State order for malting barley is more than half complete

August 9, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. Belarusian farms have fulfilled more than half of the state order for malting barley, BELTA was informed by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. As of August 9, 83.7 thousand tons of malting barley have been received against the state order, which is 55.8% of the planned amount. In the Brest region, the state order for this crop has already been fulfilled by 71%, in the Minsk region - by 61.7%, in the Grodno region - by 55.3%, in the Vitebsk region - by 50%, in the Mogilev region - by 24.2%, and in the Gomel region - by 19.6%. Malting barley has already been harvested in the republic from 81.7 thousand hectares, which is 96.5% of its sown area. 283 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 34.6 centners per hectare. The highest yield was recorded in the Grodno region - 37.8 centners per hectare. In general, grain and leguminous crops have already been harvested from 2057 thousand hectares (84.4% of the harvesting area). 6173.9 thousand tons of grain have been threshed with an average yield of grain and leguminous crops of 30.2 centners per hectare. 770.5 thousand tons of grain have been delivered against the state order to date (77.8% of the target). -0-