Farming

Prices on New York Mercantile Exchange rises above $9,600 per ton to all-time high… BERLIN… Cocoa prices have nearly doubled in three months to record highs, influenced by the decline in global supply.  Prices hit a historic high as weather conditions in West Africa put chocolate producers in a difficult …

Press release… Turkish food exporters returned from the USA with new commercial contacts… Aegean food exporters, the leader of Türkiye’s food exports, held their third major exhibition organisation in the first quarter of 2024 in Anaheim, California, United States of America. Turkish food exporters participated in the Natural Products Expo …

Press release… First and Only Domestic Automatic Steering System “AgroTOD” Project Completed… Agrotod, Türkiye’s first and domestic automatic steering system, received support within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1507 SME R&D Start-up Support Programme in 2021 and R&D studies have started. AgroTOD provides the opportunity to eliminate human errors in agriculture. …

Press release… SHAKTIMAN GLOBAL MEETING 2024: UNVEILING A VISIONARY FUTURE… Rajkot (Gujarat, India), March, 2024 – Tirth Agro Technology Private Limited, known globally as SHAKTIMAN, an international player in the agricultural and farm machinery industry, proudly announces the successful conclusion of the Shaktiman Global Meeting 2024. This momentous event took …

Cherry, which is among the favourite fruits of many people with its health benefits and its taste that delights the palate, has officially become a Turkish fruit. Achieving greater success in cherry production every year, Turkey produces tonnes more cherries than even its closest competitor. “WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHERRY …

Water Efficiency Mobilisation continues with the principle of ‘zero loss in water’. A National Water Board was established within the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry for Türkiye’s water resources, which are expected to decrease by 20-30 per cent by 2100. The Board will take important decisions to prevent water waste. …

Adana ranked first in watermelon production in Türkiye in 2023… Adana Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry announced that Adana province met 17.6 percent of the country’s total watermelon production with 554 thousand tonnes of crop production in 2023 and as a result, it ranked first in Türkiye in production. …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said that in the 2023-2024 campaign period, 9 million 60 thousand tonnes of beet was processed and 1 million 161 thousand 100 tonnes of sugar was produced. “As by-products, 418 thousand 800 tonnes of molasses and 2 million 905 thousand 709 tonnes of …

BEE’O Propolis General Manager Dr. Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı said that Türkiye acts as a bridge between Asia and Europe continents due to its geopolitical location and ranks third in the world in terms of beekeeping activities. Dr. Aslı Elif Tanuğur Samancı “Therefore, the value of Anatolian propolis and Anatolian …

Professor Dr. Yusuf Demir, Head of Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Structures and Irrigation Department, said that in almost three quarters of Türkiye, snowfall was either insufficient or not at all. Dr. Yusuf Demir “This has created a situation that seriously worries us both in terms of …