World food prices slide marginally in July… The overall drop reflects decline in cereals, dairy and sugar prices… A worker putting packaged cheese on the shelf of the cold room in an Armenian cheese factory. 1 August 2019, Rome – Global food commodity prices saw a slight decline in July, …

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will support about 13 million liras to 21 projects within the framework of R&D Programme… The Contract Ceremony was held in Ankara for the projects agreed to be supported under the 15th Call of the R & D Support Program carried out by the General …

TürkTraktör General Manager Aykut Özüner said that TürkTraktör, as the leading manufacturer of Turkish agricultural mechanization industry, saw its overseas sales turnover increase by 45 percent in the January-June period… Özüner’s announcement comes as the company celebrates the 65th anniversary of its foundation. TürkTraktör manufactured some 10,056 tractors and 6,338 …

Juices, the leader in finished product exports of fruits and vegetables… Juices with exports worth 279 million dollars takes the peak while Turkey made 1 billion 564 million dollars exports of fruit and vegetable products in 2018. Canned exports was recorded as 230 million dollars. Pickle exports reached 218 million …

Osmaniye Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Sağlam said that despite its exhausting harvest, okra is one of the highest yielding alternative products. Sağlam said that a decare area planted okra’s turnover of about 10 thousand liras. After deduction of the cost which is around 5 thousand liras, the …

Growing on the shores of Karakaya Dam Lake in Baskil district of Elazığ, fresh apricots, which are in high demand from the exporting companies with their distinct aroma and taste, increased the export share by 100 percent compared to last year and made producers happy. Apricot varieties such as Hacıhaliloğlu, …

Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (FİSKOBİRLİK) Chairman Lütfi Bayraktar said that hazelnut price has been announced early and the state has decided to intervene in the market on behalf of producers… Pointing out that all the actors in the market will take a position according to this attitude of the …

Turkey’s first children’s cheese enriched with vitamin D from Muratbey… Kids with Misto will be the cheese monster… Innovative products that add flavor to the table with Muratbey, the first cheese enriched with vitamin D which Turkey makes a difference to children with special developed Misto. Prepared with cute shapes …

Export journey of flavour store fresh black figs began on 29th of July… Stating that the high quality and yield of fresh black figs in this year, Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association Chairman Hayrettin Uçak said: “We have a target of exceeding 50 million dollars this year which …

Pakdemirli: We will not victimize seedless raisin producers in 2019/20 season All parties of seedless raisin of which is Turkey the world leader, farmers, traders and exporters came together with Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli at the Aegean Exporters Association in Izmir. Producers want 10 TL for …