Livestock

The annual volume of aquaculture production in dams and ponds at the disposal of the General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works (DSİ) has reached around 940 million liras, Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said yesterday. Pakdemirli said dams and lakes, due to their roles in agricultural irrigation is the …

Turkey Milk, Meat, Food Industrialists and Producers Association (SETBİR) Chairman Tarık Tezel said: “It is necessary to increase the number of animals in order to meet the animal protein needs of our population.” Tarık Tezel explained that this investment would not only feed domectic population with sufficient animal protein, so …

The latest developments and problems in the egg sector which ranks in the eighth place in world egg production with an annual production exceeding 22 billion units and in the third place with its exports reaching 431 million dollars, struggling with the export crisis to Iraq in the last days, …

National Red Meat Council (UKON) has made important warnings on account of the Feast of Sacrifice… National Red Meat Council (UKON) Chairman Ahmet Hacıince said that approximately 200 thousand tons of red meat production took place during the Feast of Sacrifice, while about 10 percent of sacrificial slaughter wasted due …

Turkey produced 255,455 tons of red meat in the second three months of this year, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). The country’s red meat production fell by 4.1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter and it was up 20.8 percent on a quarterly basis. Turkey’s estimated cattle meat …

Turkey’s integrated dairies collected 835,172 tons of cow’s milk in June, the country’s statistical authority reported Friday. Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) said the production of drinking milk amounted to nearly 122,000 tons in the same month, increasing by 2.6 percent annually. The country produced some 52,000 tons of cheese from …

Plant Based Meat Market 85 Billion Dollars in 2030s… A Swiss investment firm UBS estimates that the 4.6 billion dollars plant-based protein and meat market in 2018 will reach 85 billion dollars by 2030 (1). The same source adds that the plant-based milk market could reach 37.5 billion dollars for …

Butchers Federation of Turkey Vice Chairman Osman Yardımcı said that the flesh of sacrificials needs to disassemble through the hands of experts, so 15 percent of the sacrificial meat is going to waste every year. This means that thousands of animals.” Yardımcı said: “Unexperinced and novice butchers are on the …

This is a summary of the report prepared by Chamber of Agricultural Engineers (ZMO) just before the Feast of Qurban in Turkey… · Officially in Turkey’s history, firstly in 2010 and then 2011, 2017 and 2018 sacrificials were imported. · In 2018, 866 thousand cattle and 2 million 682 thousand …

TİKA supports beekeeping in Albania… 400 hives were distributed to beekeepers in Debre, western Albania, by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA). TİKA Tirana Coordinator Necip Özay Özütok, Debre Governor Necbedin Sheu and Debre Beekeepers Association attended the ceremony for the distribution of beehives. Özütok, in his speech here, …