Field Crops

Press release… Stating that Türkiye’s annual cotton requirement is approximately 1.6 million tonnes, Fevzi Çondur, Chair of the Aydın Commodity Exchange and National Cotton Council, said, “Cotton is the raw material for the textile and ready-to-wear clothing sector, which is one of the driving forces behind our country’s exports and …

Press release… Fevzi Çondur, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Aydın Commodity Exchange (ATB) and the National Cotton Council (UPK), highlighted the strategic importance of cotton for Turkish agriculture and industry in a statement made on 7 October, World Cotton Day. Emphasising that cotton production is not limited …

Cotton production in the Aegean Region is forecast to reach 410,000 tonnes in the 2025-2026 cotton season. At the meeting where the harvest estimates were announced, it was emphasised that cotton cultivation had declined due to increased costs and water scarcity. Ginned cotton production in the Türkiye’s Aegean Region is …

This year, a 140,000-tonne yield is expected from cotton planted on 290,000 decares in Türkiye’s eastern Mediterranean’s province of Hatay. Governor Mustafa Masatlı expressed his hope for a successful harvest season and stated that agricultural support will continue. This year, a 140,000-tonne yield is expected from cotton planted on 290,000 …

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) released on Friday its new forecast for global cereal production in 2025, now pegged at 2 961 million tonnes – a new record high and 3.5 percent above last year’s level. The new Cereal Supply and Demand Brief attributed the upward revisions to …

Erzincan… Thanks to the support and incentives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the area under silage maize production throughout the province soared by 4,000 decares compared to last year. This year, silage maize was produced on 30,000 decares in the region and forage production reduces livestock costs. With …

Konya… In Türkiye’s largest agricultural province of Konya, the sorghum plant, adapted to the region through breeding efforts, is attracting attention with its high yield and nutritional value despite limited water consumption. As part of the breeding efforts carried out since 2019 at the Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, …

Disruptions in rainfall patterns, intensified by climate change, are increasingly impacting agricultural productivity across Türkiye. Sector representatives report a 6.75 percent decline in wheat yields, forecasting a loss in output valued at approximately 17 billion Turkish Liras. Özkan Taşpınar While rainfall in Southeastern Anatolia dropped by up to 60 percent, the Aegean and …

The Konya Plain has become the most important sunflower production region after Thrace. Experts stated that since sunflowers are grown primarily in irrigated areas in the plain, they do not anticipate a yield loss as significant as that of grain. They stated that the sunflowers produced are of very high …

The sunflower cultivation area in Uşak soared approximately fourfold in the last five years to 40,700 decares thanks to seed support. Uşak… According to information compiled by an Anatolian Agency (AA) correspondent from the Uşak Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, work was initiated in 2020 to expand sunflower cultivation …