Minsk Oblast harvested 2,838,000 tonnes of grain, Grodno Oblast — 2,096,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 1,956,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 1,321,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 1,246,000 tonnes, and Vitebsk Oblast — 1,088,000 tonnes.
Hay production has reached 631,000 tonnes or 88% of the plan. Haylage production has reached 13 million tonnes (91%). Silage harvest progress stands at 18,264,000 tonnes (89%). Forage grasses total 8,952,000 tonnes (88%). Corn for silage has been removed from 93% of the area, which is 912,000 hectares.
Sugar beet has been harvested from 81,000 hectares, or 74% of the plan. A total of 3,967,000 tonnes of sugar beet have been dug, with an average yield of 491 centners per hectare. Minsk Oblast has harvested 1,475,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 1,341,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 705,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 386,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 36,000 tonnes, and Vitebsk Oblast — 24,000 tonnes.
Some 715,000 tonnes of potatoes have been harvested at an average yield of 333 centners per hectare, 22 centners per hectare above last year’s figure. By oblast: Minsk Oblast — 208,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 161,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 137,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 81,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 76,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 52,000 tonnes.
All in all, 138,000 tonnes of open-field vegetables have been harvested nationwide, with a yield of 323 centners per hectare, 17 centners per hectare higher than last year. Some 78% of the areas has been cleared. Soil tillage has been carried out across 413,000 hectares (or 29% of the plan). A total of 147,000 tonnes of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) have been accumulated for winter ploughing and spring sowing, 69% of the plan.