The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry says the harvesting of wheat is 45 percent complete, potatoes 68.4 percent complete, and other vegetables 75.9 percent complete.
Preliminary estimates have farmers harvesting 427,000 tons of wheat, 90,500 tons of vegetables, 8,900 tons of oil plants, and 23,400 tons of animal-fodder plants.
Selenge, Bulgan, Khutul, and Kharkhorin provinces are the leading wheat producers. The Defense Ministry has contracted 1,314 employees from 42 organizations in three aimags to help with the harvest.