Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing potato harvesting

October 5, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing potato harvesting, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of October 5, potatoes have been harvested on an area of over 4.8 thousand hectares in the region, which is more than 95% of the areas to be harvested. Half of the districts have already completely finished their work in the potato fields, and the largest amount of work remains for farms in the Vitebsk district, which has the largest potato field in the region with a total area of over 850 hectares, and it is still necessary to harvest this crop on about 100 hectares. In total, almost 70 thousand tons of potatoes have been harvested in the region with an average yield of almost 143 centners per hectare. The highest yield is in the Tolochin district, where 370 centners of potatoes are obtained from each hectare. In 2011, the area of potato fields in the region is planned to be doubled to 10 thousand hectares. In addition, farms are completing work with some vegetable crops. Beets, which occupy about 338 hectares this year, have been practically harvested. Over 3.7 thousand tons of this crop have been harvested with an average yield of almost 117 centners per hectare. The harvesting of carrots has entered the final stage, with about 15% of the allocated areas remaining to be harvested. Almost 3.3 thousand tons of carrots have been harvested with an average yield of 163 centners per hectare. Farms are also continuing to harvest cabbage, which has been harvested on about a third (55 hectares) of the areas. As of October 4, over 70% of potatoes and carrots from the plan, as well as over 70% of onions, 53% of beets, and more than 10% of cabbage have been laid in stabilization funds. In total, this autumn, the region's farms are to lay in 5.6 thousand tons of cabbage (113% of last year's actual), 1.4 thousand tons of beets (102%), 2.1 thousand tons of onions (136.4%), 1.4 thousand tons of apples and pears (267.7%), and 10.5 thousand tons of potatoes (119%) to provide the population with fruits and vegetables during the off-season period. -0-