A Comparison of the Agronomics and Economics of Wheat Production in Saskatchewan, Canada and Kokchetev, Kazakhstan

William J. Brown

No 346405, 11th Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: Saskatchewan, Canada and Kokchetev, Kazakhstan are two of the prime wheat growing areas of the world. Their climate, topography, and soil resources are very similar. This paper compares the agronomics and economics of wheat production in the two regions and finds many similarities but also some significant differences. Saskatchewan consists of a system of independently family owned and reasonably well managed farm businesses with an average size of approximately 500 hectares. Kokchetev consists of a system of large (10,000 hectares) formally state owned, and now cooperatively owned farms. In theory the Kokchetev farms should be much more efficient but they are plagued by worn out machinery, massive under employment and too much debt. Many of these Kokchetev farms are undergoing massive restructuring whereby the ownership is being concentrated in fewer hands, new western farm machinery is being used, and former state farm workers are losing their jobs.

Keywords: Crop; Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 12
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346405

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