Livestock

July 26, 2019 Meat and Milk Institution (ESK) increased meat purchase prices by 2 liras… Meat and Milk Institution raised 2 liras per kg on purchasing prices of cattle carcass meat. Accordingly the purchase price of imported animals marked up to 31 liras from 29 liras per kg and for …

Ovine shepherds boycotted supermarkets for selling cheap sacrificials on social media in Turkey! Members of Ovine Shepherds Union came together on social media with the motto of ‘Claim your sacrificial’ declared that they have been aggrieved by such markets just before The Feast of Qurban. “As you can see on …

Iraq, after putting embargo on white meat and pasta, has brought the poultry export to a critical point… The current experiencing has created uneasiness in poultry sector just after eggs and pasta crisis between Turkey and Iraq. Stating that they had some signals regarding poultry exports seriously stagnates to Iraq, …

Siirt Governor Ali Fuat Atik declared that 10 agriculture and animal husbandry projects were accepted which amount of 3 million liras… Governor Atik, said in a statement, with the new investments in the province agriculture and animal husbandry will develop much further. Within the scope of Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP) …

Turkey, the world’s second largest beekeeping country after China… Selçuk Solmaz, head of Ankara Beekeepers Association (AAYB), said, “Turkey is one of few self-sufficient countries in beekeeping,” Founded in 2003, AAYB aims to train beekeepers, discuss difficulties of the profession and find solutions to produce various bee products with more …

No import for this Feast of Sacrifice (Qurban Bayram)! Cengiz Ceylan, Deputy Director General of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that sacrificials for the Feast would be all domestic. Ceylan said, “This year the sacrificials are not considered to be imported. 1 million 250 thousand cattle ready …

Ankara – 12.07.2019 Turkey Chambers of Agriculture Union (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar said that the poultry sector incurred serious difficulties because of the interruption of exporting eggs to Iraq. Bayraktar held a press conference and said, “The industry can maintain its current production, to be able to continue to provide …

World Scientific Poultry Association European Federation met in Çeşme for Poultry Meat and Egg Quality 2019… World Scientific Poultry Association (WPSA) in the European Federation of Poultry Meat and Egg Quality and simply “Egg & Meat 2019” symposium was hosted by the Association known as the Turkey branch. The symposium …

Prof. Dr. Rüveyde Akbay Opening Speech… President of WPSA Turkish Branch Distinguished guests and dear friends, It is my pleasure and great honour to welcome you to the XVIII. European Symposium on the Quality of Eggs and Egg Products and XXIV. European Symposium on the Quality of Poultry Meat which …

Turkey has been an important player in global seafood industry in the last 10 years… As of the end of 2018, 952 million dollars of exports were realized in the field of aquaculture and 1 billion dollars with 2023 target was already achieved. Minister Pakdemirli raised the level to 2 …