Vitebsk region has exceeded the total grain harvest result of the 2010 campaign

Among the leaders in the pace of harvesting-2011 are farms in Chashniksky and Verkhnedvinsky districts, which have mowed down more than 80% of the areas to be harvested, as well as Gluboksky (77.4%), Lepelsky (73.7%), and Sharkovshchinsky (71.3%) districts. The highest grain yield - 36.1 cwt/ha - is maintained in the farms of Orshansky district, which also make the largest contribution to the regional harvest, having threshed almost 82.5 thousand tons of grain. Malting barley has been mowed down on an area of about 10.8 thousand hectares, or 44.4% of the sown areas. 31.4 thousand tons of this crop have been threshed with an average yield of 29.1 cwt/ha. In fulfillment of the state order, the region's farms have delivered about 126.5 thousand tons of grain, which is about 68% of the plan. Flax has been pulled on an area of almost 11.9 thousand hectares, or about 60% of the plan. Winter rapeseed crops for the 2012 harvest already occupy about 11.5 thousand hectares, which is 23% of the planned sowing area for this crop.

August 8, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The Vitebsk region, during the grain harvesting, has exceeded the total result of the 2010 harvesting campaign in terms of grain threshed, the agriculture and food committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

According to data as of August 8, grain crops have been mowed down in the region on an area of over 268.5 thousand hectares, which is 60.8% of the areas to be harvested. More than 863.3 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 32.2 cwt/ha, which is 11 cwt/ha higher than the same indicator in 2010. Last year, the total threshed volume at the end of the harvesting campaign was 828 thousand hectares.

Among the leaders in the pace of harvesting-2011 are farms in Chashniksky and Verkhnedvinsky districts, which have mowed down more than 80% of the areas to be harvested, as well as Gluboksky (77.4%), Lepelsky (73.7%), and Sharkovshchinsky (71.3%) districts.

The highest grain yield - 36.1 cwt/ha - is maintained in the farms of Orshansky district, which also make the largest contribution to the regional harvest, having threshed almost 82.5 thousand tons of grain.

Malting barley has been mowed down on an area of about 10.8 thousand hectares, or 44.4% of the sown areas. 31.4 thousand tons of this crop have been threshed with an average yield of 29.1 cwt/ha.

Within the state order, the region's farms have delivered about 126.5 thousand tons of grain, which is about 68% of the plan. Flax has been pulled from an area of almost 11.9 thousand hectares, or about 60% of the plan.

Winter rapeseed crops for the 2012 harvest already occupy about 11.5 thousand hectares, which is 23% of the planned sowing area for this crop.-0-