Field Crops

In Izmir’s Bakırçay Plain, one of Türkiye’s most fertile agricultural areas, the cotton harvest, known as “white gold”, has begun. This year, the cotton harvest in Kınık region is expected to be at least 22 thousand tonnes. The land, which started to be prepared in April with great effort and …

Record production in beet after wheat: It will be over 1 million tonnes! Following the record production in wheat in Türkiye’s Central Anatolian province Sivas, a record production is also expected in sugar beet. Sivas Governor Yılmaz Şimşek said that the yield in beet production could be over 1 million …

Özkan Taşpınar, president of the National Grain Council, told daily Hürriyet that Türkiye’s barley production will be around 8.1 million tonnes this year, while its need is 8.5 million tonnes. “I think the Turkish Grain Board (TMO) decided to import to complete the consumption amount,” he said. “Corn, barley and …

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) bought a record amount of over 5 million tonnes of wheat and over 1 million tonnes of barley this year, after the global food security rush due to both the pandemic and the Ukraine-Russia war. “We have stocked the grain in our own silos, in contracted licensed warehouses, …

Open Sesame! This is the magical phrase that seems to work wonders. Is there anyone who does not know this expression from the tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, one of the exciting stories of the Thousand and One Nights? The expression “Open Sesame Open” was first used in the …

Minister’s reaction to the price game in cotton! Professor Dr. Vahit Kirişci, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, made harsh criticisms about the latest developments in cotton market and said, “How can the price of a crop with a shortage of supply be lowered, this is a mind-boggling business!” “It …

Vehbi Canpolat, Chairperson of Türkiye Textile Finishing Industrialists’ Association (TTTSD), said, “Our cotton import has exceeded 2 million tonnes, our production is about 800-900 thousand tonnes. China, India and Uzbekistan do not sell us fibre anymore, we buy it from the USA, Greece, Brazil and Australia.” Vehbi Canpolat “Drought and …

Press release… First Harvest of Burley Tobacco in Şebinkarahisar… Ali Çiftçi, a producer from Yedikardeş village, Şebinkarahisar district of Giresun province, harvested Burley Tobacco, which he grew for the first time this year, by making a contract with a company. This variety, which is similar to the tobacco grown in …

Bertan Balçık, Chairman of the Board of the National Cotton Council (UPK), stated that production in the USA will decrease by 40 percent due to the drought and said that yield losses are also expected in India and China. Bertan Balçık Balçık said, “We imported about 250 thousand tonnes more …