Agriculture in Belarus

Belarus's main crop products are barley, rye, oats, and wheat, as well as potatoes, flax, rapeseed, and sugarbeets.

Cereals and legumes (mainly barley and rye) take up 41% of sown area and another 43% is under crops used for animal feed.

Potatoes and vegetables take up 11% of sown area and industrial crops (sugarbeets, flax, and some rapeseed) the remaining 4%.

[3] There have been no major shifts in the number of animals between collective and family farms since independence in 1995: the family farm sector (mainly household plots) controlled 11%–16% of the total cattle herd and 30%–40% of the number of pigs between 1980 and 2005.

[1] The decrease of agricultural labor parallels the general urbanization trends, as the share of rural population in Belarus steadily declines over time.