Agricultural Economy

Healthy plants can help to end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development… Plants are life – we depend on them for 80 percent of the food we eat and 98 percent of the oxygen we breathe. But international travel and trade has been associated with the introduction …

Türkiye’s Agriculture and Forestry ministry has most recently announced the adoption of the planned agriculture model as part of the “Century of Türkiye” vision, as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Türkiye, affirmed that the product supply security will be ensured through planned production. Drawing attention to three critical …

Press release… Wheat Harvest Estimate of UHK 20,75 Million Tonnes… The second estimation of the Turkish wheat yield of the National Grain Council (UHK) has been announced. According to the Wheat Production Yield Forecast and Evaluation Report of the Council of 2022-23 (1 October 2022-30 April 2023) published on 10 …

Press release… The crops produced by millions of farmers in Anatolia, where life and agriculture began in the world, are brought to the world by thousands of exporters. The tables of more than 200 countries around the world are set with Turkish food products for 3 meals a day. Jak …

The amount of cow’s milk collected by dairy companies increased by 6.2 percent in March compared with the same month of last year to 912,000 tons, according to data from the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜİK). Drinking milk output rose nearly 11 percent year-on-year to 139,000 tons, while yogurt production was up 2.9 percent from March 2022 …

Press release… TürkTraktör, the first manufacturer of the Turkish automotive industry and the leading company in agricultural mechanization, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2023. In the three-month period covering the January-March period, TürkTraktör broke new records in production, exports and total sales. Compared to the first …

Drought in Spain and elsewhere in the Mediterranean is stressing supply… Heat and drought in the Mediterranean are harming production of olive oil, causing its price to spike. The global price of the oil is now almost $6,000 per metric ton, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). That’s the highest since …

Press release… Regional cooperation and strong national monitoring and management are essential for the prevention and control of wheat rust diseases, which threaten the most widely grown crop in the world… 10 May 2023, Izmir, Türkiye – In order to assess the growing threat posed by wheat rust diseases to regional …

Türkiye’s total red meat production soared by 12.3 percent in 2022 from the previous year to 2.2 million tons, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has said. Cattle meat production was 1.57 million tons, a 7.7 percent rise from 2021, while the increase in sheep meat production was 27 percent to 489,000 tons. Goat meat production …

Press release… Türkiye, which is the world leader in cherry production with a harvest of 700 thousand tonnes, entered the 2023 season with the target of 80 thousand tonnes of cherry exports and 200 million dollars in foreign currency income. “Cherry Harvest Festival” was held in İzmir’s Kemalpaşa district, the …