Sowing season kicked off in Kazakhstan
The area under this spring's sowing is to make 18.8 million hectares, with the total area under crops at 21.5 million hectares.
Wheat harvest may go down one third in Kazakhstan
Wheat harvest in Ukraine may be 37 percent less than last year in 2012, and a 36 percent drop in Kazakhstan's harvest is expected as well.
This year’s sowing campaign to cover 21.5 million hectares
Current monthly grain exports stand at 1 million tons with flour exports standing at 300 000 tons.
Kazakhstan won’t be exporting grain to Iran
In 2010 Iran introduced ban on imports of 20 agricultural produce items, including wheat and rice.
President Nazarbayev calls to shift from wheat growing to fodder cropping
When we have oversupply of grain, we don’t know where to sell it: President Nazarbayev.
Food Corporation to buy 5 million tons of new harvest grain
Wheat will be mainly purchased from small and medium-sized producers who have no access to international markets: Chairman.
Kazakhstan to complete grain sowing campaign before the end of the week
According to the Government’s web-site, grain harvest in 2010 totaled 12.2 million tons (net weight).
Massimov warns of oil price downturn
Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Karim Massimov warned his ministers of a high probability of the global oil price downturn.
