Dairy Business

Turkiye’s milk and dairy products exports reached 500 million dollars! İsa Coşkun, Chairperson of Turkiye Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers’ Association (SETBIR), which carries out the EU-supported “Milk is Valuable” project, said that in 2021, 233 thousand tonnes of milk and dairy products were exported for 487 million dollars. …

Butter production in Turkiye increased by 49.6 percent in March and drinks made of yoghurt (ayran) production increased by 18.8 percent, according to official data. The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced yesterday that yoghurt production also increased by 6.6 percent in March compared to the previous month. On the other hand, drinking milk …

The Turkish National Dairy Council (USK), which has determined the raw milk recommendation sales price to be 5.70 TL/Liter with an increase of 21 percent, effective from April 1, has updated the chilled raw milk recommendation sales price to 7.50 TL/liter, excluding raw milk support premium, to be effective as …

Press release… Republican People’s Party (CHP) Manisa Deputy and Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Affairs Commission Member Bekir Başevirgen said that things are not going well in the livestock sector and that even worse days are waiting for the sector. Başevirgen said, “Our producers are being swept away in the loan-debt-execution …

Press release… Pınar Milk (Süt) grew by 32.2% in 2021 and reached a turnover of 2.7 billion TL… Undertaking the mission of raising healthy generations by delivering milk, which is one of the basic nutrients, to our children in its most natural form, Pınar Milk (Süt) has been adding value …

Stating that the ban on the export of butter by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will harm the sector, Harun Çallı, Chairman of the Turkish National Dairy Council (USK), asked for the implementation to be reversed. Emphasizing that the stocks still far exceed the domestic demand, Çallı said, “The …

Turkiye’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry suspended the export of butter and cream, effective from April 18, to circumvent any possible food shortage due to a possible contraction in supply. The country exported a total of 3.154 tons of butter in 2021, according to the information obtained from the ministry, …

Press release… Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association Chairman of the Board of Directors Bedri Girit stated that as fishery and animal products sector, they reached the export level of 3 billion 590 million dollars at the end of 2021, catching their 2023 target two years ago. Bedri Girit …

“Long queues were forming. That’s why we have decided to hike the prices,” General Manager of Meat and Milk Board (ESK) Osman Uzun was dismissed because of this statement! Mustafa Kayhan, the former General Director of Livestock, was appointed as the General Manager of the ESK. Mustafa Kayhan and Osman …

While the countries of the world put a quota in the export of food products against the food crisis experienced firstly due to the pandemic and then the war between Ukraine and Russia, Turkiye continues to do the opposite. Recently, there has been an increase of more than 450 percent …