Belarus: grain harvesting campaign is 90% completed

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As of August 20, Belarusian agrarians harvested grains and pulses (excluding corn, millet and buckwheat) throughout 1.97 mln ha or 89.9% of the planned areas (2.196 mln ha), declared the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus. The production volumes reached 7.375 mln tonnes, with the average yield of 3.74 t/ha.

Particularly, agrarians harvested pulse throughout 94.5 thsd ha or 64.6% of the planned areas (146.3 thsd ha) and the output reached 307.8 thsd tonnes, with the average yield of 3.26 t/ha.

Moreover, the farmers started to harvest late crops. They harvested buckwheat throughout 1.19 thsd ha or 4.6%, the output totaled 1.73 thsd tonnes, with the average yield of 1.46 t/ha. Millet was harvested throughout 0.65 thsd ha or 7.7%, the output totaled 1.59 thsd tonnes, with the average yield of 2.44 t/ha.

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