{"id":108888,"date":"2024-10-11T14:03:20","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T11:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/108888\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"lukasenka-calls-for-higher-corn-yields","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/108888\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0141uka\u0161enka dissatisfied with corn yields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press.jpg 930w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/lukashenko_kukuruza_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>October 11, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Belarus needs high-yielding corn varieties of good quality, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has said after inspecting the Aleksandryjskaje farm in \u0160k\u0142o\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur corn is not bad, but we are lagging behind the West,&#8221; his press office quoted him as saying. \u201cIf you are behind by 20 percent [in terms of yields], that&#8217;s a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The comment came as the farm presented results of experimental corn cultivation, including six varieties of Belarusian and six of foreign origin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, the Belarusian government extended the licensing of grain exports, including corn, for another six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128-734x488.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/sankcii-belarus-flag-pixabay-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka lashes out against Western sanctions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 5, Pozirk. Successful agricultural exports allowed other Belarus&#039; economy sectors to adapt and reorient export flows amid &quot;illegal, unprecedented and fascist sanctions,&quot; Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s press office reported, quoting him as saying. In his address to participants in an annual &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/108067\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 11, Pozirk. Belarus needs high-yielding corn varieties of good quality, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has said after inspecting the Aleksandryjskaje farm in \u0160k\u0142o\u016d, Mahilo\u016d region. \u201cOur corn is not bad, but we are lagging behind the West,&#8221; his press office quoted him as saying. \u201cIf you are behind by 20 percent [in terms of yields], that&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":108862,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-108888","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u0141uka\u0161enka dissatisfied with corn yields | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 11, Pozirk. 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