Farming

Press release… Grapes should be taken from the producer by pesticide analyzing… Turkey Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Associations Sectoral Board Chairman Osman Öz said that TMO (Turkish Grain Board) bought grapes from the commodity exchanges last season and but their expectation is that TMO should purchase grapes directly from …

Press release… Turkish raisin sector, ranking the first in the world, demand a sustained cooperation with Turkish Grain Board (TMO) as they did in the last 3 three years. The Raisin Board, operating under the Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, came together to determine the road map of …

Press release… Foça (a district of İzmir province) Municipality started to work on growing new agricultural products in the district. Some studies were carried out on the agricultural lands and islands owned by the Municipality of Foça with the technical support of Agricultural Engineer Dr. Mehmet Tutar from the Aegean …

Press release… Farmers of Beydağ (a district of İzmir province) have kicked off to caprify for figs, one of the important livelihoods of the district, in order to get the product to be more qualified and productive. Fig producers started working to get quality products in the new season. Male …

Banana production in Turkey could reach a sufficient level to meet the entire domestic demand by 2023, according to the country’s leading banana growers. Ahmet Şeref Gümüş, the president of the Anamur Chamber of Agriculture, told Anadolu Agency (AA) Sunday that the number of greenhouses continues to increase in the …

Press release… The quality and export price of dried apricots will be increased with a 3-stage plan Apricots to be lenghtened while they are fresh and to be dried in tunnels, thus the quality will rise along with export prices. While the average export price of apricots, one of Turkish …

Press release… A target of 40 thousand tons in thyme production and 150 million dollars in exports has been determined Turkey, the world leader in production and exports of thyme, set a target of 40 thousand tons of production and 150 million dollars of exports while 60 million dollars of …

Organic agriculture activities in our Turkey are carried out within the framework of the Organic Agriculture Law No. 5262 and the regulation in this context. According to TURKSTAT (Turkish Statistical Institute) production of 213 varieties in Turkey takes place in the area of ​​540,000 ha as organic agricultural activities. In …

Press release… Harvest of Karakılçık wheat has started… Harvest of Karakılçık wheat, in 2011 found as a handful in Gödence of Seferihisar (a district of İzmir province) started. Seferihisar Municipality, which has grown the seed of the Karakılçık wheat that has begun to be forgotten, grinded it in the stone …

While average rainfall across Turkey between October 1, 2019 – April 30, 2020, takes place 6 percent below average, it showed significant changes in different regions. According to the report of the National Grain Council (UHK), the rainfall in question followed a balanced trend for wheat. This compared to last …