
In Belarus, sugar beets were harvested from 91 thousand hectares, accounting for 84% of the plan. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture (Minselkhozprod).
A total of 4 million 558 thousand tons of root crop with an average yield of 499 centners per hectare has been accumulated. In the Minsk region, 1 million 674 thousand tons were obtained, in the Grodno region 1 million 535 thousand tons, in the Brest region 823 thousand tons, in the Mogilev region 457 thousand tons, in the Homel region 42 thousand tons, and in the Vitebsk region 27 thousand tons.
Potatoes were accumulated at 735 thousand tons with an average yield of 335 centners per hectare, which is 23 centners per hectare higher than last year. By region, the following was collected:
In total, 154 thousand tons of vegetables grown in open ground were collected nationwide with a yield of 317 centners per hectare. 86% of the areas were harvested.
Hay was prepared at 633 thousand tons (88% of the plan), silage - 13 million 81 thousand tons (91% of the plan), silage - 19 million 398 thousand tons (94%), and herb-based feeds - 9 million 280 thousand tons of feed units (92%). Corn for silage was harvested from 98% of the areas, totaling 973 thousand hectares.
Silage was raised on 632 thousand hectares, accounting for 44% of the plan. Mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) were accumulated for silage treatment and spring sowing at 171 thousand tons of active substance - 80% of the plan.