During the week Almaty farmers planted 27 thousand hectares with cereal crops

ALMATY. April 20, 2013, 16:46. BNews.kz Photo resource kazakh-zerno.kz

In Almaty region sowing campaign is in full swing. Over the past week sowing area of cereal crops increased by 27 thousand hectares.

According to operational summary of the Ministry of Agriculture of Kazakhstan, on April 15, spring wheat in the region covered about 94 thousand hectares, of the planned 204.6, Kazakh Zerno reports.

In addition, perennial grasses are planted on 8.8 thousand hectares, which accounts for 35% of the plan. Oilseeds occupied 15.5 thousand hectares of local farmland, wrote the correspondent of the IA "Kazakh-Zerno”.

Of the planned 31.6 thousand hectares vegetables are now panted on 14.7 thousand hectares. Potatoes are planted on 7.5 thousand hectares, which is about 20% of the plan.