Farming

Press release… The first lemon harvest of the season begins with early Mayer lemons. Mayer lemon, the earliest harvested product of citrus, is expected to be harvested on September 8 and exported as of September 15. Pointing out that Mayer lemon is a combination of lemon, orange and tangerine, Aegean …

The sum of food exports from Ukraine to the world markets exceeded 1 million tonnes since the establishment of the grain corridor through the Black Sea, Türkiye’s Defense Ministry has announced, informing nine more ships departed from Ukrainian ports over the weekend. A written statement issued by the Defense Ministry informed that the amount of grain …

Press release… Trabzon is the Champion Again in 2021/2022 Hazelnut Export Season… In the 2021/2022 hazelnut export season, which started on September 1, 2021 and ended on August 31, 2022, the amount of hazelnuts exported from Türkiye reached 341,544 tonnes and a foreign exchange inflow of 1 Billion 987 Million …

In two separate food outlook reports published by the United Nations (UN) in June, Türkiye is ranked among the countries that import the most wheat. Türkiye is also among the countries that produce the most wheat, but according to experts, the conuntry’s wheat imports are used as raw materials in …

Vehbi Canpolat, Chairperson of Türkiye Textile Finishing Industrialists’ Association (TTTSD), said, “Our cotton import has exceeded 2 million tonnes, our production is about 800-900 thousand tonnes. China, India and Uzbekistan do not sell us fibre anymore, we buy it from the USA, Greece, Brazil and Australia.” Vehbi Canpolat “Drought and …

Press release… First Harvest of Burley Tobacco in Şebinkarahisar… Ali Çiftçi, a producer from Yedikardeş village, Şebinkarahisar district of Giresun province, harvested Burley Tobacco, which he grew for the first time this year, by making a contract with a company. This variety, which is similar to the tobacco grown in …

In the 2021/22 export season, which started on October 6, 2021, of the dried fig, the fruit of paradise, 62 thousand 116 tonnes were exported until July 30, 2022, bringing 232 million dollars of foreign currency to Türkiye. Dried fig exports were 230 million dollars in the same period of …

Competing with seedless raisins from time to time with its export performance in the 2021/22 season, dried apricots decreased from 87 thousand tonnes to 80 thousand tonnes with a decline of 7 percent on quantity basis compared to the 2020/21 season. However, since Turkish dried apricots were exported with an …

Bertan Balçık, Chairman of the Board of the National Cotton Council (UPK), stated that production in the USA will decrease by 40 percent due to the drought and said that yield losses are also expected in India and China. Bertan Balçık Balçık said, “We imported about 250 thousand tonnes more …

Israel can contribute in exporting high-tech to help Turkish agricultural field become much more modern, upgraded, say experts… ANKARA / JERUSALEM Although many analysts see energy partnership between Israel and Türkiye as key, some say ties can flourish further with cooperation in a host of other areas such as agricultural …