The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
The gross output of agricultural products in the Akmola region in January - September 2024 amounted to 655,616.8 million tenge (IFO – 148.2%), including: crop production – 433,602.3 million tenge (IFO – 192%), animal husbandry – 221,800.0 million tenge (IFO – 101.4%).
In total, there are 8976 active agricultural formations in the region, including: 1912 - legal entities, 554 - individual entrepreneurs, 6510 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January-September 2024 amounted to 59.7 billion tenge, investments in fixed assets in food production amounted to 6.2 billion tenge.
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 22.5% of the total number of employed (total employed - 402.5 thousand people, including in agriculture - 90.4 thousand people (according to the results of the 2nd quarter of 2024).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for the 2nd quarter of 2024 amounted to 279.5 thousand tenge with an increase of 5.4% compared to the same period in 2023.
State support of the agro-industrial complex
Subsidizing the agro-industrial complex
In 2024, the volume of state support to the agro-industrial complex in the form of subsidies amounts to 46.5 billion tenge, including in the following areas:
-for subsidizing the crop industry - 15.5 billion tenge (pesticides - 9,436.5 million tenge, fertilizers - 5,048.9 million tenge, seeds - 617.5 million tenge, priority crops - 400 million tenge);
-for subsidizing livestock production - 5.4 billion tenge;
-financial instruments - KZT 24.7 billion (investment subsidies - KZT 15,913.5 million, reimbursement of interest rates on loans and leasing - KZT 8,667.2 million, within the framework of loan guarantee and insurance - KZT 90.2 million);
- for subsidizing deep processing - 0.9 billion tenge.
Crop production
In the region, sowing was carried out on an area of 5.4 million hectares, including:
- cereals and leguminous crops - on an area of 4696 thousand. ga;
- oilseeds - 268.6 thousand. ga;
- forage crops - 421 thousand hectares (including grasses of previous years);
- potatoes - by 7.8 thousand hectares, vegetables - by 1.4 thousand hectares.
Harvesting
Grain and leguminous crops were threshed on an area of 4,696 thousand hectares or 100% of the harvest area, 6.6 million tons of grain were threshed with an average yield of 14.1 kg/ha.
As of 10/18/2024, 115.2 thousand hectares or 42.9% of the plan were harvested from the area, 120.1 thousand tons were harvested with a yield of 10.4 c/ha.
Potatoes were harvested from an area of 7766.2 hectares, 137.5 thousand tons were harvested with a yield of 177.0 kg/ha.
Vegetables were harvested from an area of 1449.5 hectares, 18.6 thousand tons were harvested with a yield of 128.6 kg/ha.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January - September 2024, SHTP purchased 1,147 units of equipment in the amount of 40.3 billion tenge (in January-September 2023 - 1,867 units for 57.3 billion tenge), including:
- combine harvesters - 211 units in the amount of 21.1 billion tenge;
- tractors - 306 units in the amount of 11.0 billion tenge;
- seeders - 237 units in the amount of 392.5 million tenge;
- sowing complexes - 14 units worth 1.6 billion tenge;
- other equipment - 379 units worth 6.2 billion tenge.
Animal husbandry
In January - September 2024, the region produced meat in live weight - 146.0 thousand tons (99.5%), milk - 184.2 thousand tons (104.6%), chicken eggs - 525.8 million pieces (98.9%).
As of October 1, 2024, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms is 392.9 thousand heads (99.6% compared to the same period in 2023), including the number of cows - 191.5 thousand heads (103.7%).
The number of horses amounted to 258.9 thousand heads (100.9%), birds - 9680.1 thousand heads (97.1%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 590.4 thousand heads (103%), pigs – 36.6 thousand heads (64.4%).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2024, 41 investment projects for a total of 76.8 billion tenge are planned to be implemented in the agro-industrial complex, including:
- 6 projects for the construction of granaries for 2.2 billion tenge;
- 11 MTF construction projects worth 43.5 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for the construction of meat farms for 0.8 billion tenge;
-1 poultry farm construction project for 12 billion tenge;
-1 project for the construction of a warehouse for the storage of liquid fertilizers for 0.6 billion tenge;
- 9 projects for processing agricultural products worth 10.8 billion tenge;
- 6 irrigation projects worth 6.1 billion tenge;
- 1 feed production project in the amount of 0.8 billion tenge.
Implemented investment projects
As of 10/21/2024, 19 projects worth 37.2 billion tenge were implemented:
- 3 projects for the construction of a meat farm - LLP "SHP Makinskoe" for 600 heads of horses for 330 million tenge and IP "Alikhan" for 1000 heads of cattle for 120 million tenge (in the Birzhan Sal area), LLP "Astana - Tan" for 50 heads of horses in the amount of 35 million tenge (in Zhaksyn district);
- 2 projects for processing agricultural products - Kazger KUS LLP (feed mill) with a capacity of 720 tons for 127.2 million tenge (in Birzhan Sal district); Garanti Export LLP with a capacity of up to 5 tons per hour in the amount of 1.2 billion tenge (in the city of Kokshetau);
- 1 poultry meat processing project - IL Tov LLP with a capacity of 346 thousand tons worth 3.5 billion tenge (in the city of Kosshy);
- 4 projects for the construction of MTF - AF Rodina LLP for 1000 heads in the amount of 2.2 billion tenge (in the Tselinograd district); En-Dala LLP for 1,498 heads worth 8.2 billion tenge (Tselinograd district); Temir Agro LLP for 600 heads worth 4.2 billion tenge (in Arshaly district); Karlygash farm for 50 heads worth 42 million tenge (in Sandyktau district);
- 1 poultry farm construction project - Ak - Dala Agro LLP for 6 thousand tons for 12 billion tenge (in Arshaly district);
- 1 grain processing project - AVM AGRO LLP with a capacity of 31200 tons for 0.4 billion tenge (in the Shortandinsky district);
- 4 irrigation projects - Zelenoe - 1 LLP for 302 hectares for 0.5 billion tenge, Kamyshenka LLP for 420 hectares for 1.4 billion tenge (in the Astrakhan region); Yesenzhol N LLP for 315 hectares for 800 million tenge (in Tselinograd district); Maksimovskoye LLP for 400 hectares for 1 billion tenge (in Sandyktau district);
- 2 projects for the construction of granaries - Tyn Zher 18 LLP with a capacity of 100 tons per hour in the amount of 140 million tenge (in the Akkol district); Samarsky 1 LLP with a capacity of 12 thousand tons in the amount of 350 million tenge (in the Atbasar district).
- 1 project for the construction of a warehouse for the storage of liquid fertilizers - Zhuravlevka - 1 LLP for 3000 sq. m. m for 600 million tenge (Bulandyn district);
Processing of agricultural products
Akmola region has:
- 16 meat processing enterprises with a production capacity of 128.9 thousand tons per year;
- 15 dairy production enterprises with a production capacity of 149.0 thousand tons per year;
- 28 flour milling enterprises with a production capacity of 1365.8 thousand tons per year;
- 8 oilseed processing plants with a production capacity of 138.0 thousand tons per year.
In January-September 2024, food products worth 186.2 billion tenge were produced with an increase of 4.8% compared to the same period in 2023.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry – 46.1%, dairy – 21.4%, vegetable oil – 11.6%, grain processing – 9.8%, bread and bakery – 1.9%, other industries – 9.2%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 68.3 thousand tons of meat in kind, the volume of sausage production amounted to 2,381 tons.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 90.3 thousand tons with an increase of 21.9% compared to the same level in 2023, 1,798 tons of butter were produced, 1,505 tons of cheese and cottage cheese with an increase of 14.3%, and 6224 tons of fermented dairy products with an increase of 6.4%.
Processing of oilseeds
53.8 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced with an increase of 21.8% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flour production
168.7 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 20% compared to the same period in 2023.