesting of corn for silage has begun in the Vitebsk region, a BELTA correspondent was informed at the committee for agriculture and food of the regional executive committee. Farms in most districts have started working on cornfields. As of August 12, 1.1 thousand hectares have been mowed, or 1.3% of the plan. Taking into account the second cutting of perennial grasses, 760 thousand tons of feed units have been harvested in the region, with a feed provision of 16.4 centners of feed units per conventional head of cattle. This year, farms in the region will have to harvest at least 1 million 250 thousand tons of feed units of grass forage, which is 10% more than in 2009. It is planned to harvest at least 25 centners of feed units per conventional head of the public herd.-0-