Kazakhstan: Mass harvest of grapes in Turkestan region will begin in 10-15 days

The first bunches of grapes from local vineyards began to be sent to retail outlets by growers of the Turkestan region (Republic of Kazakhstan), KazakhZerno.kz reports. The grape harvest season was traditionally opened by the Saryagash region, where 1345.8 hectares of land are occupied by this crop. This year Saryagash winegrowers have increased their area by 10 hectares. Among the large vineyards: the production cooperative “Saltanat”, LLP “Zhigergen”, LLP “Madvli and K”, LLP “Caspian Food”. Mass harvesting will begin in 10-15 days. In the meantime, growers choose ripe, juiced bunches to put on the market. Last year, 9,936 tons of grapes were harvested in the Saryagash region during the season, with a yield of 80.7 centners per hectare. See also: Kazakhstan proposes to increase state support for the construction of vegetable stores In total, the regional winegrowers received in 2020 72.4 thousand tons of sun berries from ten thousand hectares of vineyards. This year, as noted by ...