Sowing of winter grain crops has begun in the Vitebsk region

August 22, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Sowing of winter grain crops has begun in the Vitebsk region, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

A total of 250 thousand hectares are planned for winter wheat, rye, and triticale, of which, as of August 22, the first 320 hectares have been sown. Farms in seven districts have started sowing winter grains. The work is being carried out on lands that have been fully prepared in terms of agro-technology. Mass sowing of winter grains is expected to begin this week.

Sowing of winter rapeseed has been completed in the region, occupying almost 52 thousand hectares, or 102.6% of the target.

Chashniksky and Verkhnedvinsky districts were the first in the region to completely finish harvesting grain and leguminous crops, threshing more than 53.7 thousand tons and 80 thousand tons of grain, respectively. In general, across the region, grain crops have been mown on an area of over 387.4 thousand hectares, or 87.7%. 1 million 180 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 30.5 centners per hectare. In addition, buckwheat has been harvested from almost 120 hectares (12% of the plan), with a yield of about 210 tons, and the average yield of this crop was 17.5 centners per hectare. Millet has been mown on 136 hectares (17% of the plan), 280 tons have been threshed, and the yield of this crop was 20.6 centners per hectare. -0-