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Brazilian agriculture exports reached $13.94 billion in May (all figures in USD), representing a 33.7% increase on the same month last year and the biggest boost on record since 1997. Soybeans are a key export crop for Brazil Much of that rise was driven by an uptick in commodity prices, …

Press release… The pickle industry aims to export 350 million dollars in 2021… Turkey’s pickle exports reached 277 million dollars in 2020 with an increase of 23 percent, reaching the highest level in its history. The Turkish pickle industry continued its export growth rate in the January-May period of 2021, …

5 July 2021, Rome/Paris – With less than 10 years until the 2030 deadline for achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), governments need to step up their efforts to meet global food security and environmental targets, according to a new report released today by the Food and Agricultural Organization of …

Press release… FAO Food Price Index fell by 2.5 percent in June, after a year of consecutive increases… 8 July 2021, Rome – Global food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report released today.The FAO Food Price Index averaged 124.6 points …

Press release… İzmir Union of Village Development Cooperatives (KÖYKOOP İzmir) sets out to produce a new olive oil brand together with its partners. KÖYKOOP İzmir Chairwoman Neptün Soyer said that they are on their way to ensure that producers sell olive oil at its value, not in bulk, but by …

PRESS RELEASE                   29.06.2021 “Turkey has a 0.7% share in the export of global ornamental plants, an industry with worldwide exports of approximately $ 22 billion.” In November, Tarsus Turkey will again present the Turkish Ornamental Plants Industry to new alternative markets abroad with The Flower and Plant Show.  Tarsus Turkey …

Press release… Izmir Commodity Exchange June Ordinary Assembly Meeting was held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, via video conference and with the wide participation of Assembly members. The main agenda of the meeting was the amount of agricultural production, the effect of the drought problem on agricultural products and the …

A statement like a confession came from ÇAYKUR (Turkish Tea Enterprises) General Manager Yusuf Ziya Alim, who held a press conference due to the end of the first offshoot tea purchase campaign. Evaluating the quota application against which the producers reacted, Alim said, “I could only give 100-200 kilos of …

Press release… Başevirgen from CHP; “The Ministry Should Regulate the Milk Market Without Wasting Time” Republican People’s Party (CHP) Manisa Deputy and Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Member Bekir Başevirgen stated that the raw milk reference price determined by the National Dairy Council (USK) is insufficient for a sustainable …

The countdown for Sacrifice Feast (Eid-al-Adha) has begun. From next week, animal markets will be established in metropolitan cities. This year, a total of 4.5 million sacrificials (qurbans) will be sold, of which 3 million are ovines (small cattle) and 1.5 million cattle. While the prices in small cattle range …