BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

18/04/2007

Belarus: farms to finish grain sowing campaign in optimal terms

Belarusian farms have finished grain sowing campaign, informed main department of plant growing Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The total sowing area is 1.125 mln ha (102% from planned).

According to Ministry of Agriculture and Food sowing campaign was made in optimal terms at the high level.

Area under spring wheat totals 163.000 ha (100.8% from the planned index), triticale - 16.000 ha (95%), barley - 618.000 ha (105%).

Sowing campaign of spring rapeseeds is taking place to date, area totals 24.000 ha (56.5% from plan). Belarusian farms have started to sow heat-loving crops, including maize. On the whole, spring crops, including rapeseed, sugar-beet were sowed on 1.4 mln ha area (60%). They continue the second additional fertilizing of winter crops.

Source:

http://www.agrimarket.info/showart.php?id=45015

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