Farms in the Vitebsk region have begun mass harvesting of grasses for the second cut

July 6, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region have mowed grass for the second cutting on an area of almost 7 thousand hectares, which is about 5.5% of the plan. In total, these works are to be carried out on an area of 130 thousand hectares, the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Practically all districts have joined this work, except for farms in Beshenkovichi and Gorodok districts, where the first cutting of grass is still being completed. In terms of mowing rates, farms in Sharkovshchina district are leading, having mowed almost 1.4 thousand hectares for the second cutting. Farms in Verkhnedvinsk district, where grass has been mowed for the second cutting on an area of almost 1 thousand hectares, Dubrovno (almost 800 hectares), and Orsha (over 700 hectares) districts are also actively carrying out fodder harvesting. As of July 6, almost 600 thousand tons of fodder units have been harvested in the region (or over 78% of the target), which is 106% of the 2009 level. Almost 13 centners of fodder units per conventional head of cattle have been harvested. Liozno district demonstrates the highest rates of fodder production. Here, slightly over 14 centners of fodder units per conventional head have been harvested, which is almost 40% higher than the same indicator last year. In general, farms in Dubrovno district are leading in fodder harvesting, where fodder provision already averages almost 16.4 centners of fodder units per conventional head. Farms in Lepel (15.2 centners) and Verkhnedvinsk (almost 15 centners) districts also show good results in fodder production. Farms in the region are to harvest at least 1 million 250 thousand tons of fodder units of grass fodder this year, which is 10% higher than the 2009 figure. It is planned to harvest at least 25 centners of fodder units per conventional head of the public herd. At the same time, in farms where the public herd will be switched to round-the-clock feeding, a one-and-a-half-year supply of fodder must be ensured, specialists noted. -0-