Belarusian farms have threshed the second million tons of grain from the new harvest

July 28, Minsk /Tatyana Chumakova - BELTA/. As of the morning of July 28, Belarusian farms have threshed 2 million 142 thousand tons of grain of the new harvest, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food told a BELTA correspondent.

 In terms of the total grain yield, Gomel region farms are leading, having threshed 454.3 thousand tons since the start of the harvest. In Minsk region, this figure was 452.9 thousand tons, Brest region - 365 thousand tons. Agricultural organizations of Grodno region threshed 329.5 thousand tons of grain, Vitebsk region - 311.1 thousand tons, Mogilev region - 229.1 thousand tons.

The average yield across the republic is 32.6 centners per hectare. The highest yield was in Grodno region (41.5 centners per hectare), the lowest - in Gomel region (27.8 centners per hectare).

 In general, grain and leguminous crops across the republic have been mown on 656.6 thousand hectares, which is 27.1% of the harvesting area. In terms of harvesting speed, Gomel region farms are leading, having mown 44%. In Brest region, 31.6% has been harvested, Minsk region - 23.3%, Grodno region - 23%, Vitebsk region - 22.1%, Mogilev region - 20.7%.

Malting barley has already been harvested from 17.3 thousand hectares (15.3% of the plan). 56.2 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 32.4 centners per hectare.

Winter rapeseed has been harvested from 210.1 thousand hectares, or 84.3% of the sown areas. 337.8 thousand tons have been threshed with an average yield of 16.1 centners per hectare. Flax has been pulled from 15.9 thousand hectares (23.4% of the sown area).

Perennial grasses of the second cutting have been mown on 432.6 thousand hectares (59.6% of the planned area).

872.1 thousand tons of hay (73.5% of the target), 9 million 359.6 thousand tons of haylage (88.1%), 924.7 thousand tons of silage (5.5%) have been prepared.

3 million 267.5 thousand tons of fodder units of grass fodder (49.6% of the plan) have been prepared. On average, there are 10.92 centners of fodder units per conventional head of cattle in the republic.-0-