Ulaanbaatar
132.5 thousand tons of grain harvested nationwide
Economy
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. As of October 1, 205.9 thousand tons of potato, 132.5 thousand tons of grain, 78.5 thousand tons of vegetable have been harvested and 506.5 thousand tons of hay, 12.1 thousand tons of fodder and 0.6 thousand tons of silage have been prepared.
The harvested potato and vegetable increased by 19.0 and 67.4 thousand tons or 32.0 and 48.7 percent compared with the same period of the previous year. As for the grains, it was increased by 8.1 thousand tons or 6.5 percent.
Whereas, the amount of prepared hay went down by 274.8 thousand tons or 35.2 percent, fodder by 8.8 thousand tons or 42 percent and silage by 0.3 thousand tons or 37.3 percent respectively compared with the same period of the previous year.
Darkhan-Uul, Dornod, Tuv, Bulgan and Selenge aimags have harvested 6.5-47.9 percent of total grain crop, Darkhan-Uul, Khovd, Selenge and Tuv 3.1-67.8 percent of potatoes, while Tuv, Khovd, Darkhan-Uul and Selenge harvested 12.5-30.1 percent of vegetable crop, reports National Statistics Office of Mongolia.
