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In 2025, Kazakhstan anticipates expanding the area dedicated to linseed cultivation to 1 million hectares, driven by strong demand, particularly from the European Union. The Grain Union of Kazakhstan provided updated data on linseed exports for the first eight months of the MY 2024/25. In April, linseed exports from Kazakhstan reached 35.4 thousand tons, a

Thanks to early irrigation water delivery to fields, farmers in the Zhetysai District of the Turkestan Region have harvested their first melon crop ahead of schedule, the press service of the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation of Kazakhstan reports. According to the Turkestan Region administration, Zhetysai farmers have already begun exporting their early melon harvest abroad. The Al-Farabi farm, led by Alfharabi Kuzenbayev, is sending the first batch of 100 tons of produce to the Russian Federation. On 50 hectares of land, the farmer grows melon varieties "Nur-Bakinka" and "Dampera", and additionally planted cotton on 250 hectares. "Great thanks to the Kazvodkhoz team. Despite challenging conditions, they continue to provide us with irrigation water. Thanks to their work, melons ripened earlier this year," the farm chairman said. According to him, demand on the Russian market is high this year. Melons are being sold directly from the field at 400 tenge per kilogram, ...

Kazakhstan is rapidly strengthening its position in the global oilseed products market. Over the past three years, sunflower oil production in the country has grown 2.5 times, exports have increased 4.8 times, and imported packaged oil has decreased by 11%, according to the Ministry of Trade and Integration of Kazakhstan. For the first time, the republic has entered the TOP-10 largest sunflower oil exporters in the world, taking 8th place based on 2024 results. Kazakhstan has also entered the top three leading suppliers of sunflower meal to the European Union — a key livestock product in demand in dozens of countries. According to the Ministry of Trade, export revenue from the sale of oils, meal, and cake in the last season reached $562 million. In the coming years, Kazakhstan plans to increase this indicator to $1 billion annually. As explained in the department, such growth will be possible through a gradual shift in crop priorities — from wheat to more profitable oilseed crops, primarily sunflower.