Belarusian farms have harvested more than half of the grain crop

August 11, Minsk / Olga Belyavskaya - BELTA /. Belarusian farms have harvested grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn) from an area of 1 million 338 thousand hectares, which is 58% of the plan. This was reported to a BELTA correspondent by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. In terms of harvesting progress, farms in the Brest region are leading, where 74% of the grain area has already been mowed. In the Grodno region, 66% of the plan has been harvested, in the Gomel region - 64%, in the Minsk region - 57%, in the Mogilev region - 47%, and in the Vitebsk region - 40%. The highest grain yield is in the farms of the Grodno region, where it reaches 47.2 centners per hectare. The average yield across the country is 39.11 centners per hectare, which is 1.44 centners more compared to the same date last year. As of this morning, the grain harvest in the country has reached 5 million 199 thousand tons, including 388 thousand tons harvested over the past day. In terms of harvested yield, farms in the Minsk region are leading with 1 million 324 thousand tons. Farms in the Grodno region have received 1 million 072 thousand tons of grain since the start of the harvest, Brest region - 980 thousand tons, Gomel region - 737 thousand tons, Mogilev region - 605 thousand tons, and Vitebsk region - 481 thousand tons. 425.5 thousand tons of grain have been delivered to meet the state order, which is 41.5% of the plan. Currently, the weather conditions are favorable for harvesting, and farmers are doing their best to collect grain without losses and in the shortest possible time. Every favorable hour is used to the maximum by machine operators. Part of the harvested grain is sent for crushing, thus replenishing the country's fodder reserves. 147 thousand tons of crushed grain and 167 thousand tons of grain-silage have already been prepared. Straw has been cleared from an area of 735 thousand hectares, or 55% of the mowed area. The main burden in the current situation falls on grain drying complexes, which operate around the clock. -0-