ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 28. The harvest campaign in Kazakhstan is nearing its conclusion, with a forecasted area of over 16 million hectares for grain and legume crops, Trend reports via the country’s Ministry of Agriculture.
As of now, 15.9 million hectares, or 99.2 percent of the total area, have been harvested. A total of 26.9 million tons of grain have been collected.
In addition to grains, farmers have harvested 3.7 million tons of oilseeds, 2.9 million tons of potatoes with a yield of 226.3 centners per hectare, and 3.8 million tons of vegetables with a yield of 297.3 centners per hectare.
Cabbage yields reached 497.5 thousand tons with a yield of 333.4 centners per hectare, while onions totaled 1,058.5 thousand tons at a yield of 429.9 centners per hectare, and carrots amounted to 387.7 thousand tons with a yield of 283 centners per hectare.
