Graintek-2011

Astana. October 10. Interfax-Kazakhstan - This year Kazakhstan will reap 22-23 million tons of grain in net weight, the Minister of Agriculture Asylzhan Mamytbekov said. "The size of the grain harvest is forecast at 22-23 million tons in net weight. According to the regional akim's offices, the current harvest has already exceeded 24 million tons," Mamytbekov said, speaking in the parliament in Astana on Monday.

As of Oct. 6, 2011, 90 percent of the harvested area of cereals has been harvested in Kazakhstan milled at 24 million tons of grain in bunker weight with yields of 16.5 quintals per hectare, which is 7.7 tons per hectare more than 2010, the press service of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture reported on Friday

Russia harvested 90 mln tons of grain by the beginning of this month, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. These figures are one and a half times higher than last year's indices. Russia is strengthening its positions on the world grain market, broadening the geography of supplies. Experts say that from July to September Russia exported about 10 mln tons of grain. Unprecedented figures in all post-Soviet history. Russian grain exporters who returned to the world market after nearly a one-year embargo can be satisfied. In July, when a grain export ban was lifted, Russia sold nearly 10 mln tons of grain abroad. And judging by statistics, export volumes are growing from month to month. These are record indices. Russia has never exported food products in such volumes over the past 20 years. Head of the analytical centre "Sovekon" Andrei Sizov said a few words about the reasons for success in this field. "Factor No.