İlyas Edip Sevinç, Chairman of the Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association (KFMİB), stated that the export made between 1 September 2019 and 30 June 2020 in hazelnut has already reached 311 thousand 499 tons by breaking the record of all times. İlyas Edip Sevinç said in his written …

By Owen Roberts President, International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) Agricultural media has always been a reliable source of information for farmers. Although agriculture is a huge industry, the media community that serves it is too small for unreliable sources to flourish for long. With the COVID-19 pandemic, I expect …

President of Packaged Milk and Dairy Industrialists’ Association (ASÜD) Harun Çallı said that EU is one of the important markets for Turkish dairy industry. Çallı said, “We have raised the target in EU as well as in China. The number of companies that got confirmation of exporting dairy products to …

Press release… Turkey’s first food specialized organized industrial zone (OIZ) will be established in Ayvalık district of Balıkesir province… Investors from various sectors such as dairy and meat products, olive processing, fruit juice production, pulses drying and packaging and biscuit production are expected to take part in Ayvalık OIZ. Calling …

Harvest of St. John’s Wort, which is the king of the herbs, has begun in Gümüşhane province… Harvest period of “St. John’s Wort” plant has begun which was tried for the first time in Gümüşhane in 15 decares and known as the king of the herbs. Within the scope of …

Press release… 43 percent increase in agricultural exports…Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector breaks records every month… Aegean Grain Pulses Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, which was the export increase record holder of the Aegean Region in 2019 and 2020, broke a new record in June. Grains, pulses and oilseeds sector …

Press release… Akhisar (a district of Manisa province) Commodity Exchange Chairman Alper Alhat made a call to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for neglected agricultural lands and said, “We have to protect the unsown agricultural lands.” Alper Alhat, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Akhisar Commodity Exchange, said …

FAO expects new record-high global cereal production and comfortable stock levels for 2020/21, while food assistance needs up… 2 July 2020, Rome – In June, global food commodity prices rose for the first time since the beginning of the year driven by a rebound in vegetable oils, sugar and dairy quotations. …

Turkey exported 203 thousand 504 tons of seedless raisin, the season of which began on September 1, 2019 until June 13, 2020 while 421 million dollars of foreign currency income earned in return. Raisin exports decreased by 4 percent in quantity compared to the previous season, while the fall in …

Trabzon Commodity Exchange Assembly President Sebahattin Arslantürk said, “I think the pandemic will have a negative impact on the next season rather than this season in terms of hazelnut exports.” Stating that there may be a decline in exports, Arslantürk explained, “Decreasing of the yield will also minimize negative effects …