Winter sowing in Belarus over 80% complete

Winter grain crops were sown on 1,289,900 hectares of land (83.9% of the plan), BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 5 October, some 8,060,300 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 7,019,600 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn.

Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 80,700 hectares of land already cleared. Some 640,500 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed, with the yields averaging 79.4 centners per hectare. Some 16,765,300 tonnes of corn for silage were cropped so far.

Brest Oblast, Grodno Oblast, Minsk Oblast and Gomel Oblast have completed buckwheat harvesting: 49,700 tonnes of buckwheat (yields are 14.5 centners per hectare) were threshed.

Belarusian agricultural workers harvested 588,700 tonnes of potatoes. The yields average 352.5 centners per hectare.

Sugar beet harvesting is also in progress in Belarus. Some 1,682,000 tonnes of sugar beet were removed, with the yields standing at 455 centners per hectare.