Insights and Stories on Kazakhstan

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s lentils face competition

Feb. 2, 2021 at 7:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Acreage and production of lentils in Canada are expected to mostly remain the same for the 2021-22 crop year. While strong demand during the COVID-19 pandemic has bolstered prices over the past year, increased production from competing exporters may cut into that buying interest going forward. Elyce Simpson […]

Beware of Kazakhs wanting to buy seed, agency says

Nov. 25, 2020 at 3:38 pm CST

By Allan Dawson

Kazakhstan’s president says farmland won’t be sold to foreigners

Jul. 10, 2020 at 3:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Russia will suspend grain exports for six weeks if quota runs out mid-May

Apr. 17, 2020 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Polina Devitt

China eases customs curbs for soy imports through northern border

Jan. 2, 2020 at 12:49 pm CST

By Reuters

Flax prices muted

Jul. 15, 2019 at 8:01 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Flax yields are expected to be average at harvest season, thanks to the combination of more seeded acres and inclement growing conditions. Export numbers have been lower in recent years, due in part to China having opted to import flax from other countries besides Canada. According to an […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Lentils back at square one heading into 2018

Dec. 15, 2017 at 5:33 pm CST

CNS Canada — Lentil prices in Western Canada have dropped significantly over the past year as India’s policy changes and militant actions elsewhere affected markets, according to traders. Green lentil prices in Western Canada lost anywhere from 20 to 36 cents per pound over the course of 2017, according to […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Canadian flax prospects dimmed by China’s silk road

Nov. 17, 2017 at 4:35 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS – China’s construction of a new “silk road” connecting the country to Europe isn’t likely to be good news for Canadian flax exporters. For several years, Canada has been the main exporter of flax to China but that could likely change if Kazakhstan ever has a direct […]

By Dave Sims

Kazakh president meets farmland protests with reshuffle

May. 6, 2016 at 7:38 pm CDT

Astana | Reuters — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing opposition calls for a demonstration in the business centre Almaty, completed a government reshuffle initiated this week in response to street protests against farmland privatisation plans. Economy minister Yerbolat Dosayev and agriculture minister Asylzhan Mamytbekov, whose ministries were behind the planned […]

By Reuters

Kazakh leader evokes Ukraine as land protests spread

May. 2, 2016 at 6:09 pm CDT

Almaty | Reuters –– Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, facing a growing wave of protests against planned changes to land ownership, evoked the image of war-torn Ukraine on Sunday as he called for national unity. Speaking at an event in Almaty to mark the annual May 1 Unity Day celebrations, Nazarbayev […]

By Reuters

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