Five districts of the Vitebsk region have completed the sowing of spring grain crops

May 14, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Five districts of the Vitebsk region have completed sowing of spring grain crops, the deputy chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee, Ivan Fyodorov, told a BELTA correspondent. As of May 14, the top five leaders in sowing included Chashniki, Beshenkovichi, Gorodok, Dokshitsy, and Tolochin districts. It is expected that today Orsha, Dubrovno, Glubokoye, and Lepel districts will cope with this work. The rest are close to finishing sowing spring grains, said Ivan Fyodorov, noting that a total of 228 thousand hectares, or 89% of the planned area, have been sown in the region. Farms have successfully completed sowing flax. This year, this crop will be grown on 20 thousand hectares in all districts of the region, except for Rossony. Now the efforts of farmers are focused on sowing corn, which will occupy 100 thousand hectares, 30 thousand of which have already been sown with this crop. The planting of vegetables and potatoes is also progressing at a rapid pace in the region. The latter has already occupied 2.5 thousand hectares, or 51% of the planned area. -0-