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Belarus harvests over 2.5m tonnes of sugar beet

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MINSK, 17 October (BelTA) – More than 2.5 million tonnes of sugar beet has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 17 October, some 8,648,400 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus.

Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 150,800 hectares of land already cleared. Some 1,224,300 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed, with the yields averaging 81.2 centners per hectare.

Some 20,601,500 tonnes of corn for silage were cropped so far.

Belarus harvested 736,900 tonnes of potatoes. The yields average 351.3 centners per hectare.

Sugar beet harvesting is also in progress in Belarus. Some 2,582,600 tonnes of sugar beet were removed, with the yields standing at 458.6 centners per hectare.

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