Mass harvesting of corn for grain has begun in Belarus - 115,000 tons of threshing have been produced

Mass harvesting of corn for grain has begun in all regions of Belarus. According to operational data on the morning of September 30, 5 percent of the area was removed, which is 17 thousand hectares from the plan of 363,000 hectares. This was reported by sb.by in the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.

It is specified that 115 thousand tons of grain with a yield of 66 centners per hectare were threshed. By area, the picture is as follows: Brest — 44 thousand tons, Gomel — 27 thousand, Minsk — 22 thousand, Grodno — 11 thousand, Mogilev — 9 thousand, Vitebsk — 2 thousand tons.

Welded 9 million 253 thousand tons of grain, including rapeseed. Smell under the sowing of winter grain 1 million 389 thousand hectares, which is 92 percent of the plan of 1 million 500 thousand hectares. Winter grains were sown on 1 million 76 thousand hectares - 72 percent of the plan.

Line trust raised on the area of 41 thousand hectares - 94 percent of the planned area. The wrapping of the flax ribbons was made on 23 thousand hectares, which is 54 percent of the ground. 144 thousand tons of flax trusts were harvested.

Corn on the silo removed from 52 percent of the area is 497 thousand hectares. Hay harvested 606 thousand tons (85 percent of the plan), hay — 12 million 781 thousand tons (89 percent of the plan), silage — 10 million 452 thousand tons (51 percent of the plan). The total volume of harvested herbal feed in terms of feed units reached 6 million 743 thousand tons - 67 percent of the annual plan of 10 million 131 thousand tons.

For the upcoming sowing of winter crops, 355,000 tons of active substance of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potash) are available, which is 203 percent of the plan.