The main indicators of the agro-industrial complex
Gross agricultural output in Akmola region in January-February 2025 amounted to 44,343.2 million tenge (IFO – 106.8%), including: crop production – 516.9 million tenge (IFO – 100%), animal husbandry – 43,820.5 million tenge (IFO – 106.8%).
In total, there are 8,650 operating agricultural enterprises in the region, including: 1,910 - legal entities, 522 - individual entrepreneurs, and 6,218 - peasant farms.
Investments in fixed assets of agriculture in January-February 2025 amounted to 3.6 billion tenge, investments in fixed assets in food production – 624.9 million tenge.
The number of employed people in agriculture in the region is 21.3% of the total number of employed (400.8 thousand people in total, including 85.4 thousand people in agriculture (according to the results of the 4th quarter of 2024).
The average salary in the agricultural sector for the 4th quarter of 2024 amounted to 332.1 thousand tenge with an increase of 28.7% compared to the same period in 2023 (in January-December 2024 - 288.4 thousand tenge or 114.1%).
State support for the agro-industrial complex
Subsidizing the agro-industrial complex
In 2025, the volume of state support for the agro-industrial complex in the form of subsidies amounts to 63.2 billion tenge, including in the following areas::
-to subsidize the crop industry – 26.6 billion tenge (pesticides - 9 687.5 million tenge, fertilizers – 15 171.4 million tenge, seeds - 1,235.0 million tenge, priority crops - 500 million tenge);
- for subsidizing livestock production - 5.7 billion tenge;
- financial instruments – KZT 30.3 billion (investment subsidies – KZT 21,014.6 million, reimbursement of interest rates on loans and leasing – KZT 9,245.3 million, within the framework of loan guarantee and insurance – KZT 86.76 million);
-to subsidize deep processing - 0.6 billion tenge.
Purchase of agricultural machinery
In January-February 2025, the Agricultural Machinery Plant purchased 25 units of equipment worth 0.7 billion tenge, including:
- combine harvesters - 2 units worth 160.9 million tenge;
- tractors - 8 units worth 96.6 million tenge;
- other equipment - 15 units worth 443.5 million tenge.
Animal husbandry
In January-February 2025, the region produced 33.3 thousand tons of live meat (108.8%), 23.5 thousand tons of milk (103.3%), and 99.5 million chicken eggs (104.7%).
As of March 1, 2025, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms is 407.6 thousand heads (100.8% compared to the same period in 2024), including 185.6 thousand cows (99.1%).
The number of horses was 258.7 thousand (107.4%), birds - 9890.2 thousand (110.3%).
The number of sheep and goats was 632.0 thousand (111.2%), pigs – 45.8 thousand (84.5%).
Implementation of investment projects in 2025
In 2025, it is planned to implement 20 investment projects in the agricultural sector totaling 46.5 billion tenge, including:
- for milk production - 5 projects worth 22.8 billion tenge;
- irrigation of fields - 7 projects worth 10.3 billion tenge;
- 1 meat production project worth 0.7 billion tenge;
- for processing agricultural products - 2 projects worth 6.1 billion tenge;
- grain storage - 5 projects worth 6.5 billion tenge.
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-February 2025, food products worth 44.3 billion tenge were produced, with an increase of 11.9% compared to the same period in 2024.
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 15.6 thousand tons of meat in physical terms with an increase of 13.5% compared to the same period in 2024, the volume of sausage production amounted to 532 tons with an increase of 8.6%.
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 21.3 thousand tons, with an increase of 13.1% compared to the same level in 2024, 360 tons of butter were produced, or with an increase of 15.4%, 222 tons of cheese and cottage cheese, and 1,453 tons of fermented dairy products, with an increase of 7.2%.
Processing of oilseeds
Vegetable oil was produced in 14.8 thousand tons with an increase of 3.2% compared to the same period in 2024.
Flour production
34.9 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, at the level of last year.