Agricultural Economy

Three ships carrying tons of sunflower seed oil have departed from the Russian ports of Yeisk and Rostov, the Turkish General Directorate of Maritime Affairs has announced, adding that other vessels are also on their way to Turkey. A ship with more than 6,000 tons of sunflower oil on board, which sailed from the …

With climate change, global warming and changing land use patterns, wildfires like those that have scorched Turkiye, Indonesia, California and vast swathes of Argentine wetland are set to occur more frequently in coming decades, causing spikes in unhealthy smoke pollution, death and destruction and other problems that governments are ill-prepared …

Turkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable prices decreased by 50% in the domestic market as exports to Russia and Ukraine, which are among Turkey’s top export markets, stopped due to war. As of Feb. 24, when Russia launched a military operation against Ukraine, export trucks were waiting on the roads for …

A recent article published on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply reveals that since the 2000s, Brazil has been leading the world agricultural productivity among 187 countries, obtaining an increase rate of 3.18% per year.The study was released in October by the Economic Research Service, an …

Chairperson of the National Olive and Olive Oil Council (UZZK), Dr. Mustafa Tan, stated that there are enough domestic production olive oil stocks in Turkiye. “This year, we produced approximately 235 thousand tons of olive oil. We have around 270-280 thousand tonnes of olive oil with the stock taken from …

Pasta Producers and Industrialists’ Association (MÜSAD) Chairperson Nihat Uysallı made statements about the impact of the war between Russia and Ukraine on the wheat and pasta industry. Uysallı stated that Turkiye’s stock of both durum and bread wheat is sufficient. Nihat Uysallı Nihat Uysallı said that Turkiye’s stocks of both …

Stating that there will be no shortage of stocks in the pulses sector thanks to the measures taken by the public institutions related to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Chair of the National Legumes Council Abdullah Özdemir said, “As long as there is no panic, there is nothing to …

Ramazan Özcan, Chairman of Malatya Commodity Exchange, said that despite the recent negative developments in the world, dried apricot exports continue rapidly. Özcan said, “Hopefully, we are making an effort to carry our dried apricot exports to the points we target by completing the months of March and April in …

Press release… Hüseyin Arslan, Chairman of the Board of the Mediterranean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association (AHBİB), announced that they realized exports of 181.7 million dollars in February, an increase of 74 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Noting that as AHBİB, they exported …

Amid Russia’s war on Ukraine and rising commodity prices, wheat prices up by 30% on weekly basis… The price of wheat on Tuesday hit a historic new high of $13.63 per bushel. Amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and rising commodity prices, wheat prices have climbed 30% on a weekly basis …