Kazakhstan: sunflower at elevators up 15 tenge to 182 tenge per kg (≈ $407 per ton)

Kazakhstan's Ministry of Agriculture published its weekly trading-strategy recommendations for grain, oilseed and pulse producers on November 9, 2026. Sunflower at the elevator rose by 15 tenge per kg to 182 tenge (≈ $407 per ton); the price table shows no weekly change for wheat or barley.

Key figures

• Sunflower: 182 tenge/kg
• Week: +15 tenge/kg
• ≈ $407 per ton
• Wheat class 3: up to 106
• Barley class 2: 75 tenge/kg
• Yellow peas: 80 tenge/kg

What changed

According to the authors of the recommendations (the research bureau "Grain and Oilseed Crops. Kazakhstan"), the wheat market remains moderately active: in the class 4 and 5 segment, deals are made with regard to grain quality and price expectations. Barley is stable, supported by demand from feed producers and exporters. Exports are still affected by logistics and competition from Russian grain, and farmers are mostly waiting.

• Sunflower: price up 15 tenge per kg, recommendation is "sell".
• Soft wheat class 3 (all three gluten grades): recommendation is "stop", meaning pause selling until prices improve.
• Wheat classes 4 and 5, barley, rapeseed, soybeans, flax: "sell as needed".

In numbers

Average prices including VAT, at the elevator, for the new crop. The National Bank of Kazakhstan rate on November 9, 2026 was 447.14 tenge per dollar.

• Soft wheat class 3: 106 tenge per kg at gluten 28 and above (≈ $237 per ton), 93 at gluten up to 25 (≈ $208), 90 at gluten up to 23 (≈ $201).
• Wheat class 4: 86 tenge per kg (≈ $192 per ton); class 5: 70 (≈ $157).
• Barley class 2: 75 tenge per kg (≈ $168 per ton).
• Sunflower: 182 tenge per kg (≈ $407 per ton); the authors' possible seasonal high is 200 (≈ $447), low 150 (≈ $335).
• Rapeseed: 192 tenge per kg (≈ $429 per ton); soybeans: 193 (≈ $432); flax: 183 (≈ $409).
• Yellow peas: 80 tenge per kg (≈ $179 per ton), recommendation "sell".

What this means for a buyer

If you plan to buy machinery or seed with harvest proceeds, work from actual elevator prices: sunflower is now clearly more expensive than wheat, at 182 tenge per kg versus 106 for class 3 wheat with high gluten (≈ $407 versus ≈ $237 per ton). The recommendations differ by crop: "sell" for sunflower and yellow peas, "stop" for class 3 wheat. Machinery and seed from the US are paid for in dollars, so it is worth converting tenge proceeds at the rate on the day of payment.

Source: Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, November 9, 2026