Orsha and Dubrovno districts lead in fodder harvesting in the Vitebsk region

Orsha and Dubrovno districts lead in fodder harvesting in the Vitebsk region, the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Regional Executive Committee reported.

A total of 182 thousand hectares of grass have been mown in the region, which is 76% of the areas allocated for harvesting first-cut green fodder. Vitebsk and Orsha districts have already fulfilled the mowing plan by 100%. The Orsha district is also the leader in the amount of fodder units harvested - 11.7 centners per conventional head of cattle. The Dubrovno district is in second place, with its agricultural workers having harvested more than 10 centners of fodder units.

On average across the region, fodder provision per conventional head of cattle is 7.5 centners of fodder units (2.1 centners more compared to the same period last year). The region's agricultural workers have been set the task of harvesting 27 centners of fodder units per conventional head of cattle over several grass cuts.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.