Mechanization and Technology

Press release… Yanmar Türkiye is organizing a major roadshow for the LS Tractor brand. The event, taking place from October 13-24, will cover the cities of Sakarya, Düzce, Çankırı, Yozgat, Sivas, Adana, Kayseri, Konya and Antalya. Murat Balkan Kanbir Yanmar Türkiye, the Turkish subsidiary of Japanese giant Yanmar, is organizing …

Press release… Bringing Japanese giant Yanmar’s 110 years of engineering expertise to the country, Yanmar Türkiye offers manufacturers more powerful and economical solutions with its next-generation industrial engines, featuring compact designs, high torque and low emissions. Yanmar Türkiye, the Turkish subsidiary of Yanmar, a global leader in industrial powertrain systems, …

Fevzi Çondur Emphasizes “Climate-Smart Agriculture”… In his speech at the workshop “Water Resources and Management in the Büyük Menderes Basin, Agricultural Production and Product Safety in the Greater Menderes Basin,” Aydın Commodity Exchange Chairman and National Cotton Council Chairman Fevzi Çondur emphasized the importance of shifting to climate-smart agriculture rather …

Professor Dr. Murat Türkeş, Board Member of the Boğaziçi University Climate Change and Policy Application and Research Centre stated that the impact of the prolonged agricultural, ecological and hydrological drought they are experiencing will not be relieved by the rainfall in October. “We do not expect sufficient rainfall in the …

Once hailed as one of Türkiye’s fastest-growing crops, avocado production is now facing serious challenges as climate conditions and water shortages threaten future harvests. This year’s severe frosts in February, March and April devastated fruit production across the country. Avocados, which had been riding a wave of popularity thanks to healthy eating trends, were …

The agricultural futures market could launch in 2026… Ali Kırali, General Manager of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TMEX – TÜRİB) stated that they have prepared the infrastructure for the futures market. “We aim to trade futures contracts based on electronic warehouse (commodity) receipts (EWR) and TMEX’s price indices in this …

Press release… Pınar Meat (Et) invested 439.4 million Turkish Liras in 2024, undertaking significant work in renewable energy, water efficiency, waste management, logistics optimization and sustainable packaging. Hüseyin Demir With the solar panels it commissioned, Pınar Meat covered 8 percent of its total electricity consumption in 2024. Through its sustainable …

Press release… Syngenta Vegetable Seeds and Heritable Agriculture enter collaboration to optimize commercial crop portfolios using AI Heritable, a spinoff from Google parent Alphabet’s innovation lab, will use AI-tools to help accelerate data-driven decisions for the best placement of vegetable varieties to offer growers BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Vegetable seed companies …

Professor Dr. Halim Orta, a faculty member in the Department of Biosystems Engineering, Land and Water Resources, at Namık Kemal University, Faculty of Agriculture, Tekirdağ, stated that the number of ponds (reservoirs) should be boosted to minimize the effects of drought. Orta told an Anadolu Agency (AA) reporter that the …

Chef Ömür Akkor, who visited the Agricultural Technologies Cluster at TECHNOFEST 2025, said, “We need to bring technology and agriculture together and strengthen it. Agriculture has been practiced in this country for 12,000 years. This makes it the longest-running agricultural region in the world. That’s why TECHNOFEST’s agricultural initiative this …