Mass harvesting of flax straw has begun in the Vitebsk region

August 17, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Mass harvesting of flax straw has begun in the Vitebsk region, which is planned to be completed by September 15. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the committee for agriculture and food of the regional executive committee. The flax field in the region covers more than 18 thousand hectares. As of August 17, flax has been harvested from an area of almost 800 hectares, and about 1.1 thousand tons of flax straw have been harvested. In addition, about 3 thousand tons of seeds for next year's sowing have been threshed, which is 62% of the plan. Flax processing plants in the Vitebsk region plan to harvest at least 60 thousand tons of flax fiber with an average grade of 1-1.25. This year, the farms' fleet has been replenished with 13 flax pullers, 10 balers, and more than 40 windrowers. The harvesting of spring rapeseed continues, which has been mowed from an area of over 14.3 thousand hectares, or 50.5% of the plan. Almost 13.4 thousand tons of oilseed crop have been threshed with an average yield of 9.3 centners per hectare. Forage corn has been harvested from an area of more than 5 thousand hectares (6.4% of the plan). Almost 105.4 thousand tons of green mass have been harvested, with an average yield of 204.1 centners per hectare. -0-