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Belarus: harvest progress as of Aug. 17

According to Belarus' Agriculture and Food Ministry, as of August 17 this year grains and pulses in the country (not including maize) have been harvested from 1.4 million hectares, which is 61 percent of the area to be harvested. The agrarians collected 4.4 million tonnes of grain at an average yield of 3.27 tonnes per hectare.

Malting barley has been harvested from 68,200 hectares, which is 78.06 percent of the area to be harvested. The crop as of the day has totalled 242,400 tonnes at a yield of 3.62 tonnes per hectare.

According to preliminary estimates of local specialists, this year's total grain crop in the country is going to reach 6.5 million tonnes.

Rapeseeds harvest is also continued in the country. The agricultural producers have harvested the crop from 70,800 hectares (56 percent of area), which yielded 7,500 tonnes of the seeds (at 1.78 tonne per hectare).

[AgriMarket.Info]

17 August, 2004