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Flax straw harvest in Belarus exceeds 64,000t

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MINSK, 4 September (BelTA) – The flax straw harvest in Belarus has exceeded 64,000 tonnes, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 4 September, 98% of the area under grain and leguminous crops and over 93% of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus. A total of over 7,050,000 tonnes of grain was cropped. This included 6,087,000 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and over 963,000 tonnes of rapeseed.

Belarusian agricultural workers are harvesting cereal crops: more than 10,000 tonnes of buckwheat and 7,900 tonnes of millet have been threshed.

The flax straw harvest has exceeded 64,000 tonnes. Cereal and legume straws were harvested from 70% of the area.

Belarusian agricultural workers are harvesting potatoes. Some 49,500 tonnes of potatoes have already been removed from fields. The yield is 370 centners per hectare.

Some 2,619,000 tonnes of corn for silage have been cropped so far.

Sugar beet harvesting has started in Belarus. Some 78,000 tonnes of sugar beets have already been removed, the yield is 470 centners per hectare.

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