In the Vitebsk region, the highest grain yield is in the Verkhnedvinsk and Orsha districts

July 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. The highest grain yield in the Vitebsk region this year is noted in the Verkhnedvinsk and Orsha districts, where it is 38.4 centners per hectare and 37.2 centners per hectare, respectively, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Farmers in Beshenkovichi, Vitebsk, Glubokoye, Gorodok, Dokshitsy, Dubrovno, Liozno, Miory, Polotsk, Postavy, Tolochin, Ushachi, Chashniki, Sharkovshchina, and Shumilino districts are harvesting over 30 centners per hectare. As of July 30, a total of 268.4 thousand tons of grain have been threshed in the region, with an average yield of 32.9 centners per hectare. 9.1 thousand tons have been threshed. Grain and pulse crops have been harvested from 81.6 thousand hectares, which is 16.7% of the total area. The harvesting campaign is progressing at the fastest pace in the Beshenkovichi (24.9% of the area harvested), Glubokoye (21.6%), Dokshitsy (22.6%), Lepel (20.4%), Chashniki (25.5%), Polotsk and Senno (20.1% each) districts. The average daily harvesting rate for the region has reached almost 4%. In addition, the winter rapeseed harvest is almost complete in the region. Agricultural workers in Beshenkovichi, Glubokoye, Gorodok, Dokshitsy, Lepel, Postavy, Rossony, Senno, Ushachi, and Sharkovshchina districts have fully completed this work. A total of 49.8 thousand hectares, or 96% of the area, have been harvested. About 83 thousand tons of seeds have been threshed, with an average yield of 16.6 centners per hectare.