Agrarians of Kazakhstan are gradually getting interested in cultivating oilseed crops due to their profitability.
Currently, oilseed price is 2-3 times higher than price of wheat depending on the quality. Moreover, interest comes not only from the side of Kazakh farmers, but also from the foreign investors. The example is the North-Kazakh region, where farms have been switching to oilseeds in the last several years. Among them – AbiZher ltd, where almost half of the sowing area is seeded with rapeseed. Moreover, Italian company Il Trebbiollo purchased the land use rights for cultivation and further processing of rapeseed.
Also there is an increasing number of farms, which allocate part of their area to growing linseed, one of the key oilseed crop in Kazakhstan.
In 2016/2017 oilseed sowing area equaled 2 million ha in Kazakhstan. Early in November harvesting was carried out at 1.6 million ha, up by 45% YoY (1.1 million). (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)