Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun the mass harvesting of winter rapeseed

July 12, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA /. Farms in the Vitebsk region have harvested over 4 thousand hectares of winter rapeseed, which is about 9% of the plan, the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Department informed a BELTA correspondent. Almost all districts have joined the harvesting campaign. As of July 12, the region has threshed more than 6 thousand tons of rapeseed with an average yield of 15 centners per hectare. Farms in the Orsha district have been most active in this work, having harvested about 26% of the areas allocated for winter rapeseed and threshed 2.1 thousand tons with a yield of 18.5 centners per hectare. In total, farms are expected to procure about 90 thousand tons of oilseeds this year. In addition, work is underway to prepare for sowing winter rapeseed. Thus, as of July 12, soil has been plowed on an area of about 4.7 thousand hectares. In total, it is planned to allocate about 86 thousand hectares for winter rapeseed in the region. Farms in the region plan to complete the harvesting of grasses from the second cutting by July 20. As of July 12, grasses have been mowed on an area of over 20.2 thousand hectares, which is 15.6% of the plan. About 655 thousand tons of feed units have been harvested, with feed provision per conventional head exceeding 14 centners of feed units, which is 5% higher than last year's level. Thus, about 2 million tons of silage, almost 120 thousand tons of hay, and over 85 thousand tons of corn silage have been harvested. Farms in the region plan to start harvesting grain and leguminous crops in the third decade of July as the main crops ripen, the department added. In total, this year, 450 thousand hectares of land in the region are allocated for grain crops. -0-