Sowing campaign starts in Belarus

30 марта 2017

By Olga Kholodovich: This year’s sowing campaign has started ahead of schedule due to a warm spring, including in the northern Vitebsk region. Over half of agricultural areas have already been sown with crops in the Gomel region and about 20% across the country. Gomel region farmers are planning to complete the spring crops sowing campaign in early April.

Almost half a million hectares have been allocated this year for spring crops in the Minsk region. About half of the territories will soon be sown with grain crops. Corn, sugar beet and vegetables will be sown in mid-April.

According to experts, it is planned to harvest about 9 million tons of grain, more than 1 million tons of potato and about 5 million tons of sugar beet in Belarus this year.