The US Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) forecasts a significant drop in Kazakhstan's wheat and barley production for the 2023-24 marketing year due to adverse weather conditions. The wheat harvest is projected to be 26% lower than the previous year at 12.1 million tonnes, and barley production is expected to decrease by 20% to 2.6 million tonnes. The quality of both crops has been affected, resulting in a surplus of feed grade grain. Despite a decrease in wheat exports, strong demand from China has bolstered barley exports.
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June drought followed by excessive rain in fall 2023 in Kazakhstan’s major grain growing region in the north is expected to severely cut the country’s wheat and barley production in marketing year 2023-24, according to the Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture. In its Feb. 28 Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, the FAS lowered its wheat 2023-24 harvest estimate for the Central Asian nation to 12.1 million tonnes, down 26% from the previous year’s 16.4 million tonnes. Barley production is forecast at 2.6 million tonnes, a decrease of 20% from 3.3 million tonnes. “Wheat and barley quality are reported as significantly compromised, leading to a surplus of feed grade grain,” the FAS said. “While strong competition from Russia and lower milling quality has negatively impacted exports of wheat from Kazakhstan, barley exports have been supported by strong feed demand from new market entrant China.” According to the industry ...
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