As of the morning of August 19, grain and leguminous crops have been threshed on 88.4% of the cultivated area in the Vitebsk region.
According to the regional agricultural production department, 257.3 thousand hectares have been harvested, yielding 592.8 thousand tons at a productivity of 23 centners per hectare. The highest productivity was recorded in the Orsha (37.3 centners/ha) and Vitebsk (33.2 centners/ha) districts.
The threshing of spring rapeseed has commenced, yielding an average of 17.6 centners per hectare.
85.3 thousand hectares (29%) of soil have been ploughed for sowing winter crops for the 2025 harvest. Rapeseed has been sown on 43 thousand hectares (71.7%).
The flax pulling is nearing completion, with 6.5 thousand tons of flax shives harvested, averaging 0.97 in quality number.
The corn harvest has begun, with a green mass yield of 234 centners per hectare. Overall, since the start of fodder procurement, 14.41 centners of feed units per conventional head of cattle have been prepared (compared to 9.51 centners of feed units on the same date in 2023).