Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing work in the flax fields

September 17, Vitebsk / Sergei Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing the harvesting of flax straw, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the regional executive committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of September 17, over 16.6 thousand hectares of flax straw have been harvested in the region, which is 93% of the plan. In 11 districts where flax occupies less than 1 thousand hectares, these works have been completed. Pressed flax straw has been harvested from an area of almost 14 thousand hectares. In total, farms have procured over 26.5 thousand tons of flax straw with an average grade of 1.06. Winter grain crops have been sown on an area of over 137 thousand hectares, or 55% of the target, including winter wheat on about 97.5 thousand hectares and triticale on 13.6 thousand hectares. Farms in Vitebsk, Dubrovno, and Gorodok districts have already completed plowing for winter sowing, and in 13 other districts, less than 10% of the areas allocated for winter grains remain to be plowed. In total, over 220 thousand hectares have been plowed in the region, or 88%. Forage corn has been harvested from an area of almost 64.4 thousand hectares (80% of the plan). Over 1.5 million tons of green mass have been procured, with an average yield of 239.2 centners per hectare. Farms continue the mass harvesting of potatoes, which have been dug up from an area of over 2 thousand hectares, or 38.4% of the area to be harvested. A total of 33.7 thousand tons have been dug up with an average yield of 170 centners per hectare. -0-