Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun the mass harvesting of corn

September 11, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun the mass harvesting of corn, a BELTA correspondent was informed at the Committee for Agriculture and Food of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. As of September 11, a total of 8.2 thousand hectares of corn have been harvested in the region, or 8.6% of the cultivated area. The gross yield of green mass, including that used for feed, reached 212.7 thousand tons with an average yield of 259.5 centners per hectare. The most active harvesting of this crop is being carried out by farmers in the Rossony (36% of the cultivated area harvested), Dokshitsy (28.2%), and Braslav (23.3%) districts. Recently, farms in the Dubrovno, Liozno, Orsha, Postavy, Senno, and Tolochin districts have started this work. Agricultural workers in the Beshenkovichi district have not yet started harvesting corn, as their efforts are currently focused on sowing winter grains. In the districts of the region, the procurement of fodder for livestock for the off-season continues. To date, farmers have collected 174.5 thousand tons of hay, 2.3 million tons of silage, 235.2 thousand tons of haylage, including 142.8 thousand tons of corn silage. In total, 776.24 thousand tons of feed units have been procured, or 53.7% of the target. There are 16.68 centners of feed units per conventional head of livestock, including 16.26 centners of feed units for public livestock. The main agricultural work in the region is planned to be completed by September 20. -0-