Vitebsk region grain growers have started selective harvesting

July 13, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA/. Four districts of the Vitebsk region have started selective harvesting of winter cereals today. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by Ivan Fedorov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Agriculture and Food.

Farms in Vitebsk, Glubokoye, Tolochin and Chashniki districts have begun selective harvesting. According to Ivan Fedorov, favorable weather conditions have ensured early ripening of winter crops. Farmers intend to start mass harvesting from July 20.

In general, across the region, cereals and legumes have been sown on an area of about 500 thousand hectares, with 20 thousand hectares allocated for flax. In 2011, the Vitebsk region's agricultural producers have been set an ambitious task to achieve a grain harvest of about 2 million tons, produce 20 thousand tons of flax fiber, 270 thousand tons of potatoes, 250 thousand tons of rapeseed oilseeds, and also to procure more than 1.2 million tons of feed units of grass for public livestock. -0-