Beets are delivered to storage sites for piling.

The Zhetysu region is perhaps the only area in the republic where the harvest is still ongoing, as sugar beets continue to be delivered from the fields to the storage sites of two local sugar factories.

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November has already sent snowy days to local farmers, and cold rains are attempting to interfere with the sugar beet harvest, yet the work continues – there’s still about 20 percent of the crop left to be transported to processing plants. The deputy head of the regional agricultural department, Bakhtiyar Shampikov, shared updates on the prolonged sugar beet harvesting campaign in Semirechye with media representatives.

The speaker noted that compared to last year, the area planted with sugar beets in the region has increased by 5,500 hectares.

– Of the 13,700 hectares of beet fields, 10,900 have been harvested, or 80 percent, – he reported. – A total of 526,300 tons of sweet root crops have been dug up, with an average yield of 484.5 centners per hectare. The sugar factories in Zhetysu, of which there are two, have purchased 421,300 tons of the new crop: 200,600 tons have been sent to the Koksu factory, and 220,700 tons to the Aksu sugar factory.

Some of the harvested beets are piled at the edges of the fields, while long lines of trucks from farming enterprises delivering the root crops for processing queue up at the factory’s beet reception points.

– The Aksu sugar factory has received 27,000 tons of sugar beets from the Zhambyl region under an agreement between the factory and the farming enterprises of the neighboring region, – explained Bakhtiyar Shampikov. – However, a few days ago, the acceptance of external crops was suspended. Daily, according to the approved schedule, the sugar factories can only accept five to six thousand tons of root crops, which amounts to about 250 trucks. They will continue to accept the crop harvested this year in record volumes, even in December.

This means, we note, that for the first time, both agrarians and sugar producers will gain experience regarding the implications of this during cold weather. Currently, in Zhetysu, daytime temperatures are above zero, while at night they drop to minus 10 degrees Celsius. However, the weather forecasts for December are already less forgiving.