JUNE 20 2017 (The Bulletin) — Kazakhstan expects its grain harvest to drop to between 17m tonnes and 18m tonnes this year compared to 20.6m tonnes last year, media reported quoting agriculture minister Askar Myrzakhmetov. Grain has become an increasingly important commodity for Kazakhstan over the past decade. A crop of around 18m tonnes is roughly the mean amount that Kazakhstan expects to harvest. In 2009, it har- vested nearly 23m tonnes of grain.
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(News report from Issue No. 334, published on June 26 2017)