Editing Economy of Turkmenistan (section)

===Mechanization of agriculture===
Since independence, the Turkmenistan government has spent considerable sums on imported agricultural tractors, harvesters, and implements.  In 2012, around 7,000 tractors, 5,000 cotton cultivators, 2,200 seeders, and other machines, mainly procured from [[Belarus]] and the [[United States]], were used.<ref>{{cite news|title=Turkmenistan to Privilege US Farm Machinery Manufacturers|url=http://www.satrapia.com/news/article/turkmenistan-to-privilege-us-farm-machinery-manufacturers/|access-date=4 August 2012|newspaper=The Gazette of Central Asia|date=26 July 2012|publisher=Satrapia}}</ref>

[[John Deere]] and [[Case IH]] each began selling farm machinery in Turkmenistan in 1994.<ref name=Deere>{{cite web|url=https://ciseg.eu/john-deere-in-turkmenistan/|title=26 SEP JOHN DEERE IN TURKMENISTAN|language=Russian|publisher=CISEG|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref name=case>{{cite web|url=https://www.caseih.com/apac/en-int/News/Pages/Cooperation-with-Turkmenistan-to-promote-agricultural-growth-and-productivity.aspx|title=Cooperation with Turkmenistan to promote agricultural growth and productivity|date=28 September 2018|publisher=Case IH}}</ref> [[Claas]] combines were first used for grain harvesting in Turkmenistan in 2011.<ref name=tractor2>{{cite web|url=https://ashgabat.in/2020/10/13/osobennosti-ispolzovaniya-zernouborochnyh-kombajnov-kompanii-%E2%80%B3claas%E2%80%B3-v-turkmenistane/|title=Особенности использования зерноуборочных комбайнов компании "Claas" в Туркменистане|date=13 October 2020|language=Russian|publisher=Ashgabat Innovative}}</ref> Belarus tractors, in use since Soviet times, continue to be popular due to competitive pricing and deep familiarity with the product line.  Turkmenistan also buys cotton harvesters from Uzbekistan.<ref name=uzbek>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenistannewsgazette.com/following-the-us-and-uzbek-turkmenistan-intends-to-purchase-japanese-agricultural-equipment/|title=Following the US and Uzbek Turkmenistan, intends to purchase Japanese agricultural equipment|date=23 January 2019|publisher=Turkmenistan News Gazette}}</ref>

Between 2017 and 2020 Claas delivered 1,000 Tucano 420 grain combines, 800 Axion 850 plowing tractors, and 1,550 Axos 340 tractors.  In the 2017 and 2018 crop years John Deere delivered 440 Model 9970 cotton harvesters, and between 2019 and 2020 another 600.<ref name=tractor1>{{cite news|url=https://turkmenportal.com/blog/26237/partiya-selhoztehniki-john-deere-s-telematicheskoi-sistemoi-upravleniya-postupila-v-turkmenistan|title=Партия сельхозтехники "John Deere" с телематической системой управления поступила в Туркменистан|date=24 March 2020|publisher=Turkmenportal}}</ref><ref name=deere2>{{cite web|url=https://ciseg.eu/john-deere-will-supply-1350-mashines-to-turkmenistan/|title=07 FEB JOHN DEERE WILL SUPPLY 1350 MACHINES TO TURKMENISTAN|publisher=CISEG|date=7 February 2017}}</ref>