Plant growing
In the region, sowing was carried out on an area of 5.4 million hectares.
- grain and leguminous crops - on an area of 4603.2 thousand hectares;
- oil crops - 268.7 thousand hectares;
- forage crops - 503.5 thousand hectares (taking into account grasses of previous years);
- potatoes - on 7.8 thousand hectares, vegetables - on 1.5 thousand hectares.
Acquisition of agricultural machinery
In January - June 2024, agricultural producers purchased 630 units of machinery for 17.3 billion tenge, including:
- grain harvesters - 41 units for 4.9 billion tenge;
- tractors - 182 units for 7.2 billion tenge;
- seeders - 169 units for 270.0 million tenge;
- seeding complexes - 9 units for 1 billion tenge; - other equipment - 229 units for 3.9 billion tenge.
Livestock
In January-May 2024, the region produced 81.9 thousand tons of live meat (97.4%), 128.2 thousand tons of milk (102.2%), and 281.2 million chicken eggs (97.4%).
As of June 1, 2024, the total number of cattle in all categories of farms was 484.3 thousand heads (97.4% of the same period in 2023), including 198.8 thousand cows (100.8%).
The number of horses was 302 thousand heads (98.1%), and poultry - 9557.2 thousand heads (96.8%).
The number of sheep and goats amounted to 760.2 thousand heads (95.4%), pigs - 69.3 thousand heads (73.4%).
(statistical data for 6 months will be published after July 29 of this year).
Implementation of investment projects within the food belt
In 2024, 41 investment projects are planned to be implemented in the agro-industrial complex for a total of 76.8 billion tenge, including:
- 6 projects for the construction of grain storage facilities for 2.2 billion tenge;
- 11 projects for the construction of dairy farms for 43.5 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for the construction of meat farms for 0.8 billion tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of a poultry farm for 12 billion tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of a warehouse for storing liquid fertilizers for 0.6 billion tenge;
- 9 projects for processing agricultural products for 10.8 billion tenge;
- 6 projects for irrigation for 6.1 billion tenge;
- 1 project for forage production for 0.8 billion tenge.
Implemented investment projects
As of July 23, 2024, 12 projects worth 29.3 billion tenge have been implemented:
- 1 project for the construction of a meat farm - Makinskoye Agricultural Production Enterprise LLP for 600 heads of horses worth 330 million tenge (in the Birzhan-Sal district);
- 1 project for the processing of agricultural products - Kazger KUS LLP (feed mill) with a capacity of 720 tons worth 127.2 million tenge (in the Birzhan-Sal district);
- 1 project for the processing of poultry meat - IL Tov LLP with a capacity of 346 thousand tons worth 3.5 billion tenge (in the city of Kosshy);
- 1 project for the construction of a dairy farm - AF Rodina LLP for 1,000 heads worth 2.2 billion tenge (in the Tselinograd district);
- 1 project for the construction of a poultry farm - Ak-Dala Agro LLP for 6 thousand tons for 12 billion tenge (in the Arshalynsky district);
- 1 project for grain processing - ABM AGRO LLP with a capacity of 31,200 tons for 0.4 billion tenge (in the Shortandy district);
- 1 irrigation project - Zelenoe-1 LLP for 302 hectares for 0.5 billion tenge (in the Astrakhan district);
- 1 project for the construction of a dairy farm - in the Sandytau district: Karlygash farm for 50 heads for 42 million tenge;
- 1 project for the construction of grain storage facilities - Tyn Zher 18 LLP with a capacity of 100 tons per hour for 140 million tenge (in the Akkol district);
- 1 project for the construction of a warehouse for storing liquid fertilizers - TOO "Zhuravlevka - 1" for 3,000 sq. m for 600 million tenge (Bulandy district);
- 1 project for the construction of a dairy farm - TOO "En-Dala" for 1,498 heads for 8.2 billion tenge (Tselinograd district);
- 1 project for the processing of agricultural products - TOO "Garanti Export" with a capacity of up to 5 tons per hour for 1.2 billion tenge (in the city of Kokshetau);
Development of a food belt around Astana
As part of the development of the food belt, a 300-kilometer zone has been defined, which includes 17 districts of the region.
Currently, 130 enterprises of the region are engaged in the permanent supply of agricultural products, including 68 - livestock products (meat and meat products, milk and dairy products), 8 - poultry (poultry meat, edible eggs), 54 - plant products (flour, potatoes, vegetables, vegetable oil). The products are sold in 44 large retail outlets in the capital, such as Magnum, Astykzhan, Small and markets - Eurasia, Alem, Shapagat and others.
Processing of agricultural products
In Akmola region there are:
- 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;
- 29 flour mills with a production capacity of 1033.6 thousand tons per year;
- 8 oilseed processing enterprises with a production capacity of 138.0 thousand tons per year.
In January-June 2024, food products were produced for the amount of 120.4 billion tenge, an increase of 104% compared to the same period in 2023.
The main share in the structure of food production is occupied by the meat processing industry - 46.6%, dairy - 20.6%, vegetable oil - 11.6%, grain processing - 10.3%, bread and bakery - 2.0%, other industries - 9.2%.
Meat processing
Meat processing enterprises and workshops produced 45.0 thousand tons of meat in physical terms, a decrease of 7.1% compared to the same period in 2023, the volume of sausage production amounted to 1,568 tons, a decrease of 12.7%
Milk processing
The volume of processed milk production amounted to 57.7 thousand tons, an increase of 22.5% compared to the same level in 2023, 1,126 tons of butter were produced, a decrease of 2.6%, cheese and cottage cheese - 922 tons, an increase of 21.9%, fermented milk products - 4,154 tons, an increase of 0.7%.
Oilseed processing
38.8 thousand tons of vegetable oil were produced, an increase of 32.6% compared to the same period in 2023.
Flour production
107.2 thousand tons of fine flour were produced, an increase of 3.6% compared to the same period in 2023.