Prime Minister Askar Mamin held a meeting with the leaders of the largest American agricultural companies: Tyson Foods President Steve Stouffer, Valmont Irrigation President Leonard Adams, AGCO Vice President T. Wilkie.

The development of cooperation in the agro-industrial complex to implement the agreements reached during the official visit of the First President – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev to the United States in 2018.

Today, the implementation of new joint projects for the construction of a meat processing plant with a capacity of up to 2,000 heads of cattle per shift, a feed center, a fish-farming complex, an agri-business park, and an irrigation system production plant are underway. All projects will be equipped with advanced technologies that meet international standards.

Representatives of the companies noted the progress in the development of agro-industrial Kazakhstan and emphasized a great potential for joint production. The favorable geographical position of Kazakhstan opens up new sales markets for companies, including to the countries of the EAEU, Central Asia and the PRC.

Askar Mamin, in turn, said that the Government of Kazakhstan would provide full support to Kazakhstan-US cooperation in the agro-industrial sector.

The US Ambassador to Kazakhstan William Moser, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to the US Yerzhan Kazykhanov, Minister of Agriculture Saparkhan Omarov and others attended the meeting.

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