A record-high grain and other crops harvest has been gathered in Kazakhstan this year, Deputy Minister of Agriculture Kairat Aituganov said.
The gross grain harvest amounted to 23.1 million tons in bunker weight, up 1.4 times YoY. The average yield totaled 15.2 hundredweights per hectare. Of that amount, 5.7 million tons of grain was harvested in Akmola region, 5.6 million tons in North Kazakhstan region, and 5.5 million tons in Kostanai region. The Karaganda region harvested more than one million tons of grain, with the yield of 14 hundredweights per hectare, which was the largest ever harvest in the region.
The southern regions of Kazakhstan continue harvesting cotton, sugar beet and rice. The gross harvest of rice has amounted to 432 thousand tons in the current year. The yield of rice in the Kyzylorda region has reached 47 tons per hectare, which is a record high figure.
In addition, oilseeds have been harvested on about 46.7% of the area under the crop. The gross harvest is 1.2-fold higher than last year. The yield of oilseeds is 10 tons per hectare, while it did not exceed 8.1 tons per hectare over the last five years. (Timesca/Business World Magazine)
