According to operational data as of 21 September, potatoes have been harvested from 36% of the country’s areas. A total of 272,000 tonnes of potatoes have been dug up, with an average yield of 344 centners per hectare. By region: Mogilev Oblast — 78,000 tonnes, Minsk Oblast — 65,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 56,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 29,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 24,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 20,000 tonnes.

Grain harvest including rapeseed amounted to 9.251 million tonnes. By region, the progress in the harvest looks as follows: Minsk Oblast — 2,437,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 1,846,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 1,680,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 1,219,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 1,094,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 975,000 tonnes.

A total of 1,140,000 hectares have been ploughed for sowing winter grain crops, which is 76% of the 1,500,000-hectare plan. Winter grain crops for grain have been sown by all regions of the country on an area of 750,000 hectares — 50% of the plan. All regions are proceeding at rates exceeding last year’s.

Corn for silage has been harvested from 38% of the areas.

The following have been procured: hay — 599,000 tonnes, which is 84% of the plan; haylage — 12,745,000 tonnes (89%); silage — 7,440,000 tonnes (36%); grass feed — 5,907,000 tonnes of feed units (58%).

The availability of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) for winter sowing stands at 188% of the plan.

Sugar beet has been harvested from an area of 32,000 hectares, which is 29% of the plan. A total of 1,424,000 tonnes of sugar beet have been dug up, with an average yield of 446 centners per hectare. By region: Minsk Oblast — 596,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 483,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 198,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 131,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 16,000 tonnes.

In total, 50,000 tonnes of vegetables grown in open ground have been harvested across the country. The sown areas amount to almost 3,000 hectares, with 38% already harvested.