Akmola Region tops Kazakhstan's grain harvest with 6.3 million tonnes

Akmola Region has ranked first among Kazakhstan's regions for gross grain output. Farmers in the region threshed 6.3 million tonnes in the 2026 harvest, according to the press service of the Tselinograd District akimat. Grain and leguminous crops were harvested from the full planned area of 4.5 million hectares, with an average yield of 14 centners per hectare. The total sown area grew by 110.8 thousand hectares to 5.6 million hectares.

About 90% of the harvest is third-class wheat. Roughly 70% of this volume falls into the Hi-Pro category, with protein content of up to 17.6% and gluten content of 30–38%. Grain receiving enterprises have already taken in 2.7 million tonnes of grain, including 1.9 million tonnes of wheat.

Oilseed crops were harvested from 837.9 thousand hectares. The harvest totalled 839.1 thousand tonnes of oilseeds, with an average yield of 10 centners per hectare. The region's total grain storage capacity is 7.3 million tonnes. Of this, 4.4 million tonnes is held by 67 grain receiving enterprises.

For the 2027 sowing campaign, 539.8 thousand tonnes of grain seed have already been stored. According to the akimat, this fully covers the region's needs. The region has allocated about 324.8 billion tenge to support its agro-industrial sector in 2026, roughly a third more than the year before.