Published 06.12.2021 During the growing season (the period of time during which a growing crop goes through a full cycle of its development), mainly hot weather conditions developed throughout Kazakhstan, which contributed to the evaporation of moisture from the meter-long soil layer. Before the onset of frost, there was also little precipitation in most of the republic, which led to poor soil moisture.
According to the results of route surveys conducted in October-November 2021, in the predominant territory of grain-growing regions, before going into winter, there is a shortage of moisture reserves in the meter layer of soil.
Low moisture reserves are observed in the arable soil layer (0-20 cm) throughout the country, with the exception of some areas of Akmola, Pavlodar, East Kazakhstan and Almaty regions. The insufficient level of moisture reserves in the meter layer of soil (i.e. below 50% of the lowest field moisture capacity) was mainly formed in the west, north, east of the republic and mainly in the Zhambyl and Turkestan regions, with the exception of some areas where satisfactory and optimal moisture reserves were noted.
The conditions of moisture accumulation were most favorable in the Karaganda and Almaty regions, where generally satisfactory and optimal conditions of moisture in the meter layer of soil were formed.
In October-November, 12-51 mm of precipitation fell in the west of the country, 15-49 mm in the north, 13-56 mm in the center, 66-193 mm in the east, 14-78 mm in the south and 0-91 mm in the southeast, which contributed to the replenishment of moisture reserves in the soil.