The area under grain leguminous crops in Belarus is planned to increase next year to 240 thousand hectares

Next year in Belarus they plan to increase the area under grain leguminous crops to 240 thousand hectares. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Vladimir Grakun spoke about this during a press conference dedicated to the Day of Agricultural and Processing Industry Workers, BELTA correspondent reports. “This year we received 12 thousand tons of soybeans. This crop grows here, but not every year we can get a stable harvest. In this regard, we urge agricultural organizations to pay attention to traditional leguminous crops - lupine, peas, vetch. These crops can provide our public livestock with protein,” said the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food. Vladimir Grakun emphasized that the country is implementing a program according to which the area under these leguminous crops will increase next year to 240 thousand hectares. “In another year, we will increase the area to the planned 350 ...