Chashniki District is the first in the Vitebsk region to complete the first hay cutting for fodder

June 20, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in Chashniki district are the first in Vitebsk region to complete the first mowing of grasses for fodder, the agriculture and food committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

As of June 20, grasses have been mown in the district on an area of over 10 thousand hectares, which is about 93% of the target for the first mowing. In five other districts, 80% of grasses have been mown in the first mowing.

In total, across the region, grasses have been mown on an area of about 196 thousand hectares, or almost 73% of the target for the first mowing. Over 328 thousand tons of fodder units have been harvested, which is almost 47% of the target for the first mowing, or over 7 centners of fodder units per conventional head, including almost 50 thousand tons of hay, about 1.1 million tons of silage, and over 8.2 thousand tons of silage.

Farms in Dubrovno district are leading in fodder harvesting, having fulfilled the target for the first mowing by 64%, with fodder provision in the district amounting to almost 10 centners of fodder units per conventional head. Among the leaders are Orsha district, where almost 62% of fodder has been harvested against the target for the first mowing (or over 9.5 centners of fodder units per conventional head), and Lepel district (60% of the target, or about 9.5 centners of fodder units per conventional head).-0-