Belarus’ grain harvest past 10m tonnes
11:00, 16 October
Photo: BelTA archives
Agricultural organizations and farms have threshed 10.032 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed and corn, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.
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Minsk Oblast threshed 2,682,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 1,982,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast 1,866,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 1,272,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 1,202,000 tonnes, and Vitebsk Oblast 1,028,000 tonnes.
A total of 1,577,000 hectares have been plowed for sowing winter grain crops, or 105% of the plan (1,500,000 hectares). Winter grain crops have been planted by all regions of the country across 1,506,000 hectares (100% of the plan).
Hay production has reached 627,000 tonnes or 88% of the plan. Haylage production has reached 12,912,000 tonnes, or 90% of the target. Silage harvest progress stands at 15,887,000 tonnes (77%). Forage grasses total 8,276,000 tonnes. Corn for silage has been removed from 79% of the area. A total of 172,000 tonnes of flax straw have been harvested, with a yield of 39 centners per hectare.
Sugar beet has been harvested from 65,000 hectares, or 60% of the plan. A total of 3,112,000 tonnes of sugar beet have been dug, with an average yield of 473 centners per hectare. Minsk Oblast accounts for 1,165,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast 1,066,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast 543,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast 292,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast 25,000 tonnes, and Vitebsk Oblast 20,000 tonnes.
A total of 635,000 tonnes of potatoes have been removed from the fields, with an average yield of 334 centners per hectare, up by 25 centners per hectare last year. By region: Minsk Oblast - 176,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast - 151,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast - 125,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast - 71,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast - 68,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast - 44,000 tonnes.
All in all, 98,000 tonnes of open-field vegetables have been harvested nationwide, with a yield of 321 centners per hectare, 21 centners per hectare higher than last year. 62% of the areas has been cleared. Soil tillage has been carried out across 174,000 hectares (or 12% of the plan).
