In his letter, the Uzbek president said that the country collected 286,000 tonnes of more grain in 2010 compared to previous year. From each hectare of irrigated area, grain-growers received 51 centners of grain. The letter said the good crop was also received on dry lands.

The yield made up 53-58 centners per hectare in Andijan, Bukhara, Kashkadarya, Samarkand and Tashkent regions. The yield exceeded 55-67 centners per hectare in Pakhtaabad, Balykchi, Ishtyhan, Yakkabag, Kasb, Urganch, Gijduvan, Peshku, Quyichirchiq and Dustlik districts.

Uzbek leader said that after fulfilling their contractual obligations, farmers kept 4.09 million tonnes of grain or 60% of total crop.

As of 1 July 2010, number of farm entities reached 80,628. Each farm entity has in average 62.4 hectares of land. They employ about 1.6 million people.

About 41,000 of total number of farms specialize in cotton and grain production and over 22,000 – gardening and viticulture, 4,000 - vegetable-growing and fruit growing, over 6,000 – cattle breeding and 6,000 – other directions. Share of farm entities in Uzbekistan’s GDP made up 33%.