Brief agrometeorological review for the first ten‑day period of September 2026.
In the first ten‑day period of September, harvesting activities continue on spring wheat and spring barley crops in the country’s grain‑growing regions.
In the Kegen district of the Almaty region, sowing of winter wheat has begun.
In the east and north of the country, sunflower crops are in the “maturation” to “harvest maturity” development stages. The condition of the plants is good to excellent, with satisfactory conditions in some areas.
In the south of the country, the development stages of “opening of the first boll” to “ripening of the raw cotton of the first boll” are continuing in the cotton fields. The condition of the plants is good to excellent.
In the Shieli district of the Kyzylorda region, rice crops have begun to be harvested, and in the Karat district of the Zhetisu region, the “waxy ripeness” stage of development was observed. The condition of the plants is good.
On the last day of the decade, dry turf was mainly observed on pastures; wet turf was observed on some pastures in the Aktobe Region.
According to data from instrumental observations of the reserves of productive moisture in the soil, compared to the previous decade, soil moisture conditions in most regions remained unchanged. In the northern grain‑growing regions of the country, satisfactory and optimal soil moisture conditions were mainly observed; there was a moisture deficit in the upper arable layer. In the west, the reserves of productive moisture (RPM) are characterized by unevenness; in the West Kazakhstan Region, an improvement (optimal and satisfactory) in soil moisture content is observed in the half‑meter and meter layers, while in the Aktobe Region, insufficient moisture reserves were recorded at almost all observation sites. In the central and eastern regions of the country, the reserves of productive moisture in the arable and half‑meter layers remain insufficient. In the southern and southeastern regions, on irrigated fields, satisfactory and optimal moisture reserves were observed in the one‑meter and half‑meter soil layers.
