In the first decade of March in the south, south-east of the republic in areas of cultivation of winter crops, the temperature background was mainly above the norm by 1 ... 9 ° C, in the west by 2 ... 4 ° C, precipitation was everywhere above the norm. In general, meteorological conditions were satisfactory for the completion of overwintering of winter crops. This was reported in the agrometeorological review of Kazhydromet for the first ten days of March.
On the observed sites in the Turkestan region, the resumption of the vegetation of winter crops is noted. The development phase of winter wheat "seedlings" - "3rd leaf", plant height 4-17 cm.
“The condition of the crops is assessed as good, the average number of plants per 1 m² reaches 148-332 pcs. The condition of alfalfa grasses is generally good, in the vicinity of the agroposts of Bugun Ordabasy and Ekpendy Baidibek districts, it is satisfactory, the development phase is “stem growth”. The height of alfalfa grasses reached up to 5 cm,” Kazhydromet reports.
The minimum soil temperature at the tillering node depth (3 cm) of winter wheat was from 0˚С to minus 2˚С in Almaty region, 0˚С in Zhambyl region and plus 1…4˚С in Turkestan region.