Farming

Bread is a food product made by mixing wheat flour with drinkable water, salt, yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and, if necessary, additives permitted by the Turkish Food Codex Regulation, as well as sugar, enzymes and wheat gluten. The dough is kneaded according to the appropriate techniques, prepared in various ways, fermented …

Erzincan… Thanks to the support and incentives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the area under silage maize production throughout the province soared by 4,000 decares compared to last year. This year, silage maize was produced on 30,000 decares in the region and forage production reduces livestock costs. With …

Tariş Fig Union Chairman Ersin Kacar announced the purchasing prices for the 2025-2026 dried fig season. Board members met at the Tariş Fig Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union facilities to determine dried fig purchasing prices for the harvest season. Following the meeting, Kacar made a statement wishing producers a prosperous season, …

Press release… Following the end of the civil war in Syria, Türkiye’s exports to Syria surged significantly. Between January and June 2025, the country’s exports to Syria surged by 51 percent, from 999 million dollars to 1.5 billion dollars. Hayrettin Uçak Exports from the Aegean Exporters’ Association (EIB) to Syria …

August, 2025… While the impacts of climate change are often associated with temperature increases, it has been demonstrated that the most significant impacts are felt through the water cycle. Irregular rainfall, prolonged droughts, sudden and severe floods, the gradual depletion of groundwater resources, and deterioration in water quality are among …

Dr. Mücahit Kıvrak, a faculty member at Balıkesir University, announced that the drought in the summer of 2025 negatively impacted yield and quality in olive groves. Kıvrak said that the summer of 2024 was also dry and lack of water caused yellowing in the trees and poor fruit quality. He …

Konya… In Türkiye’s largest agricultural province of Konya, the sorghum plant, adapted to the region through breeding efforts, is attracting attention with its high yield and nutritional value despite limited water consumption. As part of the breeding efforts carried out since 2019 at the Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute, …

Disruptions in rainfall patterns, intensified by climate change, are increasingly impacting agricultural productivity across Türkiye. Sector representatives report a 6.75 percent decline in wheat yields, forecasting a loss in output valued at approximately 17 billion Turkish Liras. Özkan Taşpınar While rainfall in Southeastern Anatolia dropped by up to 60 percent, the Aegean and …

The extreme heat and drought affecting southeastern Anatolian province of Şanlıurfa negatively impacted fresh and dried tomato production. Ahmet Eyyüpoğlu, Head of the Şanlıurfa Chamber of Agriculture, told an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter that tomatoes were planted on approximately 200,000 decares last year in the Siverek and Hilvan districts, where …

Press release… Türkiye exported 57,944 tonnes of dried figs during the 2024/25 dried fig export season, which began on September 25, 2024 and ended August 16, 2025, generating 347,840,000 dollars in foreign currency revenue. While dried fig exports decreased by 5 percent compared to the 2023/24 season, foreign currency revenue …