Farms in the Vitebsk region have surpassed the milestone of harvesting 100,000 tons of new crop grain

July 22, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. Farms in the Vitebsk region have surpassed the mark of 100 thousand tons of new harvest grain, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of July 22, 42.5 thousand hectares of sown areas have been harvested in the region, which is 9.4% of the grain acreage. 120.1 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 28.3 centners per hectare. Currently, about 3% of the areas are mowed per day, mainly winter wheat is being harvested, with selective harvesting of barley and spring wheat. With the mass approach of spring crops, harvesting rates will increase to 5-7% of the areas per day, specialists noted. Farms in the Orsha district have most actively joined the harvesting campaign, where 15.3% of sown areas have already been harvested, and 21.3 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with a yield of 37.1 centners per hectare. Among the leaders in harvesting are also Beshenkovichi (14% of areas mowed, 7.9 thousand tons threshed) and Dubrovno (12.6%, 10.8 thousand tons) districts. The yield in these districts is higher than the regional average and exceeds 30 centners per hectare. Four districts of the region have completed the harvesting of winter rapeseed. In total, 40.3 thousand hectares allocated for this crop have been harvested in the region, which is about 90% of the plan. 47 thousand tons of rapeseed oilseeds have been threshed with an average yield of 11.7 centners per hectare. Feed preparation for the second cutting of grasses continues in the region. As of July 22, about 717 thousand tons of feed units have been prepared in total, with a feed provision of 15.5 centners of feed units per conventional head.