Field Crops

Wheat prices rose dramatically to over $300 on Thursday after Russia officially launched an all-out invasion of Ukraine by land, air and sea. Futures contracts for March in the United States market for the price of wheat per ton reached around $308, up from $280 on Wednesday. With the intervention, …

After 7 years of research, scientists develop rice variety resistant to floods and salinity… DHAKA, Bangladesh… Bangladeshi scientists have claimed a breakthrough by developing a special rice variety, resistant to floods and salinity. Starting in 2015 as a joint project between Bangladesh Atomic Agriculture Research Institute (BINA) and Bangladesh Agricultural …

On January 27, 2022, the Turkish government published a regulation (2022/1) that granted the TurkishMinistry of Agriculture and Forestry (MinAF) the authority to restrict the export of twenty (20)agricultural products in order to decrease domestic food inflation. As of writing, MinAF has not limitedexports of any of these products, but …

Autumn plantings are drawing to a close, in Europe. Rapeseed areas (for the 2022 harvest) have gone up again in most European production countries, as oilseeds benefit from the attractive prices and planting conditions, which have been satisfactory worldwide. On the other hand, soft winter wheat plantings will remain unchanged …

The ongoing climate crisis necessitates innovative solutions, especially in agriculture. In the central Turkish province of Konya, the country’s breadbasket, scientists seek to help farmers boost their crop yields amid a drought. Professor Bilgehan Nas and his team from Konya Technical University have succeeded in using filtered wastewater for cultivating maize. …

Sivas Chamber of Agriculture Chairperson Hacı Çetindağ stated that the falling snow made the producers smile and also contributed to the country’s economy. Hacı Çetindağ The snowfall, which has been effective for a while in Sivas, made the producer happy. The falling snow will not only protect the wheat seeds …

“It is inevitable that the base purchase price of wheat, which was announced as 2.25 liras this year, will exceed 5 liras next year” While seeking a remedy for the hike pressure on bread prices, the news has come that the new period wheat production costs had increased tremendously. Hacı …

The Turkish cotton crop for Marketing Year (MY) 2021/22 is forecast at 450,000 hectares and 825,000metric tons (MT; 3.79 million bales). Cotton consumption is expected to be 1,850,000 MT (8.50 millionbales) for the same MY. Better than expected yields in the GAP region, and a smaller area affected bydrought in …

ANTALYA, Turkey Wheat prices across the globe surged this year as grain stocks expanded worldwide, especially in China, even as supply was thin due to drought and inflation surged amid monetary expansion moves due to the pandemic’s impact on the economy, according to an international sectoral group. Citing countries’ export …