As of 17 May, spring crops were planted on the area of 1,966,900 hectares, which is 88.5% of the plan. Planting was done on 91.6% of the area in Vitebsk Oblast, 76.8% of the area in Gomel Oblast, and 96.1% in Grodno Oblast, 92.2% in Minsk Oblast, and 72.9% in Mogilev Oblast.