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“Why red meat prices are so high in Türkiye”

Ahmet Hacıince, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Red Meat Council (UKON), said that the main reason for today’s high prices of red meat is the high cost of production. Underlying the high cost of production is the hike in the prices of young male cattle to …

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Bedri Girit: Japanese make sushi with Turkish tuna

Press release… Participating in the Foodex Fair held in Japan between 5-8 March 2024, Bedri Girit, Head of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, said that the Japanese make sushi with Turkish tuna. Bedri Girit Noting that the historical ties between Türkiye and Japan, the wide and high …

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“Japanese market is very valuable to us”

Press release… Mehmet Ali Işık, Head of Aegean Dried Fruits and Products Exporters’ Association, said that the Turkish food sector exported food products worth 26 billion dollars in the 100th anniversary of the Republic. Işık also stated that they want to grow in markets such as Japan, China and India …

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Warning from Minister of Agriculture on red meat prices!

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı pointed to opportunists in the increase in meat prices in Central Anatolian province of Kırşehir’s TİGEM (General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises) Malya Enterprise. Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı made statements regarding the hike in meat prices. İbrahim Yumaklı “The Competition Authority …

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Five-year livestock roadmap targets self-sufficiency!

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Yumaklı has announced Türkiye’s five-year livestock roadmap which plans to end livestock imports in three years by providing additional support to producers. The ministry has initiated a program for breeders and milk producing enterprises to have superior breeds in milk and meat productivity which expects to yield results within two …

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The State of the EU Agriculture…

Farmers’ protests making the headlines these days brought back agriculture in the EU political agenda. But what is the state of EU agriculture and how it is performing in economic, social and environmental terms?We had a conversation with two experts: Yves Madre, president of the Agricultural Think Thank Farm-Europe and …

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Aegean Region’s agri-food exports up by 10 percent in February…

Press release… Aegean Exporters’ Associations (EIB) increased their exports by 5 percent in February, from 1 billion 505 million dollars to 1 billion 580 million dollars… According to the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) data, the exports of the Aegean Region grew by 4 percent from 2 billion 510 million dollars …

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Turkish salmon exports surge by 24 percent…

Turkish salmon exports from the Eastern Black Sea region in the January-February period surged by 24 percent and reached 19 million 45 thousand 787 dollars. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB), said that 3 thousand 778 tonnes of …

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Yumaklı: Ninety-five percent of the food need is met from the soil

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı said that 95 percent of the food need is met from the soil and that the Ministry is trying to use the soil more efficiently. Minister Yumaklı stated that the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) has so far developed 953 …

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Turkish food sector set a target of 1 billion dollars in exports to Japan…

Press release… Japan’s food imports have soared by 17 percent in the last 5 years from 62 billion to 73.6 billion dollars, while Türkiye’s food exports to Japan increased by 72 percent in the same period from 164 million to 282 million dollars. Türkiye, the world’s food warehouse, is participating …

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