FertilizersMangystau Region to build $1.59 billion ammonia and urea complex
The plant is due to be commissioned in 2030. It will produce ammonia, urea and ammonium nitrate.
Source: LS
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State supportKazakhstan's Agriculture Ministry presents e-APK digital ecosystem with farmer profile
A platform was presented in the Kurultai. It will combine data on state support, crop production, land and other agricultural sectors. The project runs until 2028.
Source: Eldala.kz
Grain & marketsExpert: sunflower prices in Kazakhstan will be lower than last year
Kazakhstan's sunflower harvest is forecast at 3 million tonnes, and Russian oil will add pressure on the market. Prices above 200,000 tenge per tonne are not…
Source: Eldala.kz
State supportKazakhstan to expand water-saving irrigation to 1.3 million hectares by 2030
Water-saving technologies on 1.3 million ha will save up to 2.2 billion cubic meters of irrigation water a year, the Ministry of Agriculture said.
Source: Курсив
Grain & marketsWheat prices on US exchange fall 12% in a month
On 23 October, wheat in the US traded at $ 6.25 per bushel, 12% lower than a month earlier. The drivers are forecasts of a bigger…
Source: Eldala.kz
State supportPavlodar Region moves farmland lease tenders online
Tenders for leasing agricultural land will move online. Only plots whose soil was surveyed within the last 15 years will be eligible.
Source: AgroInfo.kz
Grain & marketsOmsk Region harvests 600,000 tonnes less grain than a year earlier
By October 22, farms in Omsk Region had threshed almost 2.8 million tonnes of grain at an average yield of 16.9 c/ha. Drought is the main…
Source: Агротайм
Grain & marketsProdcorporation receives 135,000 tonnes of grain under 2026 forward contracts
Farmers have delivered 135,000 tonnes of new-crop grain to state reserves. This is almost a third of the volume contracted under the 2026 forward purchase programme.
Source: AgroInfo.kz
Grain & marketsClass 4 wheat prices in Kazakhstan rise to 86,000–90,000 tenge per tonne
Over the week, class 4 and 5 wheat and feed barley in Kazakhstan rose by 1,000 tenge per tonne, driven by demand from processors and poultry…
Source: Eldala.kz
FertilizersFAO chief economist: Strait of Hormuz disruptions threaten crop yields
Maximo Torero warns that if fertilizers become more expensive or scarce, farmers will apply less, and yields in the following seasons will fall.
Source: Fertilizer Daily RU
Grain & marketsIGC: Kazakhstan's wheat harvest falls 3.3 million tonnes short of last year
According to the International Grains Council, Kazakhstan harvested 16 million tonnes of wheat this season. A year earlier the figure was 19.3 million tonnes.
Source: Eldala.kz
Grain & marketsGrain yield in North Kazakhstan Region reaches 17 c/ha, the best result in the country
Akim Gauez Nurmukhambetov congratulated farmers of North Kazakhstan Region on Bread Day and summed up the results of the nearly completed harvest.
Source: Северный Казахстан
