Farming

Press release… July 2026… Selim Jimi, Chair of the Aegean Tobacco Exporters Association, stated that thanks to the efforts of the producers, the investments of industrialists and the endeavours of Turkish exporters, tobacco sector’s exports across the country have soared by 8.4 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 1.06 …

Press release… July 2026… Ali Fuat Gürle, Chair of the Aegean Furniture, Paper and Forest Products Exporters’ Association, stated that they have left behind the first half of 2026, a period in which the uncertainties in global trade and rising production costs continued to affect the exporters. A 34 percent …

Türkiye’s fresh fruit and vegetable export revenue climbed 39 percent year-on-year to a record 2.35 billion dollars in the first half of 2026, exceeding 2 billion dollars for the first time in a January-June period. Exporters shipped 1.72 million tonnes of produce, about 92,000 tonnes less than a year earlier, but earned …

July 2026… The West African producers from Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon met in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on 16 July, where they signed a joint declaration to work toward more local processing of cocoa butter and powder while discouraging raw cocoa exports. Beyond local processing, they pledged to …

Press release… July 2026… New Turning Point in Agriculture: Climate, Water and Resilience Pressures Are Increasing Climate change, increasing pressure on water resources, and rising food demand are making sustainability essential for the continuity of production in the agriculture and food sector. Rising temperatures, drought and extreme weather events directly …

Press release… July 2026… Analysis finds supply and demand shocks drive most price swings, with producers and consumers affected differently… Rome – International prices of coffee, cocoa and tea have recently experienced large fluctuations, exacerbated by structural vulnerabilities, according to a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the …

Press release… July 2026… Yusuf Gabay, Sustainability and Organic Products Coordinator at the Aegean Exporters’ Associations and Chairman of the Aegean Dried Fruit and Products Exporters’ Association, stated that Türkiye is a reliable supplier in global markets for seedless dried grapes, dried figs and dried apricots in global markets not …

Press release… July 2026… Aegean fresh fruit and vegetable exporters, who supply over a hundred products—ranging from citrus fruits to figs and from grapes to tomato paste and pickles—to global markets, ramped up their exports by 2 percent to 572 million dollars in the first half of 2026. Fresh fruit …

Press release… Budapest, Hungary, June 2026: The agri benchmark Cash Crop Conference 2026, hosted by the Institute of Agricultural Economics (AKI), brought together international experts from agriculture, research, industry and policy to discuss the sector’s central challenges: how crop farms can remain competitive while adapting to increasingly volatile markets, rising …

The price of wheat per bushel rose to as high as 7.0850 dollars on international markets today, reaching a two-year high. ISTANBUL… July 2026… Whilst grain markets are seeing rises due to geopolitical risks and concerns over weather conditions in the US, wheat is among the commodities attracting the most …