Belarusian farms have fulfilled 30% of the state order for grain sales

August 1, Minsk /Tatyana Lobas - BELTA/. The state order for grain sales is 30% fulfilled - 305.6 thousand tons of new crop grain have been received from agricultural organizations for state republican needs, Mikhail Ryabushko, head of the resources and trade department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food's grain products department, told BELTA correspondent.

According to the specialist, the state order this year is 1 million 25 thousand tons of food grain and 175 thousand tons of rapeseed. Grain product organizations are to accept 570 thousand tons of wheat, 300 thousand tons of rye, and 155 thousand tons of other crops. The state order for food grain has been increased by 3.5% compared to last year.

According to operational data, 187 thousand tons of wheat, 106.5 thousand tons of rye, and 12.1 thousand tons of other crops have already been delivered to elevators and grain reception points, which is 33%, 36%, and 7.8% of the plan, respectively.

In terms of grain delivery to the state, farms in the Vitebsk and Minsk regions are leading, having delivered 43.9 thousand tons and 76.3 thousand tons respectively for the state order, fulfilling their plans by 32.5% and 32%. Mogilev region enterprises delivered 47.5 thousand tons to the state, fulfilling their state order by 29.7%. Agricultural organizations in the Gomel and Brest regions delivered 37.3 thousand tons and 45.7 thousand tons of grain for the state order, which accounted for 28.7% and 28.6% of the target, respectively. The Grodno region fulfilled the plan by 27.5%, shipping 54.9 thousand tons of grain for the state order.

According to the specialist's assessment, the quality of the new crop grain, in terms of gluten content and specific weight, is no worse than last year's. Deliveries for the state order are under special control of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and heads of agricultural organizations bear personal responsibility.

In total, 504 thousand tons have been delivered to elevators and grain reception points, including tolling grain and grain accepted for safekeeping.

Grain product organizations plan to procure and simultaneously store over 3 million tons of grain and rapeseed, which is 500 thousand tons more than last year. In addition to the state order for food grain, procurement organizations of the grain product department accept grain in settlement of mutual accounts, for tolling purposes, etc. 390 thousand tons have already been received in settlement of purchased mixed feeds, and 13 thousand tons of grain have been directly accepted from enterprises affiliated with agricultural organizations.

85 organizations are involved in the procurement of the 2011 harvest, including 21 grain product complexes, 11 mixed feed plants, 10 grain receiving enterprises, 4 procurement elevators, and 39 production sites. All grain product procurement enterprises operate around the clock. If necessary, grain drying complexes are put into operation.

3,268.7 thousand tons of elevator and warehouse capacity will be used for storing grain and rapeseed in grain product organizations. This year, it is planned to build 128 thousand tons of grain storage capacity. As of July 1, 45 thousand tons of capacity have been commissioned. In addition, it is planned to rent 97.8 thousand tons of capacity from third-party organizations for the full placement of grain.-0-