15 Oct 2026 | 18:09

Production of agricultural products in Belarus increased by 4.6% in January-September.

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In Belarus, from January through September 2026, across all categories of enterprises (agricultural organizations, farmers' farms, and population households), the production of agricultural products at current prices amounted to 31.4 billion rubles and increased by 4.6% compared to January–September 2025 in comparable prices. This was reported by BELTA at the National Statistical Committee.

In agricultural organizations, production reached 26.4 billion rubles, or an increase of 4.4% in comparable prices compared to the corresponding period of the previous year.

Agricultural organizations account for 97.7% of the total livestock and poultry production volume (by live weight), milk – 97.9%, and eggs – 86.7%.

In agricultural organizations, livestock and poultry (by live weight) were produced at 1390.4 thousand tons, which is 5% higher than in January–September 2025, milk – 6981.7 thousand tons (an increase of 2.8%). Eggs were obtained at 2589.3 million units (a 1.5% increase).

As of October 1 in agricultural organizations, there were 3.8 million heads of large ruminants, including 1.3 million cows. The pig population numbered 2.1 million heads, and poultry reached 50.5 million birds.

By early October, grain and rapeseed harvest had been almost completed. Grain and legume crops (excluding corn) were harvested from the initially recorded weight of 7.6 million tons with an average yield of 37.6 centners per hectare of cultivated area, while rapeseed yielded 1.5 million tons with an average yield of 31 centners.

At the beginning of October this year, potatoes had been harvested from 56.8% of the areas subject to harvest. A total of 421.1 thousand tons of potatoes were collected with an average yield of 338 centners per hectare. Vegetables were harvested from 51.1% of the areas subject to harvest. Vegetable production totaled 84.4 thousand tons with an average yield of 219 centners per hectare. Sugar beets were harvested from 40.5% of the areas, with a gross harvest of 1875.4 thousand tons at an average yield of 440 centners per hectare.

On October 1 in agricultural organizations, winter grain and green fodder crops were sown over an area of 1099.6 thousand hectares. The planting area for winter rapeseed amounted to 551.3 thousand hectares. Soil plowing was carried out on an area of 33.4 thousand hectares.

Feed preparation work continues. As of October 1, 10.9 million tons of feed (converted to feed units) had been prepared, of which 6.7 million tons were herb-based feeds. On a conditional head count basis for the total livestock population, 28 feed units of feed were prepared, with herb-based feeds accounting for 23.6 feed units.

Source: gp.by

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