Daily Business News Mongolia

According to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry reports, the harvest in Mongolia is only 60%. 14 aimags carried out plantation in year 2008 and only 8 of them completed their harvesting. More precisely, Arkhaingai aimag harvested from 1960 hectare land of plantation. Also it planted vegetable in around 800 hectares of land. “Hasu Mandal” and “Bag Khangai” companies are leading in their harvesting, i.e. farmers of“Baga Khangai” Company harvested 1,2 ton of wheat from  each hectare and “Hasu Mandal” is 15 tons respectively. But experts from the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry stated that Orkhon, Darkhan Uul and Khentii provinces are lagging in their harvesting. From today, weather is getting so worse and farmers are striving to harvest before it, sources say.

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