Farming

Lavender farming has been a good source of income in Turkey as production has seen steady growth over recent years. As its extracts are used in cosmetics, cleaning materials, health products and even in industry, its cultivation is currently carried out at 10,000 decares in Turkey as opposed to 8,700 …

Hazelnut Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (FİSKOBİRLİK), as of today, opened the 2019 product hazelnut purchasing season. Lütfi Bayraktar, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FİSKOBİRLİK said that 50 teams were formed in all of the cooperatives and they started accepting products. Bayraktar stating that they apply a purchase policy …

In Malatya, where most of the world’s apricot production is realized, it is aimed to export 20 million dollars apricot kernel this year… In addition to apricots, farmers in Malatya provide economic returns through their kernels. 8 thousand 600 tons of apricot kernel export made last year from the city …

Agriculture ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey who came to Ordu province of Black Sea region of Turkey to attend the hazelnut harvest ceremony met in the program of the Ordu Metropolitan Municipality Assembly Hall. Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli, in his speech here, said that hazelnuts are an …

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Dr. Bekir Pakdemirli announced that 2019-2020 production season sunflower purchase price has been determined as 2 thousand 500 liras per ton. Pakdemirli, in his written statement, declared the purchase price of sunflower production season 2019-2020. Pakdemirli pointed out that oily sunflower has a share of 75-80 …

An international cotton festival will be organized in Şanlıurfa… Advisory board meeting was held for the cotton festival planned to be organized in Akçakale county of Şanlıurfa province. Deputy Governor Ufuk Akıl chaired the meeting and exchanged information about the planned festival. Akıl, after the meeting, said that they made …

Rize Commodity Exchange (RTB) Chairman Mehmet Erdoğan said that tea lovingly consumed in Turkey where the most consumption per capita in the world… Stating that tea consumption has increased in Turkey, Erdoğan also noted, “There is a stock of around 70 thousand tons in the store of ÇAYKUR transferred from …

This year 50 million units of avocados are targeted in around 40 000 hectars in Antalya’s Alanya county where about 80 percent of the production provided in Turkey. Avocado started harvesting in the region and is expected to be exported to countries such as Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Iran. …

Osmaniye Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Sağlam said that despite its exhausting harvest, okra is one of the highest yielding alternative products. Sağlam said that a decare area planted okra’s turnover of about 10 thousand liras. After deduction of the cost which is around 5 thousand liras, the …

Growing on the shores of Karakaya Dam Lake in Baskil district of Elazığ, fresh apricots, which are in high demand from the exporting companies with their distinct aroma and taste, increased the export share by 100 percent compared to last year and made producers happy. Apricot varieties such as Hacıhaliloğlu, …