MINSK, 22 August (BelTA) - This year the grain yield in Belarus is above last year's average, Belarusian Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Vladimir Grakun told a press conference on 21 August, BelTA has learned.
“This year the grain yield in the country is above last year's figures. The average yield in 2017 is 35.8 centners per hectare, with Grodno Oblast posting the crop capacity of 43.5 centners per hectare,” Vladimir Grakun said.
A record high yield of more than 100 centners per hectare was received by four agricultural companies of the country. “The Agricultural Company Named After Kremko, Grodno District got 110.6 centners per hectare, the Svisloch farm – 101.5 centners per hectare, the Progress-Vertelishki farm - 104.2 centners per hectare, the Gastellovskoye company in Minsk District - 102.9 centners per hectare. This proves that grain varieties can give high yields today. For this we need the implementation of all technological elements, timely cropping and proper harvest preservation,” said the deputy minister.
The grain harvest in Belarus will be soon over.
The country has already cropped almost 7 million tonnes of grain. About 90% of areas under crops have been cut. “Belarus is completing its harvest campaign, except for Vitebsk Oblast, the country's northern region, where 65.5% of areas have been cropped so far,” noted First Deputy Agriculture and Food Minister Leonid Marinich.
A total of 9,474 grain harvesters have been used in this year's harvest campaign. Agrarians cropped up to 5% of planted areas on a daily basis.
