Mass sowing of winter rapeseed begins in the Vitebsk region

Starting today, farms in all districts of the region are beginning to sow winter rapeseed. "We are starting to carry out the work on a large scale. Sowing is planned to be carried out on 50 thousand hectares," the committee reported. "According to operational data as of this morning, almost 12% of the total area has already been sown with this valuable oilseed crop." The main efforts of the region's agrarians are focused on harvesting grain crops. More than 37% of grain and leguminous crops have been threshed in the region. More than 400 thousand tons of grain have been harvested with an average yield of 32.4 centners per hectare. Beshenkovichi and Chashniki districts are showing good harvesting rates - here, 50% of the grain fields have already been threshed. Gluboksky and Senno districts are also in the top four leaders, where about 45% of the areas have been harvested. Orsha, Dubrovno, and Verkhnedvinsk districts are showing the best yield results - here, 44.7, 40.5, and 37.7 centners per hectare are obtained.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.