Average grain yield makes 14.4 centner per hectare - Agriculture Minister

TANA. August 22. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ The average grain yield makes 14.4 centner per hectare. Kazakh Minister of Agriculture Assylzhan Mamytbekov has announced it at the Government's session.

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According to him, this year there were favorable agro-meteorological conditions for the formation of the harvest and taking into account information from the regions, the harvest is planned to be above average - about 18-18.9 million tons of grain, including about 14.5 million tons of wheat. "At present all regions, except Akmola and Kostanay oblasts started harvesting," A.Mamytbekov said.