Livestock

July, 2025… The Sustainable Food and Drink Industry Association (SÜGİD) is a stakeholder platform established to support the sustainability transformation of the agriculture-based food and beverage industry. By bringing together a wide range of actors, from industrial organizations to academia, public institutions to civil society representatives, the association pioneers the …

Press release… The DFIF deduction of 1.5 dollars per kilogram on table egg exports has been lifted… The 1.5 dollars per kilogram Support and Price Stabilisation Fund (DFIF) deduction applied to table egg exports has been lifted. Bedri Girit, Chair of the Aegean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association, stated …

Kars Governor Ziya Polat visited residents producing Kars Organic Honey, one of the province’s geographically indicated products, learned about beekeeping and expressed his wishes for a bountiful honey harvest. Ziya Polat Kars province, home to 118,934 beehives in 591 farms, hosted Governor Ziya Polat, accompanied by Director of Agriculture and …

July, 2025… The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has begun the general agricultural census. The data compilation process is expected to conclude on December 31st. Ankara… According to information obtained from Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) officials, the general agricultural census, which aims to compile data that plays a crucial role in …

Professor Dr. Hüdayi Ercoşkun, a faculty member at the Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts at Artvin Çoruh University, announced that yogurt is a cornerstone not only of our tables but also of our history, language and cultural identity, saying, “Yogurt is Turkish, and it will remain Turkish.” Yogurt has …

Şenpiliç, located in Türkiye’s northwestern province of Sakarya, an integrated chicken meat producer, continues its sustainable growth in the chicken meat sector with its production infrastructure and extensive contract farmer network. The company added 1,400 broiler chicken houses to the Şenpiliç ecosystem through its contract production model, providing indirect employment …

Press release… Seabass, the leading fishery exporter, saw export spike by 10 percent in the first half of the year, reaching 303 million dollars and seabream by 8 percent, reaching 273.7 million dollars. During the same period, Turkish salmon generated 217 million dollars in foreign currency revenue, a 17 percent …

Sinan Kızıltan, the chairperson of Türkiye’s sector board for Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Associations, announced that exports in the sector are progressing positively. Kızıltan stated that the Black Sea’s contribution to the country’s seafood exports is increasing rapidly and highlighted the significance of salmon export growth. Sinan Kızıltan He …

July, 2025, Ankara… According to the information compiled from the Beekeeping Product Report of the General Directorate of Agricultural Reform, Türkiye stands out in global beekeeping thanks to its rich vegetation, climate and favourable geographical location. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has advised the beekeeping sector, which has been …

In order to prevent egg waste, the existing ‘use-by date’ label for table eggs has been changed to ‘recommended consumption date’. Ankara… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s ‘Communique on Amendments to the Turkish Food Codex Egg Communique’ has been published in the Official Gazette and entered into force. Accordingly, …