Agriculture

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Grain balance in Kazakhstan as of October 1, 2020 and 2021

In total, for the period of harvesting for two months August and September, the balance of grain in Kazakhstan was replenished by 10,564,096 tonnes, or 4.06 times. This year, due to dry weather and lower grain yields, less grain was harvested in August and September. It is possible that more grain was consumed during the period this year.

In the last 2020-21 season, over the same period, the increase in grain was significantly higher in absolute and relative terms, namely, by 12,494,850 tonnes, or 5.2 times. As of August 1, 2021, there was more grain in Kazakhstan than in 2020 by 494,513 tonnes. Now, as of October 1 this year, there is less grain in Kazakhstan than last season by 1,436,241 tonnes, or 9.3%.

According to the purpose of grain this year, food grain stocks have decreased by 883,196 tonnes from 15,451,724 tonnes in 2020 to 14,015,483 tonnes in 2021. Coarse grains decreased by 664,791 tonnes from 2,285,601 to 1,620,810 tonnes. But this year, on October 1, there is more seed grain by 111,745 tonnes 961,681 tonnes in 2020 and 1,073,426 tonnes in 2021.

In the context of individual cultures, the situation is not so unambiguous. The stocks of far from all grain crops have decreased. This year, stocks have increased in four grain positions. This is buckwheat 18,618 tonnes from 17,824 tonnes in 2020 to 36,442 tonnes in 2021. Corn by 15,339 tonnes from 286,366 to 301,705 tonnes. Rye by 14,458 tonnes from 19,015 to 33,473 tonnes and millet by 2,988 tonnes from 19,031 to 22,019 tonnes.

Most of all barley was missing this year. The stocks of this crop decreased by 824193 tonnes compared to last year from 2,492,270 to 1,668,077 tonnes, and wheat stocks decreased by 573,266 tonnes from 11,906,851 to 11,333,585 tonnes. Rice decreased by 33433 tonnes from 338,362 to 304,928 tonnes, oats by 20,151 tonnes from 166,435 to 146,284 tonnes, and grain mix by 192 tonnes from 41,675 to 41,483 tonnes.

In September, the harvesting campaign reached its maximum pace, and the grain of the new harvest poured into the storage facilities of Kazakhstan with an increased flow, and the grain reserves in the republic increased exponentially. The volume of grain increased by almost 2.3 times, taking into account the current consumption of grain in the domestic market and its export.

By Sergey Bukatov for Kazakh Zerno.