All districts of the Vitebsk region have started the harvest

All districts of the Vitebsk region have begun harvesting grain crops, the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee reported.

According to operational data as of the morning of July 25, 5 thousand hectares have been mowed, which is 1.4% of the total grain fields in the region. Grain growers have threshed 14.6 thousand tons of grain, with an average yield of 29 centners per hectare (last year the yield on this date was similar). In general, the region's agrarians will have to harvest more than 351 thousand hectares, and 1,643 harvesters are planned to be involved in the harvest. Fodder harvesting continues in the region. The region leads among regions in terms of harvested forage crops - 15 centners of fodder units have been stocked per conventional head of cattle. Rapeseed harvesting is underway in the region's farms - machinery has already covered 43% of the fields occupied by the oilseed crop. The yield of rapeseed is 14.8 centners per hectare. Flax factories are carrying out flax pulling. This work has been carried out on 17% of the areas.

Alena Tikhonova - BELTA.