04.08.2008
Belarus has already harvested more than 3 million tonnes of grain, BelTA learnt from the main plant growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs.The highest yield is in the Minsk oblast: 639,200 tonnes. The Minsk oblast has outperformed the previous leader, Gomel oblast, which has cropped 629,500 tonnes. With 617,000 tonnes, the Brest oblast is also in the top three. The Grodno oblast has harvested 593,000 tonnes, Mogilev 330,000 tonnes, Vitebsk oblast 193,000 tonnes.
The...
01.08.2008
Belarus has harvested 437,300 hectares, or 20.6% of the total cropping area, BelTA learnt from the main plant growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs.
The Gomel oblast has harvested 45% of the cropping area. It is followed by the Brest oblast (30%), Grodno oblast (19%), Minsk (15%), Mogilev (14%), the Vitebsk oblast (6%).
Some 75,200 hectares, or 3.2% of the total area, were harvested on July 30. It started raining in some regions yesterday, which hampered the...