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Belarus’ sugar beet harvest past 1m tonnes

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MINSK, 24 September (BelTA) – Over 1 million  tonnes of sugar beet has been harvested in Belarus so far, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of the morning on 24 September, some 7,614,500 tonnes of grain was cropped in Belarus, including 6,575,200 tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops (with corn) and 1,039,300 tonnes of rapeseed.

The harvesting of grain corn is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 26,100 hectares of land already cleared. Some 201,400 tonnes of grain has been threshed, with the yield averaging 77.1 centners per hectare.

Over 11.9 million tonnes of corn silage has been harvested.

Apart from that, 44,100 tonnes of buckwheat has been harvested, with the yield at 14.6 centners per hectare. As much as 18,600 tonnes of millet has been harvested, with the yield at 19.3 centners per hectare.

The flax straw harvest stands at 111,100 tonnes.

Belarusian agricultural enterprises have harvested some 355,700 tonnes of potatoes, with the yield at 347.9 centners per hectare.

Sugar beet harvesting is underway in Belarus, with over 1 million tonnes of sugar beet harvested and the yield at 451 centners per hectare.

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