Minsk – Some 125,600 tonnes of sugarbeets have been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.
As of 6 September, over 98 percent of the area under grain and leguminous crops and over 94 percent of the area under rapeseed was cleared in Belarus.
A total of over 7,066,000 tonnes of grain was cropped. This included 6,095,500 tonnes of grain and leguminous crops and over 970,000 tonnes of rapeseed. In addition to that, 13,300 tonnes of buckwheat and 9,190 tonnes of millet were threshed.
The flax straw harvest has exceeded 70,000 tonnes. Cereal and legume straws were harvested from 71.7 percent of the area.
Belarusian agricultural workers are harvesting potatoes. Some 66,200 tonnes of potatoes have already been removed from fields. The yield is 367.3 centners per hectare.
Some 3,358,500 tonnes of corn for silage have been cropped so far.
Sugarbeet harvesting has started in Belarus. Some 125,600 tonnes of sugarbeets have already been removed, the yield is 464.3 centners per hectare.