mass harvesting of grain in the Minsk region plan to start on July 20. Journalists today the acting chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and Food Minoblispolkoma Yuri Gorlov, BelTA has learned.
"This year we plan to collect 2.2 million tons of grain based on corn. Currently Combine Park Minsk region ready for harvest by 86%. A task by the middle of next week to enter the 100-percent ready", - said Yuri throat.
He noted that, as in previous years in the Minsk region lacks mechanics. Thus, at the time of harvest in 2014 required 10,866 machine operators, including combiner 4591. To date, work in the field of machine 9139 (or 84%), including the 3729 combine (81%). According to Yuri Gorlov, missing number of participants will be made up of harvesting due to the involvement of employees in industrial enterprises (698 persons), with other work in the farms (688 people), graduates and trainees schools (341 people). "We have everything in order to qualitatively and in time to remove the grain, which stands today in the fields of Minsk region" - said the expert.
Sown area of grain and leguminous crops in the Minsk region this year is 602.7 ha (100% compared to 2013), including winter cereals - 300 thousand ha, spring cereals and legumes - 302.7 thousand ha . Agricultural organizations sown area of 7.5 hectares of flax, 36.9 thousand hectares of sugar beet, 228.6 thousand hectares of maize. Rape cultivated area of 96.2 hectares, potatoes - 10.8 thousand ha. Vegetable crops on the area of 1.8 hectares.
In mechanized detachments agricultural organizations of the region, there are 2697 combine harvesters of different modifications. A few days Technology Park will join 80 new combines. Average load per car in Combine be 218 hectares.
For animal husbandry in the current year 1440 is necessary to prepare tons of straw. For these purposes in the agricultural organizations working in 1490 balers various modifications. Average load per unit will be 242 hectares.