Aleksandr Lukashenko hosted a governmental meeting to discuss the country’s agricultural performance

    Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko hosted a governmental meeting to discuss the country’s agricultural performance, BelTA has learned. The head of state stressed that more than a week ago he instructed the government and regional executive committees to intensify work in the agricultural sector and accelerate winter planting. According to the president, unfavorable weather conditions slowed down the harvesting process of other agricultural crops. The preliminary results of the harvesting campaign has been reviewed. The head of state said that state procurement had been fulfilled. “We have to manage the harvest properly, produce and sell products profitably amid the historically high prices on the world food market. We also need to harvest corn without losses. The first threshes show that we are going to have a good harvest of corn and will be able to partially make up for the lack of grains,” stressed the head of state.