Halil Tandoğan, Head of the Van Beekeepers’ Association, stated that global warming, which has been occurring for years, has caused a decline in honey yields every year and that beekeepers will face difficult times if measures are not taken. Halil Tandoğan, Head of the Van Beekeepers’ Association, informed that there …
Read More »Concerns raise among producers of chocolate-hazelnut products, as prices soar!
Wholesale hazelnut prices have surged this harvest season due to frost damage in Türkiye, the world’s leading producer, where the crop yields are expected to shrink this year. Hazelnuts The last major frost-related event, before April, affecting crops in Türkiye, occurred in 2014. Following the frost this year, which took …
Read More »Fevzi Çondur: Cotton production is not limited to farmers but also includes industry and exports
Cotton production faces challenges due to cilimate change and water stressing both in Türkiye and across the world… Fevzi Çondur Fevzi Çondur, president of the National Cotton Council, stated that cotton production is not limited to farmers alone but involves a broad process encompassing agriculture, industry and exports. “Climate-induced water …
Read More »Hazelnut prices soar after frost hits major producer Türkiye!
August, 2025… Wholesale hazelnut prices have surged this harvest season due to frost damage in Türkiye, the world’s leading producer, where the crop yields are expected to shrink this year. In April, a cold snap, unseen in years, affected a variety of domestically produced crops, pushing hazelnut prices higher even before the …
Read More »Aegean region citrus harvest 449 thousand tonnes, 34 percent fall!
Press release… The climate crisis has had a clear impact on citrus production in the Aegean Region. With temperatures reaching -17 degrees in April and 45-50 degrees in July, Türkiye is experiencing the climate crisis very harshly in the agricultural sector. In April 2025, which has been described as a …
Read More »‘Brown salt’ of Sivas adds flavour to Japanese cuisine…
Approximately 50 tonnes of the 350 tonnes of ‘brown’ rock salt extracted from the salt marshes at the foot of Mount Beydağı in the Zara district of Sivas province is exported to Japan. Sivas… The harvest of the spring salt, which is produced in clay pools in the village of …
Read More »Sebahattin Arslantürk: Decline in hazelnut productivity raises alarm!
Sebahattin Arslantürk, Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector Committee, announced that decline in hazelnut productivity raises alarm! Pointing out that productivity, which was above 100 kg per decare in Türkiye and worldwide between 2012 and 2021, has declined to 100 kg …
Read More »Early harvest of certified Zara honey due to hot weather pleases producers with its yield…
In Central Anatolian province of Sivas, the early start to the honey harvest due to excessive heat in the geographically certified ‘Zara honey’ pleased producers with its yield and quality. In the district preferred by honey producers due to the abundance of oregano and sage plants, 400 producers are engaged …
Read More »Türkiye experiences the hottest July in 55 years!
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change announced that July 2025 was the hottest July in Türkiye in the last 55 years. The average temperature reached 26.9 degrees, with a record high of 49.4 degrees recorded in Cizre district of Şırnak province. The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate …
Read More »“Hazelnut production areas surge in Türkiye”
Türkiye Maintains Its Leadership in Global Hazelnut Production… Sebahattin Arslantürk, Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Black Sea Exporters’ Association (DKİB) Hazelnut and Hazelnut Products Sector Committee, stated that FAO data is very clear; between 2012 and 2021, global hazelnut production areas surged by 437,000 hectares, with 72.3 percent of this …
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