BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

10/04/2007

Belarus: field works are stopped in all regions

Field works are stopped in all regions of Belarus due to weather conditions, in particular, snow on the fields, but weather forecasters promise setting of warm and favourable weather for sowing by April, 12.

On the whole, grains and legumes, without maize, oat, and buckwheat, were sowed on 1 mln ha acreage (92% from the plan). Area under spring wheat totaled 142.700 ha, (88.3% from the plan), triticale - 14.800 ha (88%). Barley area occupies 553.000 ha (94.2%), including malting barley - 74.000 ha area (13.4sowen). Area planted with spring rapeseed totaled 5.600 ha area (13% to the plan).

In the existing weather conditions winter crops yield will depend on up-to-date additional nitrogen fertilizing.

Source:

http://www.agrimarket.info/showart.php?id=44749