A brief agrometeorological review for the 2nd decade of August 2026.
In the second decade of August, in the main grain-bearing regions of the country, the "full ripeness" phase of development was mainly observed in spring grain crops, in some areas "waxy ripeness", harvesting began.
In the north of the country, the "full ripeness" phase of development is mainly observed in spring wheat and spring barley crops, with "waxy ripeness" in some areas. The condition of spring grain crops and crops is generally good and excellent, in some areas satisfactory. In Arshalynsky, Egindykolsky, Tselinogradsky and Shortandinsky districts of Akmola region, in Karasu, Kamystinsky, Kostanay, Altynsarinsky, Auliekolsky, Uzunkolsky and Naurzumsky districts of Kostanay region, in Irtysh, Uspensky and Zhelezinsky districts of Pavlodar region, in the districts of Shal akyn, Zhambylsky, M.Zhumabayev and G.Musrepov of North Kazakhstan region, they began for cleaning work spring wheat. In Zerendinsky and Zharkainsky districts of Akmola region, in Denisovsky and Karasovsky districts of Kostanay region, in the districts of Shal Akyn and Yesilsky of North Kazakhstan region, harvesting of spring barley began, as well as in the Uspensky district of Pavlodar region, spring barley crops began to be mowed into rolls.
In the west and north-west of the country, the "full ripeness" phase of development is observed in spring grain crops, in some areas "wax ripeness", harvesting of spring wheat has begun in Uralsk, West Kazakhstan region and Aitekebiy district of Aktobe region. The condition of the plants is generally good and excellent.
In the east, in the Urjarsky, Zharminsky and Borodulikhinsky districts of the Abai region and in the East Kazakhstan region, the development phase of spring grain crops is mainly "full ripeness", in the Glubokovsky district of the East Kazakhstan region in some areas "milk ripeness". The condition of the plants is good and excellent. Harvesting of spring wheat and spring barley has begun in the Borodulikhinsky district of the Abai region. In the Ulan (spring wheat) and Shemonaikha (spring barley) districts of the East Kazakhstan region, harvesting activities (mowing into rolls) were noted in the observed areas.
In the center of the country, in the Osakarovsky, Nurinsky, Aktogay and Bukhar-Zhyrau districts of the Karaganda region, the "full ripeness" phase of development is observed in spring barley crops, and in the Karkaralinsky district, the "ear" phase is observed in late crops. In Aktogay and Nurinsk districts
The Karaganda region started harvesting spring barley. The "full ripeness" phase of development is observed in spring wheat crops. Harvesting has begun in the Ulytau district of the Ulytau region on spring wheat crops. The condition of the plants is generally good, in some areas satisfactory.
In the south-east of the country, the "full ripeness" phase of development is observed in spring grain crops, and the harvesting of spring barley continues.
In the east and north of the country, the development phase of "ripening" - "harvest ripeness" continues in sunflower crops. The condition of the plants is good and excellent, satisfactory in some areas.
In the south of the country, the "flowering"-"opening of the 1st box" phases of development are observed in cotton fields. The condition of the plants is good and excellent.
In the Shieli district of the Kyzylorda region and in the Karatal district of the Zhetisu region, the phases of development of "milk ripeness"- "wax ripeness" are observed in rice crops. The condition of the plants is good and satisfactory.
On the last day of the decade, excellent herbage condition is observed in the North Kazakhstan region (Talshyk station), as well as on individual pastures in Aktobe (Karabulak station), Almaty (Village No. 4 station) regions, good herbage condition prevails in Karaganda, Atyrau, Zhambyl, Kyzylorda regions and in most observation posts of the Aktobe region, satisfactory condition in most localities of Turkestan region, Zhetisu region, Ulytau, as well as in Kostanay West Kazakhstan regions.
In general, in the second decade of August, according to the results of instrumental determination of productive moisture reserves in the soil, soil desiccation is mainly observed in the arable soil layer. In the northern grain-bearing regions (Kostanay, Akmola, North Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions) in the half-meter and meter layers of soil, productive moisture reserves in most observation areas remain satisfactory and optimal. In the west, productive moisture reserves are characterized by unevenness, in the West Kazakhstan region, there is an improvement in soil moisture reserves in the half-meter and meter layers, in the Aktobe region, insufficient moisture reserves were noted in these layers. In the central and eastern regions of the country, insufficient reserves of productive moisture prevailed in the arable and half-meter layers. In the south and southeast (half-meter, meter), due to irrigation of fields, moisture reserves remain satisfactory and optimal.
