October 13 2003, 14:07 BelTA

Belarus collected over 950,000 t of sugar beet

As of October 10 Belarusian agricultural enterprises collected 956,800 tonnes of sugar beet, agriculture ministry has informed. The yield as of the date was 27.5 tonnes per hectare.

The beet is collected from 34,600 hectares, which is 50 percent of total area to be harvested.