Nearly 6.67m tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, cropped in Belarus
10:21, 22 August
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Brest Oblast has completed harvesting grain and leguminous crops, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.
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As of 22 August, 89.5% of area under grain crops and leguminous crops and some 88% of area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus.
A total of 6,668,000 tonnes of grain, including 5,734,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and over 934,000 tonnes of rapeseed, have been threshed.
Brest Oblast has concluded harvesting of grain and leguminous crops.
Flax was pulled from 97% of area under this crop. Flax pulling was completed in Minsk Oblast, Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast. The flax straw harvest reached some 32,000 tonnes.
Cereal and legume straws were harvested from 54% of the area. Primary tillage was conducted on 14% of the cleared area.
The soil is being prepared for the sowing of crops for next year. Winter rapeseed for grain was sown on 90% of the area. Minsk Oblast and Mogilev Oblast have completed winter rapeseed planting.
Belarusian agricultural workers have also got down to harvesting corn for silage. Some 245,000 tonnes have been cropped so far.
