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13 March 2025, 11:24

Early spring crops planted on over 17,000ha in Belarus

MINSK, 13 March (BelTA) - Early spring grain and leguminous crops have been sown on an area of 17,300 hectares in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

Early spring grain and leguminous crops (excluding maize, buckwheat and millet) were planted on an area of 17,300 hectares, which is 2.86% of the plan. The regional breakdown is the following: crops were sown on an area of 11,200 hectares in Brest Oblast, 70 hectares in Vitebsk Oblast, 1,110 hectares in Gomel Oblast, 4,310 hectares in Grodno Oblast, 450 hectares in Minsk Oblast, and 170 hectares in Mogilev Oblast.

Soil plowing was completed on 79,500 hectares, which is 12.1% of the plan. Some 73,100 hectares of land was prepared for sowing early spring crops, which is 12.05% of the target. Fertilizing is also underway: winter grains were fertilized on an area of 605,400 hectares (40.2% of the plan), winter rapeseed on an area of 253,500 hectares (57.1% of the plan).
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