Farms in three districts of the Vitebsk region have selectively begun harvesting winter cruciferous crops

July 14, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region have selectively started harvesting winter cruciferous crops, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent.

As of July 14, agrarians of Beshenkovichi, Lepel and Chashniki districts have started this work. In addition, farms in seven districts have joined the campaign for harvesting grain and leguminous crops. So far, crops are being mowed selectively, with about 275 hectares mowed in total, and almost 800 tons of grain threshed at an average yield of about 29 centners per hectare. In the current season, agricultural organizations of the region will have to harvest about 450 thousand hectares of grain and leguminous crops, of which about half are winter crops.

The pace of fodder preparation for the second mowing of grasses is gaining momentum, which is carried out by all districts, except for Gorodok and Rossony. In total, grasses have been mowed for the second mowing on an area of about 19 thousand hectares, or 14.5% of the target. More than 677 thousand tons of fodder units have been prepared. The provision of fodder per conventional head of cattle is about 14.6 centners of fodder units.

Farms in the region have also begun preparations for sowing winter crops for the 2012 harvest. Thus, about 4.7 thousand hectares of soil have been plowed for winter rapeseed, glyphosate has been applied for sowing winter crops on an area of almost 17 thousand hectares, which is 8.5% of the target.-0-