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The Abai region is executing a comprehensive agricultural development strategy under a national directive to double farm output, featuring 90 investment projects worth 254 billion tenge focused on poultry, dairy, and processing facilities to boost production, ensure food security, and generate employment through 2031.
The Food Corporation signed forward contracts with five farms to supply about 2,500 tons of lentils in a pilot project supported by the Global Environment Facility and UNDP, covering North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions, with additional plans for commodity lending and forward purchases of perennial grasses.
Prodkorporatsiya and Shandong Hi-Speed discussed agricultural exports, logistics, and increased grain and feed flour supplies to China, with potential forward contract financing.
Kazakhstan's Food Corporation and Tajikistan's State Material Reserves Agency agreed to boost food supplies, with Kazakhstan as the main wheat and flour supplier. Tajikistan plans to import up to 1.3 million tons of grain this season and invited Kazakh representatives for infrastructure talks, while both sides confirmed long-term cooperation and a future grain contract.
Prodkorporatsiya repaid 2.45 billion rubles in bonds, with the final coupon of 27.3 million rubles, marking the first Kazakh company to issue ruble-denominated bonds on the Moscow Exchange, and Moody's upgraded its credit rating outlook to positive.
Procorp launches forward financing for red lentils in northern Kazakhstan, aiming to diversify agriculture and support sustainable farming practices.
Prodkorporatsiya celebrated Nauryz with traditional food, national dress, and blessings, wishing farmers a successful season.
Employees of the Food Corporation participated in Kazakhstan's National Sports Day on March 20, 2026, featuring traditional games like asyk atu, with awards given to active participants.
Poultry farms have applied for 200,000 tons of grain; the Food Corporation sells grain via electronic exchange, with wheat prices varying by gluten content from 104,000 to 125,000 tenge per ton, and lower-class wheat reserved for livestock feed.
NurAgro seeks consortium partners for agricultural activities in Turkestan region, with application period from March 10 to April 10, 2026, requiring experience in southern Kazakhstan with water-saving technology and specific financial and operational criteria.
Prodkorporatsiya celebrated International Women's Day by awarding state honors to female employees for their contributions to agriculture and grain infrastructure.
The USDA published the 2025 U.S. Agricultural Export Yearbook on May 13, 2026, providing a statistical summary of exports for the 2025 calendar year, with data on top markets and commodities.
