Mechanization and Technology

The Sernick Group has welcomed the opportunity to implement drone technology in their own commercial farming practices and has since been researching new ways to benefit from it. The application of a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS), or drone, for commercial use in agriculture, was officially approved by the South …

Sub-Union of Seed Industrialists and Producers (TSÜAB) Chairman Dr. Ahmet Yılmaz made a statement and said that the seed sector in Turkey gained momentum by the contribution of private sector after 1980s. Stating that they serve Turkish agriculture with 961 members as TSÜAB, Dr. Yılmaz noted that the seed law …

Biomass energy theoretically has the potential to meet almost one-third of Turkey’s yearly electricity consumption, according to Professor Günnur Koçar, the manager of Ege University Biomass Energy Systems and Technologies Application and Research Center (BESTMER), told Anadolu Agency (AA) Thursday. The Izmir-based energy company will help utilize this potential, she …

Geothermal Power Plants Investors’ Association (JESDER) Chairman Ufuk Şentürk said that they aimed to increase the geothermal based agricultural production five-fold over the next 5 years in Turkey. Stating that geothermal agriculture is the subject of secondary investment after electricity generation, JESDER Chairman Ufuk Şentürk said, “Site allocation studies have …

Press release… SlurryKat adds new ‘Premium Plus’ range of trailing shoe injectors A NEW Premium Plus range of trailing shoe slurry injectors has just been launched by manure handling equipment experts SlurryKat. The latest release comes hot on the heels of the previous successful launches of the Farmline trailing shoes …

Press release… Within the scope of the protocol signed between TAGEM (General Directorate of Agricultural Researches and Policies) and TSÜAB (Sub-Union of Seed Industrialists and Producers), the launch of the project named, “Let no farmer left behind reaching local and national seeds” held in Kayseri province. Speaking at the opening …

HEKTAŞ purchased the production and sales right of Pehlivan07 hybrid silage corn variety from TAGEM, the General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. HEKTAŞ General Manager Levent Ortakçıer stated that they focus on seed breeding in the domestic market. Levent Ortakçıer, OYAK Agriculture …

Turkey’s first domestic industrial enzymes factory was launched on Friday with an aim to produce industrial enzymes used in the production of flour and fructose syrup with the local and national facilities by focusing on food safety at the first stage. Addressing the opening ceremony, Industry and Technology Minister Mustafa …

Increased water consumption due to the coronavirus outbreak could cause a drought as precipitation remains below the seasonal averages across the country, an expert warned Friday. According to Yusuf Demir, a professor of agriculture and irrigation at Samsun’s Ondokuz Mayıs University, residential water consumption increased by 60% throughout the country …

“Digital Farming Management Tool Market Acceptance Solutions” İZMİR (Aegean Agency) – Project proposal of “Digital Farming Management Tool Market Acceptance Solutions (d-FaMToMAS)”, of which Aegean University is a project partner to be presented to Full Proposal by passing the TUBITAK and European Union eliminations among 112 projects, took place among …