The harvest campaign has begun in Kazakhstan. According to the Ministry of
Agriculture, the sown area exceeded
24 million hectares this year. Of that, around 15.5 million hectares are devoted to grain and legume
crops. Harvesting of those crops has already been completed on 12.5% of the
planted area, compared with half that figure last year. The Ministry says the
earlier start to this year’s harvest is due to unusually
hot summer weather, which accelerated crop ripening. Grain yields are also
higher than last year’s, with farmers harvesting around two centners more per hectare.
Agricultural machinery is fully prepared for the mass harvesting campaign.
Farmers have also been supplied with more than 400,000 tonnes of subsidized
diesel fuel. To ensure transparent fuel deliveries to agricultural producers,
PIN codes, digital and even color coding have been introduced. A dedicated virtual warehouse has also been created
in the electronic invoicing system, while the Shymkent Oil Refinery is working
on introducing molecular marking.
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