More than 6.5 thousand hectares of land have been plowed for spring sowing in the Vitebsk region
As of yesterday morning in the Vitebsk region, over 6.5 thousand hectares have been plowed for spring sowing, and the first 219 hectares of grain crops have been sown on light soils.
According to Vitaly Vorobyov, Head of the Department of Land Cultivation, Crop Production, and Fodder Production of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Agriculture and Food Committee, it is planned to sow 141.5 thousand hectares of spring grain crops and 21.5 thousand hectares of rapeseed in the spring, about 11 thousand hectares of flax, and slightly over 100 thousand hectares of corn.
Currently, winter grain crops, hayfields, and pastures are actively being top-dressed, and organic fertilizers are being applied. We remind you that in the autumn, 222 thousand hectares of winter grain crops and 64 thousand hectares of cruciferous crops were sown in the Vitebsk region.