The mass storage of potatoes and vegetables in the Vitebsk region will begin in mid-September

August 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Mass storage of vegetables in the Vitebsk region will begin in mid-September, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. This autumn, the region's farms will have to store 5.6 thousand tons of cabbage (113% of last year's actual), 1.4 thousand tons of beets (102%), 2.1 thousand tons of onions (136.4%), 1.4 thousand tons of apples and pears (267.7%), as well as 10.5 thousand tons of potatoes (119%) in stabilization funds to meet the population's needs for fruits and vegetables during the off-season. The harvested crops will be stored in vegetable and fruit storage facilities managed by trading companies, consumer cooperative organizations, and agricultural organizations. Technical inspection of these facilities is nearing completion. Currently, the region's farms have begun harvesting potatoes, the regional agricultural department noted. The first 200 hectares have been harvested in Beshenkovichi, Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Gorodok, Orsha, Polotsk, Postavy, Shumilino, and Tolochin districts. About 5.2 thousand tons have been dug with an average yield of over 250 centners per hectare. At the same time, a traditionally good harvest is expected from the farm of the Tolochin Cannery, where 3.3 thousand tons of potatoes have already been harvested with an average yield of over 371 centners per hectare. In total, farmers will have to harvest 5.6 thousand hectares of this crop. -0-