Belarus planted spring crops throughout 2.5 mln ha — Deputy Prime Minister

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Due to adverse weather conditions in the current year, the spring field work started in 2 weeks later compared with the last year dates, but due to well-coordinated work of agrarians, as of May 28 the country already planted spring crops throughout the areas of 2.5 mln ha (99%), or 105% to the level in 2017, declared the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus, Mikhail Rusyi on June 2.

The reporting rates of field works, as well as the applied volumes of mineral fertilizers (up 11% compared with the last year volumes), held out a hope that crops harvested volumes in the current year will be not less than in 2017. High air temperatures in May 2018 resulted in rapid ripening processes of forage crops, and development of the major crops, which allowed forecasting early stages of the grain harvesting campaign. Therefore, agrarians will receive more time to prepare for the autumn grain planting works and increase the harvesting period in the autumn, he said.

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