OREANDA-NEWS. May 28, 2012. The crop harvest campaign has started throughout Turkmenistan this week. This year Turkmen grain growers are to reap 1.6 million tons of grain from the area of about 860,000 hectares. Of them, 450,000 tons in Ahal Velayat, 380,000 tons in Mary Velayat, 350,000 tons in Lebap Velayat, 300,000 tons in Dashoguz Velayat and 120,000 tons in Balkan Velayat are to be harvested. This year they have sown seeds of the best ak bugday varieties including such high-yield varieties as Sahrai, Yubileynaya-100, Juvan, Yoloten-1, Batko, Turkmenbashi-1 and Turkmenbashi in fertilized tilled soil.

According to the Turkmenobahyzmat Association, over 2,000 combine harvesters, including John Deere, Case, New Holland and Kaas machines, and 380 crews of Turkmen machine operators will be engaged in the 2012 harvest campaign. The necessary conditions are created to ensure uninterrupted functioning of the grain harvest conveyer, including maintenance service and organisation of grain growers’ recreation.

Trucks will deliver grain to 158 receiving points that have been prepared and equipped by the beginning of the harvest campaign. Each of the points has a laboratory where specialists of the Turkmenstandartlary State Service will test the quality of grain delivered.

The first tons of the 2012 grain harvest have been delivered to the receiving points in Ahal, Lebap and Mary Velayats.