A brief agrometeorological overview for the 3rd decade of April, 2025.
In the third decade of April, in the south and south-east of the republic, in areas where winter crops were cultivated, the temperature background was higher than normal by 2...4 °C. Precipitation was mostly less than normal, only in the Sarkand district of the Zhetisu region it fell about normal.
In the observed areas of the Almaty region and the Zhetisu region, the minimum air temperature was mainly in the range of 2...8 °C, however, in some areas of the southeast there was a negative anomaly in air temperature up to minus 1...2 ° C. In the observed areas with winter wheat, the development phases of "tillering" are observed - "the appearance of the lower stem node above the soil surface." The condition of the plants is generally good and excellent.
In Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, the minimum air temperature was in the range of plus 3...7 °C. In the observed areas with winter wheat, the phases of development "exit into the tube" are observed - "the appearance of the lower stem node above the soil surface", in the vicinity of the Kordai agricultural post of the Zhambyl region "koloshenie". The condition of the plants is generally good, satisfactory in the Baydibek district and in the vicinity of the city of Shymkent in Turkestan.
In the south of the country, in the Maktaaral (Zhalyn agricultural post) and Ordabasi (Bogen agricultural post) districts of the Turkestan region, cotton sowing began after preliminary tillage. The development phases of "shoots" - "the first real leaf" - were noted on the plots. The condition of the crops is generally excellent, in the vicinity of the Bogen agricultural post it is good.
In the vicinity of the Oshakty agricultural post in the Kelessky district of the Turkestan region, a phase of development "the appearance of the 5th leaf" was observed in the observed areas at the end of the decade. The plants are in good condition.
Rice sowing started in the vicinity of the Shieli weather station in the Kyzylorda region after pre-treatment, and the quality of field work is good.
In the vicinity of the Zhansugurovo meteorological station in the Aksu district of the Zhetysu region, soybeans were sown after pre-tillage, and the quality of field work is good.
In the Zhambyl region, in the vicinity of the Sarykemer weather station, the "shoots" phase of development is observed in the observed areas. The condition is mostly excellent.
Safflower sowing has begun in the vicinity of the Burlin agricultural post in the Burlinsky district of the West Kazakhstan region, and the quality of work is good.
In the third decade of April, according to the results of observations of soil moisture in the main grain-bearing regions of the country, the conditions of moisture accumulation
The soils are satisfactory and optimal, and there is a lack of moisture in the soil in most of the West Kazakhstan region.
On the last day of the decade, cattle were grazing everywhere in the pastures. In Karatal district of Zhetysu region, Mangystau district of Mangystau region and Ulytau district of Ulytau region, livestock breeders feed breeding stock and young animals. Dry sod is noted on most of the pastures, in Aitekebi, Shalkar, Kobda, Bayganinsky districts of Aktobe region, in Kzylkoginsky district of Atyrau region, Syrymsky district of West Kazakhstan region, the sod is raw.
At the end of the decade, pastures in the Akzhaiksky district of the West Kazakhstan region were heavily drained, in the Irgizsky district of the Aktobe region, in the Moyinkumsky, Shusky districts of the Zhambyl region, the Shetsky district of the Karaganda region, the Mangistau district of the Mangistau region, pastures were poorly drained in the rest of the territory.
