In the Vitebsk region, they have started harvesting corn for feed

August 16, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA/. Farms in eight districts of the Vitebsk region have started harvesting corn for fodder, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

As of August 16, slightly more than 1.7 thousand hectares of land have been mown, with a gross harvest of green mass of about 47.5 thousand tons at an average yield of 272 centners per hectare. This year, the region's corn acreage has been expanded by 25% compared to 2010 to 100 thousand hectares, and the main volume of silage is to be prepared from corn. In addition, if weather conditions are favorable, some of this crop may be harvested for grain.

Overall, the second mowing of grasses in the region has been carried out on an area of 70.1 thousand hectares, which is 55% of the target. About 724.5 thousand tons of fodder units have been harvested, or 57% of the target. Farms have harvested almost 160 thousand tons of hay, which is 156% of the plan, as well as more than 2.2 million tons of haylage (107% of the plan). Silage has been harvested in the amount of about 133 thousand tons (7% of the plan).

Fodder provision per conventional head of cattle in the region on average is almost 15.6 centners of fodder units. The leaders in fodder harvesting are farms in the Gorodok district, where fodder provision per conventional head of cattle already exceeds 18.4 centners of fodder units, and in six other districts, this indicator exceeds 16 centners of fodder units per conventional head.

In total, in the current season, farms in the region are to harvest fodder in the amount of over 1.2 million tons of fodder units, and per conventional head of the public herd, it is necessary to achieve fodder provision at a level of at least 25 centners of fodder units.-0-