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Belarus announces winners of national harvesting competition

Belarus has announced the winners of the national harvesting competition among the regions, BelTA has learnt from the plant-growing department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodstuffs. In Minsk oblast the winners are the Minsk region with grain yield of 175.280 thousand tonnes (the highest result in Belarus) and the Kletsk region – 83 thousand tonnes. The Grodno oblast winners are the Ostrovets and Grodno regions with the grain yield of 60.4 and 173 thousand tonnes respectively. The Grodno region is a many-time winner of the national harvest festival Dazhynki. This year the region is ready to compete for the title of the best region in Belarus again. The Mogilev and Krichev regions of Mogilev oblast harvested 122.3 and 40 thousand tonnes of grain respectively. The Rechitsa region of Gomel oblast cropped 94.5 thousand tonnes of grain. The Vetka region showed 36.4 thousand tonnes. The highest indices in Vitebsk oblast were in the Orsha and Vitebsk regions – 110.7 and 67.9 thousand tonnes of grain. The Baranovichi and Brest regions are the winners in the Brest oblast. The two regions harvested 95.1 and 65.7 thousand tonnes of grain respectively. The regions that won the national competition will be awarded Br30 million worth of prizes, their representatives will receive honorary diplomas.