Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun mass harvesting

August 3, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. The mass harvesting of grain has begun in the northern region of Belarus, the Vitebsk region, the deputy chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee, Nikolai Olenich, told a BELTA correspondent. Over the past weekend, 29.1 thousand hectares of grain crops were mowed. 100 thousand tons of grain were threshed. The average yield is 36.2 centners per hectare. The harvesting of cruciferous crops is nearing completion, with over 85% of the areas already mowed. The average yield of rapeseed is 18.3 centners per hectare. The pace of harvesting is increasing every day. In total, 355 thousand hectares are to be harvested in the region. According to specialists' estimates, the biological yield of grain is estimated at 1.4 million tons in bunker weight with an average yield of 34 centners per hectare. The largest areas are in the farms of Orsha (31.5 thousand hectares), Vitebsk (23.6 thousand hectares), and Tolochin (22.5 thousand hectares) districts. More than 2 thousand units of grain harvesting equipment are working in the fields. There is enough fuel; the regional executive committee has allocated Br64 billion for its purchase. Special attention is paid to safety during harvesting operations and the organization of living conditions for the grain growers. -0-