Red Meat

As Eid al-Adha approaches, a prominent academic is urging the public to ensure both humane treatment of animals and hygienic practices during sacrificial rituals, highlighting the impact on public health, animal welfare and environmental safety. Professor Dr. Ali Gücükoğlu, a faculty member at the Department of Food Inspection Technology at …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that sacrificial animals brought to markets for Eid al-Adha but unable to be sold will be purchased by the Meat and Milk Board (ESK). Yumaklı announced that there were no problems with the supply of sacrificial animals this year. Emphasising that approximately …

The Central Union of Red Meat Producers of Türkiye announced that it will import meat breed pregnant and non-pregnant heifers from South America in order to ramp up red meat production and reduce foreign dependency. It was reported that preliminary requests will be collected and the distribution will be carried …

Press release… Pınar Meat (Et) Achieved 5 Percent Growth with an Investment of 439.5 Million TL in 2024… Pınar Et, founded in 1983 as a pioneer of the modern meat industry, reached a turnover of 8.1 billion TL with a sales volume of 34,917 tons in 2024, made a total …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that they will remove the issue of red meat imports from the country’s agenda by 2028. Pointing out the importance of sustainability of animal production, Yumaklı said that in the last 23 years, the number of cattle increased by 71 percent to …

Production and consumption data in Türkiye? The amount of animal production and consumption in our country is shared by the public through TUIK (TURKSTAT). According to current data, the number of bovine animals in 2024 is 16 million 555 thousand and the number of ovine animals is 53 million 965 …

THE GOAL OF A SELF-SUFFICIENT COUNTRY… Salih Çelik, General Director of Animal Husbandry, stated that they aim to become a self-sufficient country in red meat by increasing productivity in animal production. “The red meat sector is not only a food production area, but also a critical sector that directly contributes …

CLOSE MONITORING OF RED MEAT PRICES… The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, through the Meat and Milk Board (ESK) and the General Directorate of Livestock, took action to prevent speculative movements in the red meat market before Ramadan. The institution intervenes in price fluctuations by taking various regulatory measures to …

Bülent Tunç, Chairperson of the Central Union of Red Meat Producers of Türkiye, stated that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s ‘Abundance in the Rural, Support for Animal Husbandry Project’ and the provision of pregnant cattle in the General Directorate of Agricultural Enterprises (TİGEM) enterprises to producers at affordable costs …

Press release… Türkiye’s animal food exports amounted to 3.86 billion dollars in 2024. The fisheries and animal products sector succeeded in increasing its export performance by 10.8 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. Ali Can Yamanyılmaz, Member of the Sectors Council of the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM) and …