In the Vitebsk region, the harvesting of buckwheat and millet has begun

August 19, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region have started harvesting grain crops, a BELTA correspondent was informed at the agricultural and food committee of the regional executive committee.

As of August 19, buckwheat has been mown on an area of over 80 hectares, or 8% of the total sown area. This crop is being harvested in Verkhnedvinsk, Gluboksky, Lepel, and Gorodok districts. 152 tons have been threshed, with an average yield exceeding 18 centners per hectare. The gross harvest of buckwheat is expected to be 1.5 thousand tons.

Millet harvesting has begun in Verkhnedvinsk, Gluboksky, and Postavsky districts, where about 100 hectares have been mown in total (12.5% of the planned area), with a threshed volume of 228 tons and an average yield of almost 23 centners per hectare.

Nearly 370 thousand hectares have been harvested on grain fields, which is about 84% of the planned harvesting areas. Over 1 million 143 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 31 centners per hectare. Farms in seven districts of the region are completing mass harvesting, while in Braslavsky, Gorodok, Rossony, Sennensky, Ushachsky, and Shumilinsky districts, more than 20% of the areas are yet to be mown.-0-