Belarus’ grain harvest currently at 5.9m tonnes

Belarusian farmers have cropped around 5.9 million tonnes of grain, BelTA learned from the Telegram channel of the Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 18 August, 1.9 million hectares planted to grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were cut, or almost 90.8% of the target.

All in all, 5.9 million tonnes of grain were harvested. Minsk Oblast is leading with over 1.4 million tonnes. Brest Oblast goes second with 1.1 million tonnes and is followed by Grodno Oblast (960,500 tonnes), Mogilev Oblast (825,500 tonnes), Gomel Oblast (740,100 tonnes) and Vitebsk Oblast (721,400 tonnes).

The Belarusian government has procured 691,900 tonnes of grain, which accounts for 83.2% of the country's grain procurement target for 2021.