Agricultural organizations of the Vitebsk region have started sowing flax

May 2, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Agricultural organizations of the Vitebsk region have started sowing flax, the deputy chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee, Ivan Fedorov, told a BELTA correspondent. As of May 2, 4.5 thousand hectares of flax have been sown in the region, or 22.6% of the target. Dokshytsy and Ushachy districts are the leaders, having completed these works on 53.9% and 34% of the areas, respectively. In total, this crop will be grown on 20 thousand hectares in all districts of the region, except for Rossony district, this year. In addition, the region's agrarians have begun planting potatoes and vegetables, with 5.5% (275 hectares) and 8.8% (161 hectares) of the plan planted, respectively. Chemical weeding of winter cereals and rapeseed has been carried out on 40 thousand hectares, or 35% of the target. Winter cereals have been sown in the region on 106.7 thousand hectares, which is 25% of the target, including grain crops - on 90.5 thousand hectares (36%). Sowing of grain crops is progressing most actively in Chashniksky (67.3%), Dokshytsy (55.5%), Lepel (50%), and Gluboksky (48.7%) districts. Among the lagging districts are Vitebsky (17.8%), Liozno (22.3%), as well as Senno and Ushachy (27% each). "All districts of the region have begun mass sowing. At the same time, the work has gained good momentum - 5.7% of the areas per day. The weather is also favorable, so it is planned to complete the sowing campaign next week," Ivan Fedorov added. -0-