Vitebsk region will begin harvesting grain next week
The harvesting of grain and leguminous crops is planned to begin at the start of next week. A total of almost 350 thousand hectares are to be threshed.
As reported by Mikhail Pridibaylo, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee, the readiness of combine harvesters (1482 in total) and grain drying complexes averages 84%.
On the eve of the harvest, nine Gomselmash and imported "New Holland" combine harvesters have already been delivered to farms through "Promagroleasing", with another 15 waiting for their owners at dealerships. The Tolochin Cannery acquired two units of the most powerful Belarusian grain harvesting unit with a 9.2 m header. In total, by August 1, "Gomselmash" is expected to supply over 100 combine harvesters to our agricultural enterprises under the executive committee's guarantees.
In the upcoming harvest, the average load per unit of equipment will be 225 hectares, which is within the normal range.
The procurement of grass forage continues. There are 11.15 centners of feed units per conventional head of cattle, which is the best indicator in the country. For comparison, in the Mogilev region it is 10.5, in the Minsk region - 8.77, in the Grodno region - 7.8, in the Brest region - 7.67, and in the Gomel region - 4.48. In the Vitebsk region, the leaders are Sennensky (14.20), Sharkovshchinsky (13.48), Lioznensky (12.95), Shumilinsky (12.68), and Braslavsky (12.16) districts. In general, all regions of the Vitebsk region significantly exceed the national average indicator of 8.25 centners of feed units).