Ministry of Agriculture: grain storage capacity is sufficient

Minister of Agriculture Aidarbek Saparov gave instructions to increase shipments and free up elevators on the eve of the new harvest, World of NAN reports with reference to the department.

There are 191 licensed grain receiving enterprises in Kazakhstan with a total storage capacity of more than 13.2 million tons. Work to prepare the material and technical base of the grain processing plant to accept grain from the new harvest is carried out as planned. In addition, the agricultural production facility has storage capacity for 15.8 million tons of grain. In general, this volume of containers is sufficient to store grain taking into account the predicted harvest.

To ensure the safety of grain, measures are being taken to expand elevator capacities through the construction of new and expansion of existing grain storage facilities. In 2024-2026, it is planned to commission five grain storage facilities with a capacity of 30.2 thousand tons.

At the beginning of July, grain reserves in Kazakhstan amount to 6.1 million tons, 5 million tons of which are wheat.

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