BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 16
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Farmers of Turkmenistan’s Dashoguz region have started harvesting cotton, where, taking into account local soil and climatic conditions, harvesting starts later than in other regions of the country, Trend reports citing the Turkmenistan Today State News Agency.
According to the information, the cotton wedge in the Dashoguz region in the north of the country occupies 155,000 hectares, from which it is planned to collect 275,000 tons of cotton. It is noted that the farmers of this region grow medium-fiber varieties.
During the harvest season, hundreds of high-performance combines of the John Deere brand and other equipment will be involved, the fleet of which has been replenished with new machines in recent years.
About 2,000 trucks and tractors with trailers will be involved in the transportation of cotton. Reception points and ginning plants of the Dashoguzpagta production association are fully prepared for round-the-clock work.
In the laboratories equipped with modern equipment, specialists of Turkmenstandartlary Main State Service check the quality of the raw material handed over.
It is reported that last week farmers of the Akhal, Balkan, Lebap and Mary regions were the first in Turkmenistan to begin cotton harvest. In general, it is planned to harvest 1.2 million tons of cotton throughout the country.
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