Events and Exhibitions

Experts, officials and sector representatives to discuss pressing issues affecting markets… ISTANBUL… The International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM) Eurasia will gather for a conference in Istanbul between 31 August-01 September next week. The association carries out 55% of the global flour trade. Starting on Thursday, the two-day conference will …

Officials from the Agriculture Ministry will conduct food inspections at restaurants, hotels, cafes and other eateries until Sept. 8 to ensure that products offered at those venues comply with health regulations. The inspections, which started on Aug. 21, will be carried out simultaneously in all 81 provinces of the country. İbrahim Yumaklı …

Press release… The Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) held a “Hazelnut Sector Press Conference” with the participation of Mehmet Cirav, Sebahattin Arslantürk and Tahsin Büyükaydın, the leading hazelnut industrialists and exporters of the region, under the chairmanship of Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, Vice President of the DKİB. Ahmet Hamdi Gürdoğan, …

Press release… Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB) held an evaluation meeting before the harvest and export season of Bursa Black Fig, one of the brand values of the province. Dr. Senih Yazgan Uludağ Fruit and Vegetable Products Exporters’ Association (UMSMİB) Chairman Özkan Kamiloğlu, exporter company managers and …

The General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies (TAGEM) has launched a project to determine how climate change, which affects the country in many ways, will shape the future of beekeeping. TAGEM within the Ministry, upon the request of the General Directorate of Livestock, also under the Ministry, initiated a …

Press release… Harvest has started for the world-famous seedless Sultani grapes… One of the leading agricultural export products of the Aegean region, Sultani seedless grapes, the first products harvested from the vineyards in Manisa’s Alaşehir district started their export journey. “Sultaniye Grape Harvest Ceremony” was held in Manisa – Alaşehir, …

Stating that there has been an extreme year in grains, Ali Kırali, General Manager of the Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TMEX – TÜRİB), said, “The harvest is good, our warehouses are full.” Regarding the effect of Turkish Grain Board (TMO) on the grain market, Kırali said, “TMO, which has been putting …

Press release… The study initiated by Izmir Commodity Exchange (ITB), the pioneer of firsts, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Manisa Viticulture Research Institute has yielded its first fruit. The grape variety named “Borsakarası” was included in the National Variety list. In 2019, the first products were …

The El Nino weather phenomenon is just warming up, potentially paving the way for higher temperatures and extreme weather events in a year that has already seen plenty of both. The first El Nino in years began last month, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The naturally occurring warming of temperatures in the Pacific …

ROME… European olive oil producers are sounding the alarm as this summer’s heat waves are expected to cause the second bad harvest in a row. Unusual droughts are the heart of a brewing crisis for the sector, which may result in gaps in shelves and rising prices of olive oil, …