Oil Seed Crops

Press release… Cereals, pulses, oil seeds sector exceeded 8 billion dollars in exports… Cereals, pulses, oil seeds sector accounts for 41 percent of food exports… In the last 12 months, exports of the cereals, pulses and oil seeds sector, which experienced the highest increase in Turkey’s food exports during the …

Press release… Fisheries and animal products, the leader of food exports… While agricultural products were represented with a share of 36 percent in the last year’s exports of Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EİB), Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association achieved the highest export among agricultural associations with an export of …

Press release… Rıza Seyyar, Member of the Audit Board of the Aegean Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds and Products Exporters’ Association, said that after the pandemic, all countries showed a very serious demand for raw materials, which are subject to international trade under the name of “safety stock” in oilseeds, cereals, pulses …

Successful results have been obtained in the studies to create a national seed stock for oilseed plants, carried out in cooperation with the Research Institutes of the DB Agricultural Energy and the Ministry of Agriculture. Cephalaria Field Day For the first time in the world, the cephalaria (pelemir) plant, whose …

The Starch Manufacturers’ Association (NİSAD) claimed that accusations which are “unlawful, baseless, unscientific and exceeding moral boundaries” have been made against the starch-based sugar industry. June 9, 2021 NİSAD made a written statement regarding the discussions that started with the “Regulation and Implementation of Sugar Quotas” published in the Official …

Last month, Germany and Iraq took the lead in Turkey’s agricultural exports. According to the information compiled from the data of the Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM), Turkey’s exports increased by 109 percent last month compared to the same period of 2020 and reached 18 billion 766 million dollars. Agricultural exports …

With the beginning of the summer season, canola fields spread across an area of 118,000 decares in the northwestern province of Tekirdağ have turned into vibrant hues of yellow with the blooming of flowers. Canola is a crop with plants from 1 to 1.5 meters tall that produce pods from which seeds are harvested …

Turkey’s total production of oilseeds covered in this report (soybean, sunflowerseed and cottonseed) in MY 2021/22 is projected to increase around 18 percent to 3.1 MMT compared to MY 2020/21. This increase assumes improved yields because of adequate rain and an increase in planted area. Turkey’s sunflowerseed oil imports and …

Mahsum Altunkaya, Chairman of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, stated that 2020 was a difficult year for all exporters and they wished that everything would return to normal in 2021. Altunkaya said, “We achieved the highest monthly sector exports of all time in …

Scientific Risk Assessment Committee and Socio-Economic Evaluation Committee within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry approved 2 soybean and 1 corn gene with GMO (Genetically modified organism) for 10 years provided that they are used in animal feed. The committee revoked permits for use for 3 soybean genes that expired …