The first cut removes 240.000 hectares of grasses. As of July 10, more than 215.000 hectares have been cut, or 90 percent of the plan. Verkhnedvinsk, Vitebsk, Postavy, Rossonsky, Tolochin, Ushachi, Chashnik and Sharkovshchina regions have already coped with the mowing. The rest of the regions will soon catch up with the leaders. What prevented them from being in time for the green harvest? The prose of life is rainy weather and periodic breakdowns of machines due to their wear and tear.