Brief overview of agrometeorological conditions

A brief agrometeorological review for the 1st decade of February 2025.
In the first decade of February, in the south-east of the republic, in areas where winter crops were cultivated, the temperature background was below normal by 2...5 °C, in the south of the republic about and above normal by 1 ° C. Precipitation in the areas of winter grain cultivation was insignificant. In the south and southeast, winter grain crops were in a state of winter dormancy. 
In the observed areas of the Almaty region and the Zhetisu region, during periods of cold weather, the minimum air temperature dropped to minus 15... 25 °C, in some places (to minus 27 °C) and the minimum soil temperature at the depth of the winter wheat tillering node (3 cm) dropped to minus 5 ° C. The soil is frozen to a depth of 32 cm to 53 cm, (in places 67 cm). The height of the snow cover was 20-39 cm, and in the vicinity of the Sarkand weather station in the Zheti region it was up to 67 cm. The height of the snow cover in these areas was sufficient to protect crops from frost. 
The results of growing plant samples in the Almaty region on January 20 showed that winter wheat crops were damaged by an average of 6-11% (31% of the Akkaynar agropost).
In the areas of winter grain cultivation in the Zhambyl region, the minimum air temperature dropped to minus 11...17 °C in places (minus 19...22 °C) and the minimum temperature at the depth of the winter wheat tillering node (3 cm) dropped to minus 10 °C. The height of the snow cover in the vicinity of the Kordai agropost is 4 cm and the Nurlykent weather station is 2 cm, in the rest of the observed areas the snow has melted. The soil was frozen to a depth of 12-25 cm (42-53 cm in places). 
In the south of the country, the minimum air temperature dropped to minus 5...9 °C in places (minus 14°C) and the minimum temperature at the depth of the winter wheat tillering node (3 cm) dropped to minus 1 °C.  In most areas of the south, the soil was thawed, only in the vicinity of the Shymkent weather station freezing up to 6 cm was noted. There was no snow cover; in the vicinity of the Tasaryk weather station, the snow cover was 21 cm high. In fields where there is no snow cover in the surface layer, the leaves of winter crops may dry out, which may somewhat complicate the start of winter crop growth in spring.  
The agrometeorological conditions in the south and south-east of the republic for winter wheat wintering were satisfactory. Low air and soil temperatures, which are dangerous for wintering crops, were not observed. 
        In the past decade of December, cattle grazed on individual pastures in Aktobe, Atyrau, Almaty, Kyzylorda, Mangystau, Turkestan regions and Zhetysu region. The animals are kept in stalls in the Alginsky and Irgiz districts of Aktobe region, in the Syrym, Akzhaik and Zhanybek districts of West Kazakhstan region, in the Arkalyk district of Kostanay region, Ulytau district of Ulytau region. In the Karatal district of the Zhetysu region and in the Mangystau district of the Mangystau region, livestock breeders feed breeding stock and young animals, and a breeding company is being conducted in the Syrym district of the West Kazakhstan region.
        Frozen sod is mainly observed on pastures, in some pastures in the Aitekebi district of the Aktobe region, in the Shuisky district of the Zhambyl region, in the Karatal district of the Zhetusu region and in the Mangistau district of the Mangistau region, the sod is raw.