Corn harvesting has begun in half of the districts of the Vitebsk region

In the region, corn is cultivated on 66.2 thousand hectares. According to data as of the morning of September 12, 1.4% of the areas have been harvested. Farms in half of the region's districts are carrying out the work. The yield of green mass is 240 centners per hectare. The harvesting of grain and leguminous crops continues in the region. About 94% of the areas have been threshed, 948.4 thousand tons of grain have been harvested with an average yield of 32.3 centners per hectare. The agricultural producers of the Gluboksky district are closest to completing the harvest, with over 99% of the fields threshed here. Less than 2% remains to be harvested in the Senno, Vitebsk, and Orsha districts. The highest grain yield is in the Orsha district - 45.5 centners per hectare. The sowing of winter grain crops is underway in the region - work has been completed on 17% of the areas. Simultaneously, the harvesting of rapeseed (70% harvested), potatoes (tubers have been dug on 17% of the fields) is in progress. Work continues in the flax fields - 19% of the flax straw has been lifted.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.