Livestock

Press release… Rome, 25 October 2022. The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Central Fisheries Research Institute (SUMAE), is organizing an International Symposium on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (SOFAS 2022) from 25 to 27 October …

Top Turkish seafood firm Dardanel, fresh off its recent acquisition of Greek seafood brand Kallimanis, took part in this year’s edition of SIAL Paris, the world’s biggest food fair. Niyazi Önen Joining the event with both the Dardanel and Kallimanis brands, which it acquired just last month, the company sought …

High inflation to slow down economic activities and decrease demand, say analysts… Sugar Although the commodity market occasionally saw a positive course on a weekly basis, the long-standing selling pressure continued last week as well. Increasing geopolitical risks, ongoing pandemic measures in China, inflationary concerns related to the energy crisis …

Press release… Uşak Commodity Exchange has developed a project that will protect the livestock sector with the “Sun”. With the solar panels to be placed on the roofs of livestock barns (enterprises), both the producer will win and the meat crisis will be a thing of the past. Mustafa Sezer …

New Zealand’s government yesterday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change. The government said the farm levy would be a world first, and that farmers should be able to recoup the cost by charging more for climate-friendly …

Press release… Mediterranean Fisheries and Animal Products Exporters’ Association (ASHIB), which provided 524.8 million dollars of support to Türkiye’s 3.4 billion dollars aquaculture and animal products exports in 2021, awarded the 15 members with the highest exports from Adana province. At the ceremony, the doyen exporter, innovative product and young …

Press release… There is a call from Ödemiş, the centre of milk: “Let our milk, which is valuable while drinking, find its value when selling it. Our cows should not be slaughtered!” Mehmet Eriş, the educator mayor of Ödemiş, the district with the highest milk production in Türkiye's Aegean coast …

FAO food price index declines 1.1% month-on-month, led by lower vegetable oil prices… Global food prices decreased for a sixth month in a row in September, led by lower vegetable oil prices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Friday. Averaging 136.3 points last month, the FAO food price …

Türkiye’s only cheese museum hosted thousands of visitors! Located in Kars, a northwestern province of Türkiye and registered as the “18th Cheese Route of the World”, the ‘Cheese Museum’ hosted approximately 40 thousand local and foreign tourists in 8 months. Museum Director Yeşim Koç said that 40 thousand people have …

Türkiye aims to boost the country’s exports by focusing on a number of products, including tea, hazelnuts and salmon, the head of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan told the Türkiye Exporters’ Summit Tuesday. Speaking at the “2023 Exports Vision and New Opportunities” panel, moderated by Sabah …