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Grodno Oblast threshes 1m tonnes of grain

Agricultural enterprises of Grodno Oblast have threshed over one million tonnes of grain, BelTA learnt from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Belarus.

As of 6 August, the oblast cropped 1001.1 thousand tonnes of grain and harvested 237.1 thousand hectares (67.3%) under cereal and leguminous crops. The average yield is 42.2 centners per hectare. Grodno Oblast was third to thresh one million tonnes of grain, following Minsk Oblast and Mogilev Oblast.

The enterprises of the oblast have already supplied 140,300 tonnes of grain (75.8 %) in line with state procurement contracts.