This year, the sown area in the Almaty region of Kazakhstan has increased to 971 thousand hectares

Despite the late onset of spring, the agrarians of the Almaty region plan to complete the entire cycle of field work on time. According to the regional Department of Agriculture, this year the sown area in the Almaty region has been increased to 971 thousand hectares. The plantations of corn, sugar beet and fodder crops have been expanded. Presowing cultivation of arable land has been fully completed, 62% of the planned volume of spring crops have been sown. A number of peasant farms have already completed the spring sowing season. In particular, fodder crops are sown to 100%, cereal crops by 87%, and sugar beet by 68%. At the same time, sowing is in full swing among maize growers, rice growers, producers of potatoes, vegetables, oilseeds and melons. This was reported by the Kazakhstanskaya Pravda newspaper. In addition, these days the sowing campaign is being completed in the Ontustik agro-park in the Karasai region. Here, special attention is paid to the introduction of No-Till ...