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 11/17/2009 16:56  

Agricultural organizations of Belarus continue maize harvesting campaign

As of November 16, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested maize for grain throughout 82.3 thsd ha, or 61.8% of the planned areas, declared the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus. Production volumes of maize totaled 543.7 thsd tonnes. Maize yield totaled 66.1 c/ha as opposed to 61.1 c/ha on the same date of the previous year.

In 2009, agricultural organizations of Belarus harvested 18.11 mln tonnes of green material of maize for greed feed and silage throughout the areas of 696.7 thsd ha, or 104.7% of the planned areas.

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