Seven districts of the Vitebsk region have completed the harvesting of winter rapeseed

July 26, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in seven districts of the Vitebsk region have completed the harvesting of winter rapeseed, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

As of July 26, winter rapeseed has been harvested on an area of 13 thousand hectares in the region, which is 73% of the sown areas. Almost 17 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 12.9 centners per hectare. The work with the oilseed crop has been completed in Postavy, Beshenkovichi, Orsha, Polotsk, Dokshitsy, Dubrovno and Glubokoye districts. According to specialists, the region will completely finish harvesting winter rapeseed by the end of the week.

Cereals and legumes have been mown on 66.9 thousand hectares, or 14.8% of the areas to be harvested. More than 208 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 31.1 centners per hectare. Chashniki district leads in the harvest, where cereals have been mown on 30% of the area to be harvested, and Glubokoye district (26.7%). The highest yield is in the farms of Beshenkovichi (36 centners per hectare) and Orsha (35.5 centners per hectare) districts. The region's farms have delivered almost 20 thousand tons of grain under the state order, which is 10.7% of the plan.

Grasses for fodder have been mown on an area of over 43 thousand hectares, or 33.1% of the task for the second mowing. About 719 thousand tons of fodder units have been prepared in the region's farms, and the fodder supply per conventional head of cattle is almost 15.5 centners of fodder units.

Preparatory work for sowing winter crops is underway in the region. Thus, glyphosate has been applied to an area of over 48 thousand tons, or 24.2% of the task. Over 32 thousand hectares have been plowed for sowing winter rapeseed, which is about 64% of the plan.-0-