19.1 mln tons of grain threshed in Kazakhstan this year
Results of the harvesting campaign were reviewed at a Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Askar Mamin, the press service of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan informs.
Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov reported on the situation. To date, 15.1 million hectares have been harvested from the total grain area of 15.2 million hectares, which is 99.2%. 19.1 million tons of grain were threshed with an average yield of 12.6 c/ha.
“This year, due to difficult weather conditions, we have harvested grain for 2 million tons less than last year in bunker weight. I instruct the Ministry of Agriculture to ensure timely procurement of grain by the Food Corporation to stabilize bread prices”, A. Mamin said.
The head of Government emphasized that, taking into account the climate in Kazakhstan, it is necessary to make every effort to preserve the harvest, to ensure that grain-receiving enterprises receive grain in time for storage, as well as process and dry grain.
The Prime Minister instructed to ensure the needs of agricultural units in seeds for the next year’s crop and to check their quality, take measures to address logistics issues as part of the preparatory work for the export of new grain, and also, taking into account the increased humidity of crops, consider allocating additional volume of diesel fuel to the regions for grain and seed drying in October-November this year.
