MINSK, 3 April (BelTA) – Some 16% of the areas designated for spring crops have been sown in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus.
“As of 3 April, spring crops were planted on an area of 364,000 hectares, which accounted for 16% of the total sowing area of 2.295 million hectares,” the press service reported.
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast planted 108,000 hectares (26% of planned areas); Grodno Oblast - 80,000 hectares (24%); Minsk Oblast - 63,000 hectares (13%); Gomel Oblast - 50,000 hectares (13%); Mogilev Oblast - 35,000 hectares (11%); Vitebsk Oblast - 28,000 hectares (9%).
Flax has been planted on 9,000 hectares (17% of the 50,000-hectare target).
Sugar beet sowing has been completed on more than 9,000 hectares, or 9% of the plan.
Spring soil tillage has been carried out on 886,000 hectares or 64% of the planned 1.375 million hectares.
Mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) for the 2026 spring campaign have been procured in the amount of 674,000 tonnes of active ingredient accounting for 80% of the plan. Organic fertilizers for spring sowing have been transported in the amount of 25 million tonnes, or 52% of the amount transported.
“As of 3 April, spring crops were planted on an area of 364,000 hectares, which accounted for 16% of the total sowing area of 2.295 million hectares,” the press service reported.
The regional breakdown is the following: Brest Oblast planted 108,000 hectares (26% of planned areas); Grodno Oblast - 80,000 hectares (24%); Minsk Oblast - 63,000 hectares (13%); Gomel Oblast - 50,000 hectares (13%); Mogilev Oblast - 35,000 hectares (11%); Vitebsk Oblast - 28,000 hectares (9%).
Flax has been planted on 9,000 hectares (17% of the 50,000-hectare target).
Sugar beet sowing has been completed on more than 9,000 hectares, or 9% of the plan.
Spring soil tillage has been carried out on 886,000 hectares or 64% of the planned 1.375 million hectares.
Mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) for the 2026 spring campaign have been procured in the amount of 674,000 tonnes of active ingredient accounting for 80% of the plan. Organic fertilizers for spring sowing have been transported in the amount of 25 million tonnes, or 52% of the amount transported.
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