Sowing of winter rapeseed is nearing completion in the Vitebsk region

August 18, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing the sowing of winter rapeseed, which already occupies about 90% of the planned areas. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the committee for agriculture and food of the regional executive committee.

As of August 18, a total of 44.6 thousand hectares of this crop have been sown in the region. More than half of the districts have completed the mass sowing of winter rapeseed, while the Tolochin and Chashniki districts are already sowing additional areas. According to specialists, the sowing campaign with the oilseed crop will be completed within the optimal timeframe by August 20.

At the same time, rainy weather has negatively affected the pace of grain harvesting, which has entered its final stage in the region. Thus, as of August 18, about 361.7 thousand hectares have been mowed, which is 82% of the planned harvesting areas. The grain yield exceeds 1.1 million tons with an average yield of 31.1 centners per hectare. Over the past day, farmers in some districts, including Orsha, Dubrovno, and Tolochin, have not managed to mow a single hectare of grain.

Malting barley has been harvested from an area of 18.1 thousand hectares (74.5% of the plan). About 50.1 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 27.7 thousand hectares.

Farms in the region have delivered about 168.8 thousand tons of grain for the state order, or 90.8% of the plan, including over 10 thousand tons of malting barley delivered to procurement agents (34% of the plan).-0-