Vitebsk region has the highest potato yield in the country

Agrarians of the region have started harvesting potatoes. This crop occupies 2.5 thousand hectares in the region, with about 10% of the areas already harvested. The average yield of tubers is about 395 centners/ha. This is the highest indicator in the country - on average, Belarusian potato growers harvest 327.5 centners from each hectare. "The main potato areas in our region are the fields of the Tolochin Cannery. About 900 hectares are allocated here for the 'second bread'. The harvest began not so long ago, and the yield is currently 421 centners/ha," the regional agricultural department clarified.

The harvest continues in the Vitebsk region. More than 87% of the areas have been harvested, with about 900 thousand tons of grain threshed at an average yield of 31.8 centners/ha. The grain growers of the Gluboksky district are closest to the finish line, having threshed about 96% of grain and leguminous crops. In the Senno district, 95% of the areas have been harvested, and in the Vitebsk, Orsha, and Chashniksky districts - 94%. The highest yields are in the Orsha and Dubrovno districts - 45.2 centners/ha and 42.3 centners/ha, respectively. As for the farms, the best results are from the grain growers of the "Larinovka" agricultural enterprise in the Orsha district - about 70 centners/ha. High yields are also reported by the "Olgovskoye" and "Rudokovo" enterprises - over 65 centners/ha. Sowing of winter grains is underway in the region: machinery has covered about 7% of the areas allocated for these crops.

Alena Tikhonova – BELTA.