The yield of sugar beet in the Brest region grows during harvesting

The weather is not often favorable for the cultivation of sugar beet in the Brest region, especially in the southern regions, where there are droughts and abnormal heat. This year is no exception. Crops of technical culture periodically suffered from a lack of moisture, and only closer to the autumn the situation began to improve. This is noticeable by the return of the sweet root, which grows during the cleaning process (at the moment a third of the area has been excavated).

Moderately warm and rainy September favors the growth of sugar beet, which gradually gains weight. The chief agronomist of OJSC "Kroshin" of Baranovichi district Vasily Zholnerchuk is satisfied with the harvest: - On average, we dig up 600 centners of root crops per hectare. The sugar content - 16.6 percent - is significantly higher than the baseline. We expect that during the harvest it will increase, as well as the yield. So far, one of two productive beet harvesters, which employs a representative of the famous labor dynasty Igor Gavrik, is in operation. Over time, when the root crops gain even more mass, a second harvester will be connected.

Igor Gavrik every season in the regional leaders both in the harvesting of grain and leguminous crops, and during the digging of sugar beet. This year, at the GS2124 harvester of Gomselmash, he ground 4.2 thousand tons of grain.

- A good result will be in sugar beets, – no doubt experienced mechanizer, repeatedly became the winner of regional competitions for harvesting grain, legumes and rapeseed. - Techniques don't fail. It rains periodically, but for root crops that have not yet been dug, they are only for the good.

Significant areas for the sweet root are also allocated in Baranovichi OJSC "StoloviciAgro". The digging is carried out according to the schedule agreed with JSC "Zhabinkovsk sugar plant", where the harvest is delivered. We started in early September. Combiner Sergey Kondritsa, who works with his colleague Vladimir Skipper, says that the main task is to free the fields as soon as possible:

Overall, I think it will take about two months. Ahead of the most productive areas, where root vegetables are gradually added to the mass. It's nice to clean those fields.

- With a yield of 600 centners per hectare, the valovka will reach the level of 50 thousand tons, said Vladimir Silchenko. This is good revenue and cost recovery.

"Kroshin", "Stolovici Agro" and other baranovichi agricultural enterprises do not accumulate beets in kagats. It is transported by road to a reception point, from where it is sent by rail to Zhabinka. The local sugar plant processes about 10 thousand tons of sweet root per day coming from 13 districts of Brest, as well as two districts of Grodno region.

Harvesting of sugar beet in Brest region began with the most affected by the summer heat and drought areas - there its yield slightly exceeded 400 centners per hectare. However, the final result should be much better, no doubts the Chairman of the Committee on agriculture and food Brest regional Executive Committee Anatoly Shchuplenkov:

In Baranovichi district, where the rate of cleaning is lower than the average for the region, it exceeds 550 centners per hectare, in Lyakhovichi – 540. The sugar content of root crops in the region reached 16.25 percent - almost at the level of last year. Then the farmers of Brest region collected a record harvest of this crop, which exceeded 1.3 million tons. This year, the capacities of Zhabinkovsk Sugar Plant, where sweet root vegetables are supplied, will also be loaded.

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