The sown area of wheat in Kazakhstan for the harvest of 2023 increased by 6.5%

The sown area of wheat in Kazakhstan for the 2023 crop in Kazakhstan amounted to 13.72 million hectares. This is 6.5% more than in 2022, APK-Inform reports, citing preliminary official statistics. Also, the Bureau of National Statistics recorded an increase in the sown area of barley - from 2.18 million hectares to 2.55 million hectares and corn - from 189.3 thousand hectares to 193.9 thousand hectares. Millet crops for the harvest this year amounted to 49.35 thousand hectares (against 38.8 thousand hectares last year), oats - 216.36 thousand hectares (against 198.7 thousand hectares). At the same time, rye crops decreased from 34.8 ...