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Belarus’ grain harvest reaches 8.6m tonnes

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MINSK, 24 August (BelTA) - Belarusian farmers have threshed 8.6 million tonnes of grain, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 24 August 2026, grain harvest including rapeseed amounted to 8.593 million tonnes. By region, the progress in the harvest looks as follows: Minsk Oblast – 2,305,000 tonnes, Grodno Oblast – 1,749,000 tonnes, Brest Oblast – 1,637,000 tonnes, Gomel Oblast – 1,050,000 tonnes, Mogilev Oblast – 1,043,000 tonnes, Vitebsk Oblast – 809,000 tonnes.

Grain and leguminous crops (including rapeseed, without corn) have been harvested from 2,330,000 hectares or 94% of the areas (2,432,000 hectares in total).

Deliveries under the state procurement order include: 559,000 tonnes of food grain (84% of the target); 106,000 tonnes of rapeseed (106% of the 100,000-tonne target); and 77,000 tonnes of malting barley (90% of the 86,000-tonne target).

Second cut was harvested across an area of 862,000 hectares or 85% of the plan.

Hay production has reached 534,000 tonnes or 75% of the plan. Silage harvest progress stands at 651,000 tonnes. Forage grasses total 3,764,000 tonnes or 37% of the target. Haylage production has reached 11,814,000 tonnes, or 83% of the target.

Fertilizer stocks (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) for winter planting have been procured at 144% (248,000 tonnes) of the planned requirement.

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