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16 Oct 2023

Belarus threshes 8.6m tonnes of grain, including rapeseed

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MINSK, 16 October (BelTA) – Belarusian agricultural workers have threshed 8.6 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 16 October, some 8,601,900 tonnes of grain crops and rapeseed were cropped in Belarus. This included 7,561,100 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops as well as corn.

Vitebsk Oblast, Mogilev Oblast and Gomel Oblast continue sowing winter grain crops. Winter grain crops have been sown on 1,455,600 hectares of land (94.7% of the plan).

Harvesting of corn kernels is underway in all the oblasts of the country, with 145,200 hectares of land already cleared. Some 1,177,800 tonnes of corn kernels were threshed, with the yields averaging 81.1 centners per hectare.

Some 20,352,200 tonnes of corn for silage were cropped so far.

Belarus harvested 722,700 tonnes of potatoes. The yields average 350.4 centners per hectare.

Sugar beet harvesting is also in progress in Belarus. Some 2,495,500 tonnes of sugar beet were removed, with the yields standing at 457.8 centners per hectare.