Belarusian farms have sown 33.5% of winter cereals

September 11, Minsk / Olga Belyavskaya - BELTA /. As of September 11, winter grain crops have been sown on 472.6 thousand hectares in Belarusian farms, which is 33.5% of the plan. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus. As of the same date last year, 433.8 thousand hectares, or 30.5% of the target, had been sown. This year, winter grain crops will occupy 1,410.7 thousand hectares of agricultural land. In terms of sowing rates, agricultural organizations in the Vitebsk and Mogilev regions are ahead, where winter grain crops occupy 45.4% and 45% of the areas allocated for these crops, respectively. They are followed by the Gomel region, where 34.7% of the plan has been sown. In the Minsk and Grodno regions, approximately 29% of the target has been completed. In the Brest region, 23.4% of the planned area has been sown. 958.3 thousand hectares have been prepared for sowing winter crops, which is 67.9% of the plan. Farms in the Mogilev region are leading, with 86% of the areas prepared. In the country as a whole, 2,251 high-power tractors, or 90.7% of their availability, are involved in soil preparation for sowing winter grain crops. Of this equipment, slightly more than 1,000 are working in two shifts. It is planned that most agricultural organizations in the country will complete sowing winter wheat by September 15, and winter rye and triticale by September 20. Sowing rates depend on soil preparation and the application of mineral fertilizers. -0-