As of September 17, Kazakh agrarians harvested grains and pulses throughout the areas of 7.473 mln ha, against 8.235 mln ha on the same date last year, which reached 49.1% of the plan (15.23 mln ha), reported the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
At the same time, the production volumes of grains totaled 8.355 mln tonnes (in 2018 — 10.14 mln tonnes), with the average yield of 1.12 t/ha (1.23 t/ha).
In particular, the following oblasts of the country provided the major harvesting results: North Kazakhstan oblast harvested the largest volumes of grains — 1.62 mln tonnes throughout 38.8% of the planned areas, as well as Kostanay oblast — 1.352 mln tonnes (58.1%), and Akmola oblast — 1.264 mln tonnes (28%).