Belarus has harvested the first million tons of grain from the new crop

July 24, Minsk / Tatiana Chumakova - BELTA /. Agricultural organizations of Belarus have harvested the first million tons of grain of the new crop, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food told a BELTA correspondent. 1 million 53.8 thousand tons of grain have already been threshed with an average yield of 37.8 centners per hectare. The highest yield is in the Grodno region (49.3 centners per hectare), the lowest is in the Gomel region (29.6 centners per hectare). Cereals and legumes have been harvested from 278.7 thousand hectares, which is 11.5% of the planned area. The Brest region has already fulfilled the plan by 29.9%, Vitebsk by 0.9%, Gomel by 22.3%, Grodno by 11.8%, Minsk by 6.7%, and Mogilev by 2.6%. In 2012, cereals and legumes are to be harvested from a total area of 2 million 428.4 thousand hectares. With favorable weather conditions, the harvesting of cereals and legumes will last from 18 to 24 days. Winter rapeseed has already been harvested from 322.8 thousand hectares (85.2% of the sown area), with 680.5 thousand tons threshed at an average seed yield of 21.1 centners per hectare. Flax has been pulled from 8.9 thousand hectares (13.9%). -0-