Some 8,806 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been cropped in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. Farmers have harvested 914,000 tonnes of grain maize (43% of the area), 47,000 tonnes (98%) of buckwheat, 21,000 tonnes of millet (98%), 310,000 tonnes of potatoes (56%), 60,000 tonnes of vegetables (53%), and 1,448,000 tonnes of sugar beet (31%). According to the Agriculture and Food Ministry, the grain maize harvest pace is far ahead of last...

Belarus has always been a peace-loving state that values good-neighborly relations and friendship between peoples, Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic, National Coordinator for the Sustainable Development Goals Sergei Khomenko said at the UN Summit of the Future in New York, BelTA has learned. “Belarus is a country located in the very center of Europe, populated by peaceful, hard-working people with their own values and native traditions. Belarus has a centuries-old history,...

Belarus makes it to the list of top ten forest-clad countries in Europe, Belarus’ National Statistical Committee published the data as part of its review to mark Forest Workers Day celebrated in Belarus on 15 September, BelTA has learned. Belarus has 40.2% of its land covered with forests. Last year, the area covered with forests amounted to more than 8.3 million hectares. Gomel Oblast is the most heavily forested area in the country. Almost half of the region is covered with forests....

Belarus has harvested 74,000 tonnes of potatoes, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. A total of 8.023 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested in the country. Farmers have harvested 150,000 tonnes of grain maize (7% of the target), 6.739 million tonnes of silage and green maize (20%), and 33,000 tonnes of buckwheat. A total of 18,000 tonnes of millet, 74,000 tonnes of potatoes (14%), 32,000 tonnes of vegetables (39%), and 508,000 tonnes...

As of 3 September, 14,000 tonnes of millet, or 61.5% of the area, was harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 3 September, 7.884 million tonnes of grain, which comprises 6.775 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.109 million tonnes of rapeseed. Farmers have harvested 35,000 tonnes of grain maize (1.8% of the target), almost 4.025 million tonnes of silage and green maize (16.3%), and 20,300 tonnes of buckwheat (41%)....

We would like to get to know Belarus better, the children from Donbass, who holidayed in Vitebsk Oblast, told journalists at the railway station in Gomel during a train layover on 24 August,  BelTA has learned. The children underwent health improvement and rehabilitation in the children's health camp Raduga in Liozno District, Vitebsk Oblast under the program of the Aleksei Talai Charitable Foundation. More than 40 boys and girls holidayed in Belarus for almost three weeks, improved...

As of 1 August 2024, a total of 139,783 large families have opened deposit accounts in Belarus under the family capital program, including 82,600 deposit accounts to the total amount of $826 million and 57,200 deposit accounts to the total amount of Br1.47 billion, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Labor and Social Security Ministry. As of 1 August, a total of 87,458 families applied for permission to use family capital ahead of schedule. Of them, 71,207 applied to...

MINSK, 6 August (BelTA) - More than 6.3 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 6 August, 6.390 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 5.337 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.053 tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast harvested 1.723 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Brest Oblast...

MINSK, 30 July (BelTA) – Over 4.8 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been threshed in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 30 July, 4.845 million tonnes of grain (including rapeseed) was harvested, which includes 3.816 million tonnes of cereals and leguminous crops and 1.029 million tonnes of winter rapeseed. The regional breakdown is the following: Minsk Oblast harvested 1,237,900 tonnes of grain (including rapeseed), Brest Oblast –...

A total of 3.49 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed, has been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 23 July, Belarus harvested 3,492 million tonnes of grain, including rapeseed. Of them 2.563 million tonnes are cereals and leguminous crops and 929,000 tonnes are winter rapeseed. Gomel Oblast and Brest Oblast have finished harvesting winter rapeseed. The harvesting progress in the country is the following: Brest Oblast harvested 946,600...