16 Oct 2026 | 09:39

Confident growth and over 31 billion rubles in revenue: Belstat summed up the results of Belarusian agrarians' work for nine months

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In Belarus, in January-September 2026, agricultural production in all categories of farms (agricultural organizations, peasant (farmer) households, and population households) totaled 31.4 billion rubles in current prices and increased by 4.6% compared to January-September 2025 in comparable prices. This was reported to BELTA by the National Statistical Committee.

Agricultural organizations produced products worth 26.4 billion rubles, or 4.4% more in comparable prices than in the corresponding period of the previous year.

Agricultural organizations account for 97.7% of the volume of livestock and poultry production (in live weight), 97.9% of milk production, and 86.7% of egg production.

In agricultural organizations, 1,390,400 tons of livestock and poultry (in live weight) were produced, which is 5% more than in January-September 2025, and 6,981,700 tons of milk (2.8% more). 2,589,300 million eggs were produced (1.5% more).

As of October 1, there were 3.8 million head of cattle in agricultural organizations, including 1.3 million cows. The number of pigs was 2.1 million head, and the number of poultry was 50.5 million head.

As of October 1, the harvesting of grain and rapeseed is almost complete. 7.6 million tons of grain and legume crops (excluding corn) were harvested in the initial weight, with an average yield of 37.6 centners per hectare of harvested area, and 1.5 million tons of rapeseed were harvested at an average yield of 31 centners.

By the beginning of October this year, potatoes have been harvested from 56.8% of the areas to be harvested. 421,100 tons of potatoes have been accumulated at an average yield of 338 centners per hectare. Vegetables have been harvested from 51.1% of the areas to be harvested, with a total production of 84,400 tons at an average yield of 219 centners per hectare. Sugar beets have been harvested from 40.5% of the areas, with a total harvest of 1,875,400 tons at an average yield of 440 centners per hectare.

As of October 1, agricultural organizations have sown winter grain crops for grain and green feed on an area of 1,099,600 hectares. The sown area under winter rapeseed is 551,300 hectares. Autumn plowing of the soil has been carried out on an area of 33,400 hectares.

Work is underway to prepare fodder. As of October 1, 10.9 million tons of fodder have been prepared (in terms of feed units), of which 6.7 million tons are fodder from grasses. Per conventional head of livestock for the public herd, 28 centners of feed units have been prepared, and 23.6 centners of fodder from grasses.

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