Vitebsk region farms have sown a third of winter grain crops

September 8, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Farms in the Vitebsk region have sown winter grain crops on 68 thousand hectares, which is 33% of the planned area, the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Department informed a BELTA correspondent. Agricultural organizations in the Beshenkovichi and Orsha districts are carrying out sowing operations at the highest pace, having sown 56% and 51.4% of the plan, respectively. Farms in the Chashniki (47%) and Polotsk (42%) districts are approaching the 50% mark. The region continues to harvest spring rapeseed, which occupies over 19 thousand hectares of land. As of September 8, more than 9.8 thousand hectares have been harvested (51% of the plan), and over 12 thousand tons of oilseed have been threshed. In addition, farms have begun mass harvesting of perennial leguminous grass seeds, for which almost 18.5 thousand hectares have been allocated. -0-