All districts of the Vitebsk region have started fodder harvesting

May 25, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Farms in the Vitebsk region have started fodder harvesting, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of May 25, more than 1.1 thousand hectares have been mowed for the first cutting in the region, which is about 0.5% of the target. Mowing is carried out in almost all districts, with farms in Brславsky, Dokshytsy and Tolochinsky districts being the most active, where more than 1% of the areas have been mowed. In total, in the current season, agricultural organizations of the region will have to carry out the first cutting of grasses on an area of 270 thousand hectares. The fodder harvesting target is set at over 1.2 million tons of feed units, with at least 25 centners of feed units per conventional head of public herd to be harvested. Sowing of groats has been completed in the region, buckwheat has been sown on an area of 1 thousand hectares, and millet occupies about 800 hectares. Also, work on chemical weeding of crops is in full swing in the fields of the region, including this type of crop care work completed on an area of 127.7 thousand hectares (42% of the plan) of spring grain crops, over 10.6 thousand hectares (10.4%) of corn crops and about 7.9 thousand hectares (40%) of flax crops. In parallel, farms are working on protecting flax and spring rapeseed crops from pests, fertilizing spring grains, and a number of other works. -0-