Danial farm in North Kazakhstan Region harvests 51.4 c/ha of wheat on irrigated plot

The Danial peasant farm from Shal Akyn district of North Kazakhstan Region has started irrigating its fields with support from SEC Soltustik JSC. In the very first season, the irrigated plot yielded 51.4 centners of wheat per hectare. The farm's average yield is just over 20 c/ha.

Irrigation was set up on 277 ha near the Sergeyevka Reservoir, where the Likamera wheat variety was sown. The family farm has been operating for about 30 years and cultivates around 6,000 ha. It used to grow wheat, barley and oats, and has now added lentils, flax, rapeseed and peas. This makes the farm less dependent on a single crop and helps it maintain crop rotation better.

Farm head Danial Kudaibergen said that irrigation had long been a dream of his grandfather, the farm's founder. The farm plans to achieve at least 70 c/ha on irrigated land. To do this, he said, the entire system needs to be built, from soil preparation to irrigation management. "The future of agriculture lies in technology," Danial Kudaibergen believes.

The SEC provided a loan of 490 million tenge for the project at 4% per annum for eight years. Since 2022, the company has financed seven irrigation projects using water-saving technologies in the region, with a total value exceeding 4.2 billion tenge.