In the southern regions of Kazakhstan, the spring agricultural campaign has already begun. According to the information presented at the operational headquarters meeting, 15 thousand hectares have already been sown, including 0.5 thousand hectares of cereals, 8.9 thousand hectares of vegetables, and 5.6 thousand hectares of fodder crops.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Azat Sultanov stated that this year it is planned to sow 23.7 million hectares of agricultural crops, which is 385 thousand hectares more than in 2024. The areas of oilseeds will be increased by 363 thousand hectares, including 120 thousand hectares of sunflowers and 122 thousand hectares of fodder crops.
A total of 1.9 million tons of mineral fertilizers are planned to be used. The preparation of agricultural machinery is at 85%, and by the start of mass work, it will be ready at 100%. 200 billion tenge has been allocated for preferential leasing, which will significantly renew the agricultural machinery fleet. According to KazAgroFinance JSC, more than 2.2 thousand applications for over 3.7 thousand units of agricultural machinery have already been received, with financial leasing contracts approved and concluded for 85 applications and 120 units of agricultural machinery.
The volume of preferential lending for spring and autumn field work has been increased to 700 billion tenge, which will cover no less than 8 million hectares of arable land. At the moment, more than 1.9 thousand agricultural commodity producers have already been financed for a total of 213.4 billion tenge.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Serik Zhumangarin instructed to strengthen control over the implementation of orders regarding crop diversity and accelerate the financing of agricultural producers.
Some regions, such as Akmola, Almaty, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda, and Turkistan, are lagging behind the Ministry of Agriculture's established indicators in terms of the area of oilseed crops. Zhambyl and Turkistan regions also fail to achieve the target indicators for fodder crops. Serik Zhumangarin instructed the local executive bodies to take all necessary measures and ensure crop diversity in accordance with the Roadmap for oilseed crops.