As of today, South Kazakhstan growers completed the sowing of winter wheat on 50% of planned area, the correspondent of IA “Kazakh-Zerno”was informed in the regional agricultudal department.
Farmers plan to complete autumn sowing campaign in mid-November, and now it has covered 70 thousand ha of local farmlands.
For cultivation of winter crops local growers will allocate 140 thousand ha. Last year it was the same.
We remind, total grain harvest in the current year amounted to 160 thousand tons. The average yield of wheat reached 18.5 q/ha, specified in the department.
