MINSK, 21 July (BelTA) – Belarus has cleared 9.5% of the area planted to cereals and leguminous crops, the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry told BelTA.
As of the morning 21 July, cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat and millet) were harvested from the area of 187,400 hectares, with 651,500 tonnes threshed and the average yield at 34.8 centners per hectare.
Winter barley was gathered from 145,300 hectares, which is 94.9% of the plan, with 505,800 tonnes threshed and the average yield at 34.8 centners per hectare. Winter rapeseed to be used as grain has been cut from 95,900 hectares (28.8% of the designated area), with 210,000 tonnes threshed and the average yield at 21.9 centners per hectare.
Flax was pulled from 9,990 hectares, which is 22.9% of the area under this crop. Belarusian farmers cut 358,300 tonnes of hay (37.2% of the target), 8,041,500 tonnes of haylage (58.7%), including 263,700 tonnes in polymeric packaging, 357,800 tonnes of grain haylage, and 198,200 tonnes of silage (1.03%).
Plans have been made to make a total of 9.6 million tonnes of feed units out of grass this year. So far 25.7% of the targeted amount has been made. Belarusian agricultural workers are supposed to stock up on nearly 19.2 million tonnes of silage, 13.7 million tonnes of haylage (including 1 million tonnes in polymeric packaging), and 962,100 tonnes of hay.
