Sugar beet harvest in Bashkortostan exceeded 895 thousand tons

UFA, 13 October 2016. /Bashinform News Agency, Galina Bakhshieva/. According to the latest data by the Ministry of Agriculture of Bashkortostan, the sugar beet harvest in the region has exceeded 895 thousand tons. 713.5 thousand tons of root vegetables were taken out from the fields, from which more than 279 thousand tons were processed.

Today, sugar beet was harvested on the area of 38 thousand hectares, which is 74 percent of the plan.

The average yield of sugar beet in the republic is 238 centners per hectare, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture RB informs.