Farms in the Vitebsk region are completing the harvest of malting barley

July 28, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. Farms in the Vitebsk region have harvested malting barley on an area of over 5.3 thousand hectares, or 84%, the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. As of July 28, more than 14.3 thousand tons of malting barley have been threshed in the region. The average yield of this crop is 27 centners per hectare, with yields exceeding 30 centners per hectare in Shcharchkovsky, Dubrovensky, and Orshansky districts. Farms in the region plan to supply about 8.5 thousand tons of malting barley under state orders. Fifteen districts have started sowing winter rapeseed. A total of 1.8 thousand hectares have been sown, or 2% of the planned area for this crop. In addition, soil preparation for sowing is actively underway. To date, over 42 thousand hectares have been plowed, which is more than 50% of the sown area for winter rapeseed. Flax has been pulled on an area of almost 7 thousand hectares (37%). Farms in Dubrovensky and Lepelsky districts are most actively carrying out this work, having harvested over 50% of the crops. Farms in the region are to procure about 18 thousand tons of flax fiber. Cereals and leguminous crops have been harvested on an area of over 160 thousand hectares, which is almost 36% of the plan. About 396 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of 24.5 centners per hectare. -0-