Farming

Türkiye Maintains Its Leadership in Global Hazelnut Production… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector Committee, stated that FAO data is very clear; between 2012 and 2021, global hazelnut production areas surged by 437,000 hectares, with 72.3 percent of this …

U.S. farmers and ranchers are committed to growing high-quality agricultural products and safe, nutritious food for families near and far. Here in the U.S. and abroad, American-grown means high quality and value. We know that our products can compete anywhere in the world, when barriers are removed. That’s why we …

Press release… Gains in meat and vegetable oil price indices outweigh declines in cereals, dairy and sugar… 08/08/2025 Rome – The FAO Food Price Index, a benchmark for world food commodity prices, averaged 130.1 points in July 2025, up 1.6 percent from June, driven primarily by rising international prices of meat and vegetable …

European researchers find extreme climate events, such as droughts, floods, heavy rainfall and more, result in both domestic and international price hikes for agricultural products such as coffee, cocoa, rice, among others… August, 2025… Global food prices are on the rise with extreme weather conditions caused by climate change, as …

Press release… Türkiye’s eastern Anatolia’s province of Malatya, which meets a large portion of the world’s dried apricot demand, is facing its most challenging production season in history. The agricultural frost and cold spell in April 2025 caused significant damage by catching apricot trees in bloom. It is estimated that …

At a meeting hosted by Aegean province of Aydın, home to some of the world’s highest quality figs, dried fig exports for 2024 were evaluated and the 2025 route for dried figs was determined. At a meeting hosted by Aydın province, home to some of the world’s highest quality figs, …

Ahmet Güldal, General Manager of the Turkish Grain Board (TMO), announced that, based on field observations, the hazelnut harvest is expected to be 453,000 tonnes this year. Ankara… In his assessment, Güldal stated that they are still at the beginning of the hazelnut harvest season and that, as in previous …

In the January-July period of 2025, 161,756 tonnes of hazelnuts were exported from Türkiye, generating 1.348 billion dollars in foreign currency inflows. Compared to the same period of the previous year, these exports decreased by 5 percent in quantity and 2 percent in value. Sebahattin Arslantürk, Deputy Chairman of the …

August 4, 2025… Türkiye earned more than 2.4 billion dollars in revenue in the first 11 months of the 2024-2025 hazelnut export season. Compared to the previous season, export volume and revenue soared this year. Türkiye earned over 2.4 billion dollars in revenue during the 11-month hazelnut export season… In …

Professor Dr. Lokman Hakan Tecer of Namık Kemal University (NKÜ) in Tekirdağ announced that unless effective water management is implemented and as long as it is continued to exploit water resources recklessly, the soil will transition from agricultural drought to hydrological drought! “We will also face the consequences of hydrological …