Vitebsk region farms have harvested half of the corn acreage

September 1, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, 49% of corn areas have been harvested, which is 39.5 thousand hectares, the agricultural and food committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent. Farms in the Rossony district are the first to complete this work. About 11% of the areas remain to be harvested in the Gorodok district and 20% in the Liozno district. Farmers in the region plan to complete corn harvesting by mid-September. In total, as of September 1, the region has harvested 934 thousand tons of feed units, taking into account the second cutting of perennial grasses, with a feed supply of 20.1 centners of feed units per conventional head of livestock. As of the same date last year, this figure was 17.5 centners. This year, farms in the region will have to harvest at least 1 million 250 thousand tons of feed units, which is 10% more than in 2009. The feed supply per conventional head of the public herd should reach at least 25 centners of feed units. -0-