Vitebsk region's state order for malting barley increased 3.5 times to 30 thousand tons

July 25, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovetov - BELTA/. The state order for malting barley in the Vitebsk region has been increased by 3.5 times to 30 thousand tons in 2011 compared to 2010, the committee for agriculture and food of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

The buyers of this crop in the region are the "Polotsk Pivo" branch of OJSC "Krinitsa" and OJSC "Belsolod". The sown areas of malting barley have been increased by 3.5 times to 23 thousand hectares. According to preliminary information, the yield of malting barley this year will be about 23 centners per hectare, and the gross harvest is expected to be at least 50 thousand tons.

In total, the state order for grain supplies for the Vitebsk region in 2011 is 186 thousand tons, including about 135 thousand tons of food grain and about 21 thousand tons for alcohol production. As of July 25, procurement organizations have received almost 13.8 thousand tons of new crop grain under the state order, or 7.4% of the plan. All districts have started supplying raw materials for the state order, with farms in the Chashniksky district fulfilling the state order by almost 41%, and the Beshenkovichsky district supplying 33.4% of the grain under the state order.

In total, about 53.8 thousand hectares of grain and leguminous crops have been mown in the region, which is 11.9% of the area to be harvested. About 167.5 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 31.2 centners per hectare. Among the leaders of the harvesting campaign are farms in the Chashniksky district, where grain has been mown on an area of 26.5% of the area to be harvested, and the Gluboksky district (22.2%). The highest pace of work is maintained by farms in the Shcharchkovshchinsky district, where about 5.6% of the area is harvested per day. The highest yields are obtained by farmers in the Beshenkovichsky (36 centners per hectare) and Orshansky (35.5 centners per hectare) districts. -0-