Kazakhstan to harvest 16-17 mln tons of grain

ASTANA. August 13. KAZINFORM Kazakhstan will harvest about 16-17 million tons of grains in 2013, according to Saktash Khassenov, the Chairman of the State Inspection Committee under the Agriculture Ministry of Kazakhstan.

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"This year's harvest depends on many things. Currently, the crops reached the stage of milky ripeness. So, the harvest forecast has been preliminary raised to about 16-17 million tons," Mr. Khassenov told Tuesday press conference in the Kazakh capital.