This year, a record sugar beet harvest of 635 thousand tons was harvested in the Zhetisu region. To date, 600 thousand tons of these have been sold for processing at the Aksu and Koksu sugar plants. The acceptance of raw materials at two enterprises continues, the press service of the akim of the region Zhetisu reports.
According to the regional department of agriculture, small farms in the region have already sold their products to factories.
- All small peasant farms have already handed over their crops to sugar factories for processing. To date, there are only 12 large farms that use their own and rented vehicles and transport their products. In the region as a whole, today the level of pollution of products sold has amounted to 7.6%, after two days of snowfall, this figure is 11.2%. In total, this year we have received 635 thousand tons of sugar beet. We provide farmers with all the necessary support, starting from planting seeds, ending with harvesting and processing," said Nurdaulet Kenenbayev, head of the regional Department of Agriculture.
To date, the Aksu sugar plant has received more than 340 thousand tons of products, and the Koksu Sugar Plant has received 254 thousand tons. Admission at both enterprises is still ongoing.
According to Samat Nadirbayev, director of the Aksu Sugar Factory, sugar beet from the Zhambyl region is accepted along with the products of our region.
The Koksu Sugar Factory plans to accept up to 260 thousand tons of beet this year.
- To date, 254 thousand tons of sugar beet have been accepted, of which 164 thousand tons have been processed. The plant is operating at the installed capacity. In general, until this year we took up to 200 thousand tons of beetroot, and this year we plan to add another 60 thousand tons, as the harvest is rich. To date, 2.5 billion tenge has already been paid out, making settlements with farms. As the products are sold, we will continue to calculate them in a timely manner," says Altynbek Abatov, director of the Koksu Sugar Factory.
For example, Arman Bekbasov, the head of the Arman farm, says that this year, having sown seeds of a precocious beet hybrid, he harvested the crop on time. "We assessed the weather conditions, analyzed our capabilities, especially since we sowed fast-ripening seeds and harvested the crop on time. Within a week after the beet was delivered to the Aksu Sugar Factory, we received the appropriate payment from the plant, and within ten days we received subsidies from the state," A. Bekbasov said.
It should be recalled that this year the acreage of sugar beet in the Zhetisu region has been increased by 1.7 times and brought to 13.7 thousand hectares, 635 thousand tons of sweet root crops have been harvested. It is planned to produce 94 thousand tons of sugar at two sugar factories, of which 64 thousand tons will be produced from sugar beet. Also, 8 new service and procurement centers were created in 5 beet districts, 62 pieces of equipment worth 2.5 billion tenge, necessary for the production of sugar beet, were purchased for 30 farms.
Press service of the akim of Zhetisu region
Photo: Dmitry Yerofeyev, Zhenis Isskabai (photos from the archive)

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/zhetysu-oblysy/press/news/details/907092