MINSK, 19 November (BelTA) – The grain harvest, including corn, is now complete on 99% of the area, covering 2.262 million hectares, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.
“As of 19 November, some 10,871,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed and corn, were cropped in Belarus. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast – 2.7 million tonnes, Brest Oblast – 2.184 million tonnes, Grodno Oblast – 2.143 million tonnes, Gomel Oblast – 1.401 million tonnes, Mogilev Oblast – 1.369 million tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast – 1.074 million tonnes,” the press service said.
Average grain yield (with corn) is 43.6 centners per hectare, 5.5 centners per hectare higher than last year’s level.
The harvest of flax straw totals 211,000 tonnes, with a yield that is 12 centners per hectare higher than the previous year. So far Belarus has harvested 14.072 million tonnes of haylage (101% of the plan), 20.030 million tonnes of silage (97% of the plan) and 9.758 million tonnes of grass forage units (97% of the plan).
Sugar beet has been harvested from 99% of the area (107,000 hectares). The harvest has yielded 5,849,000 tonnes of sugar beet. The yield is 52 centners per hectare higher than last year. Some 81% of the harvested beets, amounting to 4,749,000 tonnes, have been transported to sugar beet collection points.
Nationwide, 240,000 tonnes of open-field vegetables have been harvested, with 100% of the area cleared.
Autumn ploughing has been carried out on 1,176,000 hectares, representing 82% of the target area of 1.432 million hectares.
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