Only 15.7% of the total area was sown with spring rapeseed: data from the Ministry of Agriculture of Belarus.

In Belarus, only 15.7% of the total area has been sown with spring rapeseed. This information was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. From the planned sowing of spring crops, 32.6% has been completed, which amounts to 771.6 thousand hectares. Early spring cereals and leguminous crops, excluding corn, buckwheat, and millet, occupied 527.6 thousand hectares, which is 85.7% of the plan. Spring rapeseed was planted on an area of 9.69 thousand hectares, which corresponds to 15.7% of the planned volumes. Sugar beet occupied 60.5 thousand hectares, which is 58.7%. Corn was sown on an area of 41.2 thousand hectares, which is 3.36% of the plan. Potatoes covered 0.73 thousand hectares, which is 4.38% of the planned volume. Vegetable crops were planted on 0.78 thousand hectares, which is 15.5%. Annual grasses occupied an area of 91.6 thousand hectares, which corresponds to 41.7% of the plan. Flax was sown on 25.1 thousand hectares, which is 50.6% of the planned volume. For the sowing of early spring crops, 1000.9 thousand hectares of soil were prepared, which is 42.3% of the planned volume.