Information on the progress of preparations for spring field work in the East Kazakhstan region

According to the forecast, in 2022 the sown area of agricultural crops will be 1393.3 thousand hectares, which is 14.6 thousand hectares more than last year (the sown area in 2021 is 1378.7 thousand hectares).
The structure of sown areas will be presented as follows:
- grain and leguminous crops 601.9 thousand ha, including winter crops 36.5 thousand ha;
- oilseeds 484.7 thousand ha;
- fodder crops 274.4 thousand ha, including perennial fodder crops 205.5 thousand ha;
- potatoes 19 thousand hectares;
- vegetables and melons 13.3 thousand hectares;
The planned volume of spring sowing in 2022 will be 1,151.3 thousand hectares.
To increase the fertility of the soil under arable land for the harvest of 2022, the farms of the region plan to purchase 36 thousand tons. As of April 6, 2022, the shipment is 54.0% or 19.5 thousand tons. All shipped volume is paid for 100%. By the beginning of spring field work, shipment will be carried out in full.
The price announced in the media was reduced by the supplier KazAzot JSC for ammonium nitrate from 200 thousand tenge to 160 thousand tenge.
The volume of filling seeds of all crops for the 2022 harvest is 109.9 thousand tons, of which: grain - 104.8 thousand tons or 108.1%, oilseeds - 4.3 thousand tons or 93%, fodder - 0, 8 thousand tons or 66% of the seed filling plan.
Agrarians of the region are fully provided with seeds of cereals, leguminous crops and potatoes. Every year there is a small deficit in own seeds for oilseeds and fodder crops, the lack of which is covered by supplies from Pavlodar, Almaty and Kostanay regions, as well as by foreign seed sellers.
All seed material will be checked for all quality indicators before the start of spring field work.
The farms of the region have the required number of tractors, sowing and tillage equipment, which will be fully prepared for the start of spring field work. The readiness of tractors is 98%, trailers 100%.
To fulfill the planned scope of work, 33 thousand tons of cheaper diesel fuel were allocated from the Pavlodar oil refinery at a selling price of 212 thousand tenge per ton (180.0 tenge / liter).
Of the allocated volumes of diesel fuel, 33 thousand tons, 5 thousand tons were distributed for March, 12 thousand tons for April, 11 thousand tons for May and 5 thousand tons for June. Selling prices for operators will be from 198 to 205 tenge per 1 liter.
For the successful implementation of spring field and harvesting work this year, 6 billion tenge of subsidies are provided from the regional budget, which is more by 577 million tenge than the level of 2021, including:
- to support seed production - 2 billion 367 million tenge;
- to reduce the cost of mineral fertilizers - 2 billion 136 million tenge;
- to reduce the cost of pesticides - 1 billion 472 million tenge;
- subsidizing the cost of services for the delivery of irrigation water - 179 million tenge.