Field Crops

Press release… Exports of tobacco, one of the traditional export products of the Aegean Region, soared by 10 percent in the last year, rising from 915 million to 1.004 billion dollars. The tobacco sector has surpassed the 1 billion dollar mark in exports after 7 years. The tobacco sector last …

At the International Grain Conference 2025 (IGC), Vince Peterson, President of U.S. Wheat Associates, delivered a striking reality check: Africa will be the epicenter of global wheat demand growth and the world is not yet prepared.• In 1990, global wheat consumption was 500 million tonnes. Today, it’s 800 million.• By …

Press release… • This congress is the flagship event for the sorghum industry, a cereal with many advantages that is becoming increasingly important in the European agro-industrial landscape. • Innovations, markets and success stories: this is the opportunity to discover the 1001 reasons to invest in sorghum. • More than …

Press release… Mantra Agri Solutions – A Joint Venture of Haldiram and SK Group Joins as Title Sponsor of Global Potato Summit 2025, India Mantra Agri Solutions, a joint venture between India’s renowned snack food brand Haldiram and the SK Group, a leading player in the agri-value chain, has joined …

Press release… Hemp, which stands out with its wide range of usage areas and environmentally friendly features, is shown among the strategic raw materials of the future. At the Hemp for a Sustainable Future Workshop organised by the Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) and the Izmir Branch of the Chamber of …

Niğde Potato Research Institute, Türkiye’s first and only research institution in the field of potatoes, has achieved another important success in domestic and national agriculture. The first domestic potato variety developed by the Institute has been registered under the name ‘Uğur’. In 2023, ‘Uğur’, which was applied for industrial use …

Türkiye’s northwestern Thracian region, known for its agricultural output of wheat and barley, faces the risk of its most severe drought in history if rain does not occur in the coming days, warns an expert. İbrahim Toruk “In the absence of rain for the next several days, we predict that wheat crops will fail …

Several projects underway to use cannabis-derived products in textile, automotive, pharmaceutical sectors, as well as creation of new species with high-fiber, low-THC content… ANKARA… The production and cultivation area of cannabis is on the rise… Cannabis production and other processes for its use in pharmaceuticals began under the supervision of …

STARCH INDUSTRY OUTLOOK… While the starch industry plays an important role in the sustainability of maize production, it continues to make a positive contribution to our foreign trade. Processing ¼ of the 8.5-9 million tonnes of maize produced by approximately 300 thousand maize producers, the sector plays a major role …

The introduction of drone technology has the potential to revolutionize the sugarcane sector in Pakistan by reducing costs, increasing productivity, and promoting environmental safety, said agricultural scientists and sugarcane experts Dr. Asif Tanveer and Dr. Shahid Afghan while talking to APP. They  emphasized that urgent adoption of this precision agriculture …