On June 3, wheat harvesting started in Turkmenistan. At a Cabinet meeting on May 26, President Serdar Berdimuhamedov instructed to start harvesting in Akhal, Lebap and Mary velayats on June 3, and in Balkan and Dashoguz velayats on June 10.

This year, Turkmen grain growers need to harvest 1,400,000 tons of grain from 690,000 hectares, including 400,000 tons in Akhal velayat, 310,000 tons in Lebap, 345, Dashoguz, 265, and Balkan, 80,000 tons, the state information agency TDH reports .

2,64 Claas, John Deere, Case, New Holland combine harvesters will be involved in the harvest. TDH writes that "hundreds of mobile repair and mechanical teams will serve the grain growers around the clock, providing them with everything they need - fuel and lubricants, spare parts for equipment."

However, as “Chronicles of Turkmenistan” previously reported , for example, in the Lebap velayat, two combine operators are assigned to each harvester, who will work in two shifts. They were also obliged to carry out repairs and ensure the performance of John Deere and Case machines at their own expense. The leadership of the association promises combine operators to reimburse their expenses after the harvest in the form of salaries and bonuses, which will depend on the amount of grain they have harvested.

The publication also writes that “state purchases of products, exemption of farmers from taxes, provision of maintenance services, seeds, mineral fertilizers, plant protection products to them on preferential terms - all these measures of financial and economic incentives for agricultural producers have the desired effect, contribute to their interest in the results of their labor." Meanwhile, farmers regularly report that they cover most of the costs themselves, and the production of planned crops (cotton, wheat, silkworm cocoons) is unprofitable for them.

Source: Chronicles of Turkmenistan