Hen egg output in Turkey decreased 2.8% on a yearly basis to 1.7 billion units in March, the country’s statistical authority (TÜİK) reported on Tuesday. The country’s chicken meat production rose 9.3% to reach 191,629 tons in the month, TurkStat said. Turkey’s meat production also increased 17.2% year-on-year in March, …

Press release… Amid ample food supplies, FAO reveals snarls in distribution during COVID-19 pandemic In Europe and Central Asia, as well as globally, early indications project near-record wheat production and stock levels in 2020. Food supplies for major food commodities are sufficient. Still, logistics disruptions have emerged as a result …

After years of low prices and trade disputes, 2020 was finally supposed to be a better one for U.S. dairy farmers. But now it could be what drives many of them out of business for good. Many hope some government relief will keep them afloat as they dump countless gallons …

Complying with World Health Organization regulation, Turkey is limiting the content of industrially-produced trans fat in food by a new law. According to a statement from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Thursday, the new regulation will enter into force as of Dec. 31, three months before the EU …

There’s a message to consumers from Turkey’s largest manufacturer of propolis! 90 percent of propolis sold on the market is fake… Fake honey is hard to find out, now they add maltose… Turkey’s largest propolis and bee products brand BEE’O has started a war to correct misconceptions within the scope …

Hayrettin Uçak, Chairman of Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association, said that necessary measures were taken for seasonal agricultural workers and that there was no problem. Uçak said, “Prices of newly released products are high. With the costs, packaging, workmanship and commission fee, prices are rising necessarily. In the …

With the “Local Seed Meetings” project, heirloom local seed varieties, which are in the hands of  farmers, have been taken under protection in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Thanks to this project launched under the auspices of Emine Erdoğan, the wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, 1131 heirloom local …

May 7, 2020 Variations in the prices of commodities and the dollar, economic instability, the credit crunch of financial institutions and the lack of predictability of what may happen in the next harvest can generate insecurity in rural producers when planning and prospecting production costs. To circumvent the uncertainties generated …

Press release… President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced the wheat purchase price of 2020 products. Grain intervention purchase price was announced before harvest just like last year. Accordingly, the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) will take from the producer red and white hard bread wheat from 1,650 lira per ton, barley from …

Press release… Digital Agriculture Market will encourage everyone to production… Digital Agriculture Market will facilitate farmer’s access to the market… With the Digital Agriculture Market, farmers will easily find a market for their products… Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak evaluated the issues of April export …