Belarusian farmers have dug up more than 3 million tons of sugar beet

According to operational data on the morning of October 15, 3 million 21 thousand tons of sugar beet have been dug up in the country. This was reported by sb.by in the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

It is noted that the average yield is 475 centners per hectare, sugar content is 17 percent, which is 26 centners higher than last year.

The root crop was removed from an area of 64 thousand hectares, which is 59 percent of the plan of 109 thousand hectares, the ministry said. Minsk region has dug up 1 million 133 thousand tons of sugar beet, Grodno — 1 million 42 thousand tons, Brest — 523 thousand tons, Mogilev — 280 thousand tons, Gomel — 23 thousand tons, Vitebsk — 20 thousand tons.

79 percent of the dug up was taken to beet receiving points - 2 million 395 thousand tons. The state order delivered 1 million 903 thousand tons of sugar beet, which is 57 percent of the plan.