Grain growers in the Minsk region harvested 2 million tons of new crop grain, while Vitebsk region harvested 1 million tons.

August 17, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. Grain growers of the Minsk region have harvested 2 million tons of grain of the new crop, and the Vitebsk region has surpassed the 1 million ton mark. Corresponding telegrams were sent to the head of the Belarusian state by governors Boris Batura and Alexander Kosinets, BELTA was informed by the Administration of the President of Belarus. The governor of the Minsk region informed that as of August 17 of the current year, the workers of the agro-industrial complex of the region have harvested 2 million tons of grain of the new crop. 89% of the sown areas of grain and leguminous crops have been harvested with a yield of over 41 centners per hectare. As noted in Alexander Kosinets' telegram, in difficult weather conditions, grain growers of the Vitebsk region surpassed the million-ton mark in grain harvesting on August 16. In the region, 64% of the areas have been harvested with an average yield of 32 centners per hectare. -0-