Farming

Press release… Ankara-August 18, 2020 Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers President Şemsi Bayraktar said that sauceboat tomato prices fell up to 30 kurush and table tomatoes to 60 kurush. Bayraktar stated that if the decrease in prices continues, the tomato producer may withdraw from production or turn to alternative products. …

Press release… Cahit Doğan Yağcı, Chairman of Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, made an evaluation of January-June period of 2020… “At the end of 2019, which was a successful year for the Aegean Furniture Paper and Forestry Products Exporters’ Association, we said that for the year 2020, …

In Ceylanpınar Agricultural Enterprise, affiliated to the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises, sunflower is harvested on 57 thousand 963 decares of land. In Ceylanpınar Agricultural Enterprise, which is one of the largest agricultural enterprises in the world, a large number of products are grown from barley to wheat, from lentil …

Press release… Akhisar Commodity Exchange President Alper Alhat called on the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization to exclude Olive Oil from GEKAP. The Regulation on Recycling Participation Share (GEKAP) published by the General Directorate of Environmental Management of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization entered into force. Although the Ministry …

Press release… “We will reach the 1 billion dollar export target together with our producers” While the production and export figures in many sectors declined during the pandemic period, Aegean exporters of fresh fruits, vegetables and products increased their exports by 17 percent in the January – July period of …

Lütfi Bayraktar, the Chairman of the Board of the Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives’ Association (FİSKOBİRLİK), stated that the hazelnuts of all producers who are stakeholders of the Association will be payed 50 kurush above the market price by the member cooperatives. Bayraktar, in his written statement, said that they are …

According to the 2019 Turkey Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) data 5 million 7 thousand 507 decares of maize silage was made throughout the country. Izmir province, which covers 10.95 percent of the total area, took the first place in cultivation lands. Konya province follows Izmir with 7.62 percent and Balıkesir province …

Tomato farmers in Karacabey and Mustafakemalpaşa districts of Bursa province, where the 40 percent of tomato production is made, have come to the brink of bankruptcy. 70 percent of tomato paste factories across Turkey is situated only in these two districts. However, the farmers who intensified their tomato planting, in …

Sunflower, which has an important place in edible oils and nuts production in Turkey, is counting days to harvest. Sunflower fields were painted yellow in July in Vezirköprü district of Samsun province, where many different agricultural products are grown. Harvest time of the mature sunflower has approached. Sunflower, which will …

According to the information compiled from the data of the Mediterranean Exporters’ Association (AKIB), exports of fresh fruits and vegetables from 3 provinces of the Eastern Mediterranean in 7 months of the year increased by 18.7 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. Mersin, Hatay and Adana, …