Livestock

Turkey produced 109,330 tons of honey and 3,971 tons of wax in 2019, according to data compiled from the country’s Agriculture and Forestry Ministry. With 80,675 apicultural firms, the country’s honey exports totaled $23.76 million last year. Turkey supports apiculture activities. Last year, 54,734 producers benefited from the government’s supports. …

Press release… 20/05/2020 FAO celebrates the third annual World Bee Day today. This year’s event, organized around the theme “Bee Engaged,” shines a spotlight on the huge role bees and pollinators play in the foods we eat and the health of our environment.  The day is not just for the …

Sibel Silici, Professor of Agricultural Biotechnology, Erciyas University (ERÜ), who has been working on propolis for 27 years in Kayseri and has won many international awards for her studies, published her works as a book. Professor Dr. Sibel Silici said that other bee products, especially propolis, have immune system regulating …

Within the scope of combating adulteration, the carbon value (minus 23 and below) was determined for the secretion, flower and mixture honey other than pine honey. If this value is above the specified limit, it will be possible to understand that corn sugar is added to honey. With the new …

In the corona days, where the importance of agriculture, animal husbandry and food supply were better understood all over the world, the eyes were turned into successful entrepreneurs in this field.  Funda Özer Baltalı, who started her career as a banker after Robert College and her law education and then …

Hen egg output in Turkey decreased 2.8% on a yearly basis to 1.7 billion units in March, the country’s statistical authority (TÜİK) reported on Tuesday. The country’s chicken meat production rose 9.3% to reach 191,629 tons in the month, TurkStat said. Turkey’s meat production also increased 17.2% year-on-year in March, …

After years of low prices and trade disputes, 2020 was finally supposed to be a better one for U.S. dairy farmers. But now it could be what drives many of them out of business for good. Many hope some government relief will keep them afloat as they dump countless gallons …

There’s a message to consumers from Turkey’s largest manufacturer of propolis! 90 percent of propolis sold on the market is fake… Fake honey is hard to find out, now they add maltose… Turkey’s largest propolis and bee products brand BEE’O has started a war to correct misconceptions within the scope …

Turkey Sheep and Goat Breeders’ Association (TÜDKİYEB) Chairman Nihat Çelik, during the conversation meeting with journalists, said that they were very pleased with Digital Agriculture Market (DİTAP) which will carry the entire chain of food production and consumption to the digital platform, to be put into force by the Ministry …

Through the new Honey Communiqué published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the botanical diversity in Turkish honeys such as thyme, chestnut, sunflower and citrus will be revealed. With the new arrangement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, instead of being referred to as “flower honey”, honey is …