Agrarians of Belarus threshed more than 9.7 million tons of grain with rapeseed and corn

According to operational data on the morning of October 9, 9 million 726 thousand tons of grain were threshed in agricultural organizations and peasant farms, taking into account rapeseed and corn. This sb.by reported in the press service of the Ministry of agriculture.

Among the regions, the leadership remains Minsk – 2 million 582 thousand tons. Grodno region threshed 1 million 913 thousand tons, Brest - 1 million 806 thousand tons, Mogilev - 1 million 251 thousand tons, Gomel - 1 million 171 thousand tons. Vitebsk region joined the number of millionaires: 1 million 3 thousand tons were threshed here.

Plowed under the sowing of winter grain 1 million 540 thousand hectares, which is 103 percent of the plan of 1 million 500 thousand hectares. Winter grains for grain were sown 1 million 435 thousand hectares - 96 percent of the plan.

Hay harvested 621 thousand tons (87 percent of the plan), hay — 12 million 864 thousand tons (90 percent of the plan), silo — 13 million 887 thousand tons (68 percent of the plan). The total volume of harvested herbal feed in terms of feed units reached 7 million 713 thousand tons - 76 percent of the annual plan of 10 million 131 thousand tons. Corn on the silo removed from 70 percent of the area is 667 thousand hectares. 163 thousand tons of flax trusts with a yield of 39 centners per hectare were harvested.

Sugar beets were removed from the area of 55 thousand hectares - 51 percent of the plan of 109 thousand hectares. 2 million 578 thousand tons of root crops were dug up with an average yield of 469 centners per hectare: in Minsk region - 976 thousand tons, Grodno - 899 thousand tons, Brest - 433 thousand tons, Mogilev - 238 thousand tons, Vitebsk - 20 thousand tons, Gomel - 12 thousand tons.

Potatoes have been dug up 545,000 tons with an average yield of 330 centners per hectare, which is 15 centners higher than last year. Minsk region has dug up 148 thousand tons of potatoes, Mogilev — 134 thousand tons, Brest — 106 thousand tons, Grodno — 60 thousand tons, Gomel — 59 thousand tons, Vitebsk — 38 thousand tons.

In total, 91 thousand tons of vegetables grown in open ground were harvested in the country with a yield of 322 centners per hectare, which is 27 centners higher than last year's level. 55% of the area has been removed.

Raised chicks on the area of 70 thousand hectares, which is 5 percent of the plan of 1 million 436 thousand hectares.