Dry weather raises fears over wheat planting in Kazakhstan

Dry weather in Kazakhstan, the second-largest wheat exporter in the former Soviet Union, may persist and threaten planting after a record crop.

The country, estimated by the US government to have more than doubled its harvest and raise shipments to an all-time high in 2011-2012, will continue to have dry weather with temperatures warming to above normal in March through May, said Telvent DTN Inc in a forecast.

Most of the wheat is planted in the spring, according to the UN.