Red Meat

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 …

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı on Friday outlined a plan to eliminate Türkiye’s reliance on meat imports, emphasizing the country’s commitment to ensure self-sufficiency in livestock production. In a briefing with media representatives, Yumaklı expressed confidence that by the end of a three-year planning period, Türkiye would no longer …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı introduced the projects that will meet the need for red meat across the country during the examinations in TİGEM Ceylanpınar enterprise, situated in the Türkiye’s Southeastern province of Şanlıurfa.. The Minister emphasised the efforts to develop ovine and bovine breeding. Minister of Agriculture …

November, 2024 Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Agriculture is working to open the Turkish market to Kazakh meat exports. Deputy Minister Amangaly Berdalin stated that Türkiye is willing to pay nearly double the price offered by China for Kazakh beef, at 11 dollars per kilogram, reports the Times of Central Asia. Although Kazakhstan …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that the sufficiency rate in red meat is 95 percent and that they have started a fattening calf production mobilisation in order to meet the remaining 5 percent with domestic facilities, and called on the private sector to establish breeding meat enterprises. …

In the report of the National Red Meat Council (UKON), it is proposed that an “Intervention Board” should be established in order to stabilise the red meat market; “The current system is insufficient to meet the expectations of both feeders, users and consumers. It is of great importance that an …

Press release… Ahmet Vehbi Bakırlıoğlu: ” We are going to a record in the import of meat and meat products!” Member of the Türkiye Grand National Assembly (TBMM) Plan and Budget Commission, Republican People’s Party (CHP) Manisa Deputy Ahmet Vehbi Bakırloğlu examined the import of live animals, meat and meat …

Cultivated meat is down but not out, says meat industry veteran and new CEO at Meatable… Jeff Tripian Cultivated meat may be down, but it’s not out, insists the new US-based CEO of Dutch startup Meatable. The reason is simple, claims Jeff “Trip” Tripician, a meat industry veteran who took the helm of the …