Farming

Press release… August 2026… The 65th Agricultural Chemical Analysis Subgroup Meeting of the Cooperation Centre for Scientific Research Relative to Tobacco (Centre de Coopération pour les Recherches Scientifiques Relatives au Tabac), hosted by the Aegean Tobacco Exporters Association (ETİB) and held at the Izmir Chamber of Commerce, brought together scientists, …

Press release… August 2026… The Turkish fresh fruit and vegetable sector has achieved a significant success story in the last 22 years by transforming its production capacity into exports. The sector’s exports soared by 175 percent, from 1,337,000 tonnes to 3,669,000 tonnes. Cengiz Balık According to a compilation of data …

August 2026… The textile world is undergoing a transformation. Global giants are no longer just looking at the texture or color of the fabric; they are questioning the story behind it, the environmental cost of the product from the field, and its water footprint. It is precisely at this turning …

August 2026… Let me make one thing clear from the outset… I am not supporting Riviera olive oil in opposition to natural olive oil or any other vegetable oil. It is not merely wrong, but deeply misguided, to categorise vegetable oils – which have different compositions and functions – as …

July 2026… Geopolitical tensions affecting fertilizer trade are among factors overshadowing the farm sector – despite ample stocks and an otherwise robust outlook.  Outbound fertilizer shipments remain close to zero, despite efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, new WTO analysis shows. Eighteen economies worldwide are particularly vulnerable to disruptions in nitrogenous …

Press release… July 2026… A new analysis reveals that more than half of the international trade agreements signed from early 2025 to June 2026 explicitly include climate cooperation. Over a third of the agreements signed during the same period contain provisions for renewable energy. With the relationship between trade and …

Press release… July 2026… Cengiz Balık, Chair of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters Association, stated that they consider 2025 a successful year for their sector. The most exported products were cherries, tomatoes, tangerines and peaches… Emphasizing that they also made a strong start to 2026, he said that …

Press release… The cereals, pulses and oilseeds sector is targeting a spike in exports in the second half of 2026… With a wide range of products—from baked goods to cereals, vegetable oils to cat and dog food, pulses to confectionery and spices to oilseeds—the Aegean Exporters’ Associations achieved a 23 …

July 2026… Dear followers; Under normal circumstances, there wouldn’t even be a topic for such a post. However, such uninformed statements and writings are coming to the forefront that I am forced to address them. WHAT IS RIVIERA OLIVE OIL? It is a product obtained by refining raw olive oil, …

July 2026… Brazilian agricultural cooperatives are emerging as one of the biggest winners from the recent financial downturn affecting parts of the country’s agribusiness distribution sector. While many input resellers have struggled with shrinking margins, rising producer defaults and mounting financial pressure, cooperatives have steadily expanded their market share by …