Farms in the Vitebsk region have started planting potatoes and vegetable crops

In the current year, the area of potato fields in the region is planned to be doubled to 10 thousand hectares. As of April 25, potatoes have been planted on an area of over 110 hectares, which is 1% of the plan. Specialized potato farms in Lepel, Orsha, and Glubokoye districts have started sowing this crop. Vegetable crops have been sown on almost 320 hectares, or 18% of the plan, including garden peas occupying over 200 hectares. Sowing of beets (31 hectares sown), carrots (49 hectares), cabbage (15 hectares), and onions (10 hectares) has also begun. In the region, grain and leguminous crops have been sown on an area of almost 138 thousand hectares, which is about 54% of the target. The measures taken to intensify agricultural work have allowed farms to reach an optimal sowing pace, with about 20 thousand hectares sown daily. Sowing of spring grain crops and rapeseed in Vitebsk region is planned to be completed by May 1, which will allow the freed-up resources to be directed to sowing fodder crops and increasing the pace of work on potato fields. April 25, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in Vitebsk region have begun planting potatoes and vegetable crops, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. In the current year, the area of potato fields in the region is planned to be doubled to 10 thousand hectares. As of April 25, potatoes have been planted on an area of over 110 hectares, which is 1% of the plan. Specialized potato farms in Lepel, Orsha, and Glubokoye districts have started sowing this crop. Vegetable crops have been sown on almost 320 hectares, or 18% of the plan, including garden peas occupying over 200 hectares. Sowing of beets (31 hectares sown), carrots (49 hectares), cabbage (15 hectares), and onions (10 hectares) has also begun. In the region, grain and leguminous crops have been sown on an area of almost 138 thousand hectares, which is about 54% of the target. The measures taken to intensify agricultural work have allowed farms to reach an optimal sowing pace, with about 20 thousand hectares sown daily. Sowing of spring grain crops and rapeseed in Vitebsk region is planned to be completed by May 1, which will allow the freed-up resources to be directed to sowing fodder crops and increasing the pace of work on potato fields. Overall, spring crops have been sown on an area of almost 147 thousand hectares, which is about 37% of the target, including malting barley sown on almost 12 thousand hectares (about 50% of the plan), spring rapeseed already occupies over 2.7 thousand hectares (more than 20% of the plan), and flax has been sown on an area of 4.4 thousand hectares (22% of the plan). -0-