Belarusian farmers threshed almost 11.5 million tons of grain, including rapeseed and corn

According to operational data on the morning of November 13, 11 million 449 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 136 thousand tons, Grodno - 2 million 323 thousand tons, Brest - 2 million 64 thousand tons, Mogilev - 1 million 411 thousand tons, Gomel - 1 million 326 thousand tons, Vitebsk - 1 million 189 thousand tons.

Hay harvested 639,000 tons (89 percent of the plan), hay — 13 million 220 thousand tons (92 percent of the plan), silo — 20 million 39 thousand tons (98 percent of the plan). The total volume of harvested herbal feed in terms of feed units reached 9 million 468 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 1 million 2 thousand hectares.

Sugar beets were removed from the area of 105 thousand hectares - 97 percent of the plan of 109 thousand hectares. 5 million 409 thousand tons of root crops were dug up with an average yield of 514 centners per hectare. Minsk region dug up 1 million 938 thousand tons of beet, Grodno — 1 million 871 thousand tons, Brest — 992 thousand tons, Mogilev — 529 thousand tons, Gomel — 44 thousand tons, Vitebsk — 35 thousand tons.

Total vegetables grown in the open ground, the country collected 193 thousand tons with a yield of 337 centners per hectare. 99 percent of the area has been cleared.

Raised chicks on the area of 1 million 52 thousand hectares, which is 73 percent of the plan of 1 million 436 thousand hectares. Accumulated mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potash) for finning and spring sowing 204 thousand tons of active substance, which is 96 percent of the plan. Agrarians of the Minsk region threshed more than 3.1 million tons of grain, including rapeseed