Despite difficult weather conditions, more rapeseed was harvested in Belarus this year

Despite difficult weather conditions, more corn and rapeseed grain was harvested in Belarus this year. 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. “Harvesting work in Belarus is coming to an end. At the same time, work in the fields is still ongoing, in particular, plowed land is rising, seed material is being prepared, mineral fertilizers are being accumulated and the structure of sown areas is being drawn up for 2024,” emphasized Vladimir Grakun. “Weather conditions this year “In the spring and early summer, things were not going well, but the professionalism of our agricultural workers allowed us to minimize losses, and for some crops even exceed the gross yields of 2022.” According to him, today 9.5 million tons of grain, including rapeseed, have been threshed in Belarus. Of these, 6.4 million tons are cereal crops, corn grain - 2 million tons. This ...