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Potato harvesting in progress in Belarus

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MINSK, 2 September (BelTA) – As much as 3.39% (860 hectares) of the area under potatoes has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Potato harvesting is in progress in all the oblasts. This year’s total area under potatoes is close to 25,300 hectares. Nearly 26,900 tonnes of potatoes has been harvested, with the yield at 313.1 centners per hectare. This year’s leaders are Mogilev Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast with their yields at 455.4 centners per hectare and 344 centners per hectare respectively.

Belarusian farmers have harvested 2.085 million hectares of the area under cereals and leguminous crops, which makes 95.1% of the targeted area. The harvesting of buckwheat and millet continues, with 21.6% and 31.3% of the areas under these crops harvested so far.

A total of 7.83 million tonnes of cereals has been produced in Belarus so far, with the average yield at 37.1 centners per hectare, up from 31.2 centners per hectare in 2019.

Flax harvesting is nearly over, with 46,700 hectares or 96.8% of the area under this crop processed.

Apart from that, as much as 789,900 tonnes of hay (78.2% of the target) has been harvested in Belarus as well as 12.94 million tonnes of haylage (102.7%) and 1.869 million tonnes of silage (9.75%). A total of 9.3 million units of grass forage will be produced this year. So far 47.9% of the targeted amount has been harvested.

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