11.08.2008
The gross grain harvest in Belarus has exceeded 5.2 million tonnes, BelTA learnt from the main plant growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
The Minsk oblast has cropped 1,239.500 tonnes, the Grodno oblast 1,035.000 tonnes. The top three also includes the Brest oblast with 943,000 tonnes. The Mogilev oblast has cropped 653,700 tonnes, Gomel 842,600 tonnes and Vitebsk oblast 504,500 tonnes.
The average yield this year is 37.6 centners per hectare, seven centners more than...