According to the head of the Department of agriculture and regulation of the grain market of the regional Department of agriculture Yerzhan Bekturova, currently, work has begun on the protection of crops from weeds. Chemical weeding is carried out on the area of 2.7 million hectares or 69.6% of the planned 3.9 million hectares.

In addition, this year from the local budget to combat harmful organisms selected 166.3 million tenge. It is planned to handle 94,6 thousand ha or 38.6% of the projected area of the settlement of the pests. As of July 1 of this year, the work against grasshoppers was conducted on 32 thousand hectares, accounting for 88.9 percent of the plan. Activities in this area are continuing.

At the expense of the Republican budget it is planned to conduct treatment against diseases of agricultural cultures on the area 905,9 thousand hectares, including against owlet moth on 287,9 thousand hectares of locust – 18.3 thousand hectares and the Colorado potato beetle by 0.3 thousand hectares.

As noted in Akmola experts, the General condition of the grain crops is as follows: in good condition are 2.7 million hectares, or 63%, in satisfactory - 1.6 million ha, or 37%.

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