This is 220,000 tonnes more than on the same date last year, the press service said.

Agricultural organizations and farms in Belarus have threshed a total of 10,300,000 tonnes of grain, including rapeseed and corn. By region, the progress in the harvest looks as follows: Minsk Oblast — 2,775,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 2,033,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 1,909,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 1,299,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 1,223,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 1,061,000 tonnes.

The following have been procured: hay — 628,000 tonnes (88% of the plan), haylage — 12,962,000 tonnes (91%), silage — 17,160,000 tonnes (84%), and grass fodder — 8,639,000 tonnes of fodder units (85%). Corn for silage has been harvested from 87% of the area.

Sugar beet has been harvested from 73,000 hectares, 67% of the 109,000-hectare plan. A total of 3,527,000 tonnes of sugar beet have been lifted, with an average yield of 483 centners per hectare. By region: Minsk Oblast — 1,313,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 1,195,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 625,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 342,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 32,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 20,000 tonnes.

A total of 689,000 tonnes of potatoes have been lifted, with an average yield of 333 centners per hectare, 23 centners per hectare higher than last year. By region: Minsk Oblast — 198,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast — 157,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast — 135,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast — 77,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast — 73,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast — 49,000 tonnes.

In total, 121,000 tonnes of open-ground vegetables have been harvested nationwide, with a yield of 317 centners per hectare, 17 centners per hectare higher than last year. 69% of the area has been harvested. Winter ploughing has been carried out on 279,000 hectares, 19% of the plan. Mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) have been accumulated for winter ploughing and spring sowing, 61% of the plan.