BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

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Belarus: general grain harvest to start after July 25 on high grain humidity level

07/21/2005 14:12

Belarusian agrarians will start all-round grain harvest campaign after July 25¡ said an official from Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus.

According to his words, for the present moment Belarus has harvested grains from 14,000 hectares (0.6 percent of the forecast area).

The main reason of harvest campaign delay is high level of grain humidity. In several regions humidity level reaches 45 percent while standard maximum is 18 percent.

Many agrarians shifted to rapeseed harvesting because of grain cutting delay. Rapeseed has been harvested from 60 percent of the forecast area. The average rapeseed yield over the Republic makes 1.66 tonnes per hectare.

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