Livestock

Due to the wrong agricultural policies based on imports implemented in Turkey, astronomical price hikes are experienced in the food sector. Abdullah Melik, Head of Şanlıurfa (Turkiye’s prominent southeastern province) Branch of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers, said that the problems that reached the level of famine could only be …

More and more farmers that are concerned about the adverse effects of climate change are buying insurance policies to protect them against potential financial losses due to drought. In the first three months of 2022, a record number of growers applied for this particular insurance. In the whole of 2021, …

Gürdoğan: The most exported honey variety is pine honey Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Assocation (DKİB) Deputy Chairman of the Board Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan said that the most exported honey variety from Turkiye is pine honey. Gürdoğan said, “Due to the forest fires that took place in the Aegean Region last …

Egg Producers, Products and Industrialists’ Association (YÜSAD) joined the Turkish Food and Beverage Industry Associations Federation (TGDF), the largest non-governmental organization in the Turkish food and beverage industry. As of 2021, with a turnover of 465.9 billion liras and employment reaching 555 thousand, the food and beverage sector, which has …

“Long queues were forming. That’s why we have decided to hike the prices,” General Manager of Meat and Milk Board (ESK) Osman Uzun was dismissed because of this statement! Mustafa Kayhan, the former General Director of Livestock, was appointed as the General Manager of the ESK. Mustafa Kayhan and Osman …

Turkiye earned 7 million dollars in two months from honey exports… In January-February 2022, 7 million 131 thousand 895 dollars worth of honey was sold to 36 countries from Turkiye. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan Eastern Black Sea Exporters Association (DKİB) Deputy Chairman of the Board Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan said that 2,844 …

While the prices in Turkey have skyrocketed, striking data on livestock and meat exports! CHP’s (Republican People’s Party) Özgür Karabat added new ones to the claim that 2.5 million sheep and goats were sent to Qatar as carcasses, either live or slaughtered. According to Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) data, in …

Osman Parlak, Deputy Chairman of the Fisheries Centre Union and Chairman of Samsun-Sinop Region Fisheries Breeders’ Association, said that the war between Russia and Ukraine had severely disrupted the 250 million dollar Turkish Salmon market, especially to Russia. Osman Parlak said, “We export 80 percent of Turkish salmon to Russia. …

In the new period, agricultural policies will be renewed and domestic production will be accelerated. The aim of the studies initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture will be “to increase production, to ensure Turkey’s own sufficiency in basic products such as wheat and sunflower”. In this context, it is on …