Regional Agricultural Production: Harvest in Vitebsk Region Nearing Completion
Sharkovshchyna, Miory, Rossono, Postavy and Verkhnedvinsk districts have completely finished the harvest. As of the morning of September 17, the remaining districts of the region had 5 thousand hectares of fields left to harvest. "This is practically a day or two of harvesting, so we plan to complete the harvest completely this week," the committee stated.
The total harvest amounted to 1 million 70 thousand tons of grain with an average yield of 31.2 centners per hectare. The largest share in the region's harvest was contributed by Orsha and Vitebsk districts, which had the richest harvest this year - more than 42 centners per hectare. The former, with a result of 125.6 thousand tons of grain, confidently holds the lead in grain yield among the regions of the oblast, and the latter, for the first time in the entire history of observations, managed to grow and harvest 118 thousand tons of grain.
Currently, the main efforts of farmers are focused on sowing winter grain crops. 75.6 thousand hectares have already been sown (30% of the target). Corn has been mowed on 10% of the areas, and its mass procurement for feed has begun.
The harvesting of spring rapeseed is nearing completion. 89% of the areas, or 27.2 thousand hectares, have been harvested. 35.8 thousand tons of rapeseed were threshed with an average yield of 13.2 centners per hectare. Farmers in Sharkovshchyna, Postavy and Glubokoe districts have completely finished this stage of work.
The best agricultural workers will be honored at the regional festival "Dazhynki" in Vitebsk this year. The planned date is September 26.