Early spring cereals and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet) have been sown on 65% of the target area in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry.

As of 14 April early spring crops were planted on the area of 479,200ha. Progress in sowing these crops reached 88.6% in Gomel Oblast, 85.9% in Grodno Oblast, 75.3% in Minsk Oblast, 34.5% in Mogilev Oblast, and 19.2% in Vitebsk Oblast. The early spring crops sowing in Brest Oblast was completed.

Soil for sowing early spring cereals and leguminous crops was tilled on the area of 575,500ha (78.1% of the target area). This year these crops are supposed to occupy 737,100ha.

Flax was sown on the area of 10,820ha or 21.8% of the plan. Soil for flax sowing was tilled on the area of 17,600ha (35.4% of the target area). Flax is supposed to occupy 49,600ha this year.

Sugar beet was sown on the area of 16,900ha or 18.7% of the plan, spring oilseed rape was sown on the area of 3,300ha (8.4%).

Written by: belta.by