Some 3.7 million tonnes of grain have been harvested in Belarus so far, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 4 August, 1,153,500 hectares of grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were harvested, or almost 53.8% of the target. In the lead is Brest Oblast with 235,100 hectares or 69.7% cropped. Gomel Oblast harvested 200,900 hectares or 57.7%, Grodno Oblast – 134,300 hectares, or 43.1%, Minsk Oblast - 247,300...

The first two million tonnes of grain have been harvested in Belarus, BelTA learned from the press service of the Agriculture and Food Ministry. As of 27 July, 621,300 hectares of grain and leguminous crops (excluding corn, buckwheat, millet) were harvested, or almost 29% of the target. In the lead is Brest Oblast with 147,700 hectares or 43.8% cropped. Gomel Oblast harvested 120,600 hectares or 34.6%, Grodno Oblast – 66,500 hectares, or 21.3%, Minsk Oblast - 122,600 hectares or 25.7%,...

GOMEL, 14 July (BelTA) – In H1 2021 the Svetlogorsk Drilling Department and the Rig Building Department of Belorusneft built 23 wells and installed 22 drilling rigs, BelTA learned from the press service of the company. In June, the Rig Building Department installed three drilling rigs on the territory of Belarus. According to Nikolai Smolikov, First Deputy Chief-Chief Engineer of the the Rig Building Department, rig builders worked on the Vishanskoye, Beskopylnovskoye and...

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. In Belarus, the Day of the National Remembrance of the Victims of the Great Patriotic War is a commemorative date which is observed at the state level. In memory of the first day of the war Belarus holds commemorative and solemn events with the participation of the president, top government officials, veterans, representatives of labor collectives, youth organizations and public associations, and also...

For Belarus and Russia, the memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred, the head of the representative office of the Standing Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia in Minsk Marianna Shchetkina said at an event to welcome the Victory Train exhibition project at the Minsk-Passazhirsky train station in Minsk on 11 June, BelTA has learned. “The memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred for both Belarus and Russia. Soviet writer Fyodor Abramov once said: ‘A nation...

The Uritskoye agricultural company has already harvested about 30% of the planned amount of grass fodder and haylage. https://eng.belta.by/photonews/view/fodder-harvesting-in-gomel-district-7666/

GOMEL, 3 June (BelTA) – Gomel enterprises and enterprises of Tajikistan intend to start the joint production of equipment for agriculture and intend to set up a center for repairs and maintenance of agricultural machines. The possibilities were discussed as a Tajik delegation visited OAO Gomelagrokomplekt and OAO Gomeloblagroservis, BelTA has learned. Deputy Agriculture Minister of Tajikistan Zevarsho Zevarshoyev remarked that the visit was part of the delegation’s work at the...

GOMEL, 13 May (BelTA) – Belarus’ Rogachev Milk Canning Factory has delivered the first batch of canned milk products to Jordan, BelTA learned from the factory. In April, Rogachev Milk Canning Factory added another country to the list of its export markets, shipping its canned milk products to Jordan. Dairy products are widely used in Jordanian cuisine. The country produces condensed milk domestically, but also needs to import it in order to satisfy the demand for this...

GOMEL, 7 May (BelTA) - Gomel Oblast of Belarus and Uzbekistan’s Navoiy Region plan to develop cooperation in the IT sector, BelTA learned from the press service of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee. On 6 May, the parties exchanged proposals during an online meeting between Igor Aslyuk, Chairman of the Economy Committee of the Gomel Oblast Executive Committee, and Navoiy Region Vice Governor Kamoliddin Hasanov. The representatives of the regions discussed the state of the...

Recent discoveries confirm the potential of the central structural zone of the Pripyat Trough. In general, eight deposits were discovered in this structural zone, five of which during the last three years.