According to the report of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, on August 7, in the south and southeast of Kazakhstan, with an average yield of 20.5 q/ ha it was harvested 1351.2 thousand tons of grain from 659.2 thousand hectare.
On the same date last year, the republic got 1323.4 thousand tons of grain of a new crop.
Earlier the IA “Kazakh-Zerno” reported, according to the July’s report of the International Grains Council (IGC), the production of cereals in Kazakhstan in 2017-18 MY is projected at the level of 17.5 million tons.
Exports of local grain in 2017-18 MY, according to the July’s estimate, could fall to 7.9 million tons against 8.2 million tons in 2016-17 season.
