Agrarians of Belarus threshed more than 11.3 million tons of grain, including rapeseed and corn

According to operational data on the morning of November 9, 11 million 349 thousand tons of grain were threshed in agricultural organizations and peasant farms, taking into account rapeseed and corn. This was reported by sb.by in the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

It is noted that in the Minsk region 3 million 114 thousand tons, Grodno - 2 million 288 thousand tons, Brest - 2 million 57 thousand tons, Mogilev - 1 million 394 thousand tons, Gomel - 1 million 318 thousand tons, Vitebsk - 1 million 178 thousand tons.

Hay harvested 638 thousand tons (89 percent of the plan), hay — 13 million 168 thousand tons (92 percent of the plan), silo — 19 million 911 thousand tons (97 percent of the plan). The total volume of harvested herbal feed in terms of feed units reached 9 million 442 thousand tons - 93 percent of the annual plan of 10 million 131 thousand tons. Corn on the silo removed from 100 percent of the area is 999 thousand hectares.

Sugar beets were removed from the area of 103 thousand hectares - 95 percent of the plan of 109 thousand hectares. 5 million 224 thousand tons of root crops were dug up with an average yield of 508 centners per hectare. Minsk region dug up 1 million 938 thousand tons of beets, Grodno — 1 million 757 thousand tons, Brest — 945 thousand tons, Mogilev — 507 thousand tons, Gomel — 42 thousand tons, Vitebsk — 35 thousand tons.

Total vegetables grown in open ground, the country harvested 181 thousand tons with a yield of 326 centners per hectare. 97% of the area has been removed.

Raised chicks on an area of 886 thousand hectares, which is 62 percent of the plan of 1 million 436 thousand hectares. Accumulated mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potash) for finning and spring sowing 185 thousand tons of active substance, which is 87 percent of the plan.