NUR-SULTAN- Kazakhstan plans to limit exports of barley and wheat used for animal feeds and completely ban exports of rye for six months amid feed shortages caused by drought across Central Asia, a Kazakh government source told Reuters on Monday.

"The restrictions are set to be imposed from August 15, but the exact dates may change," the source said.

Kazakhstan is the biggest grain producer in the former Soviet region of Central Asia located between Russia and China.

The region has seen abnormal heat over the last few weeks and farmers in some Kazakh provinces have reported feed shortages and deaths of livestock.

(Reporting by Tamara Vaal Writing by Olzhas Auyezov. Editing by Jane Merriman) ((olzhas.auyezov@thomsonreuters.com; +7 727 2508 500; Reuters Messaging: olzhas.auyezov.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))