The gross grain harvest in Belarusian farms is almost 6.7 million tons

August 17, Minsk / Tatyana Lobas - BELTA /. The gross grain harvest in agricultural organizations of Belarus as of this morning amounted to 6 million 674.3 thousand tons with a yield of 38.6 centners per hectare, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food told a BELTA correspondent. Over the past day, the harvest increased by 313.3 thousand tons. If this pace continues, then 7 million tons can be expected tomorrow. Minsk, Grodno and Brest regions have successfully overcome the million-ton mark in grain harvesting. The highest harvest is in the farms of the Minsk region - 1 million 707.8 thousand tons. Agricultural organizations of the Grodno region have 1 million 309.7 thousand tons, Brest region - 1 million 140.4 thousand tons, Gomel region - 932.9 thousand tons, Mogilev region - 878.8 thousand tons, Vitebsk region - 704.6 thousand tons. This year, the average grain yield is 0.5 centners per hectare higher than last year. The highest yield is in the farms of the Grodno region, where an average of 46.3 centners are harvested from each hectare. In general, 1 million 733.6 thousand hectares have already been mowed in the republic, which is 75.3% of the plan. As of the corresponding date last year, about 82% was harvested. In the Brest region, almost 88% has already been harvested, in the Grodno and Gomel regions - 81.8% and 81.6% respectively. In the Minsk region, 73.3% of the planned area has been mowed, in the Mogilev region - 68.7%, in the Vitebsk region - about 60%. 84.8 thousand hectares are mowed daily, which is 3.7%. The farms have been set the task of increasing the daily mowing rates in order to complete the mass harvesting of cereal crops by the end of this week. 652.7 thousand tons of grain have been sold for state republican needs, which is 63.7% of the plan. The harvesting of malting barley is nearing completion. It has been harvested from an area of 82 thousand hectares, which is 93.5% of the plan. 324.5 thousand tons have been harvested with an average yield of 39.5 centners per hectare. 111.5 thousand tons of malting barley have been prepared for sale under the state order. 76 thousand tons have been shipped under the state order, or 50% of the planned volume.-0-