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Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumaklı addressed Friday the issue of exorbitant price hikes, noting authorities would undertake the required steps against all the sectors identified doing this practice, highlighting at the same time they would continue to protect producers to ensure sustainable production. Yumaklı, in his speech at the …

Press release… TARİŞ Olive and Olive Oil Association Chairperson Hilmi Sürek stated that the price of 5 acid refining olive oil traded in the market is 165 liras per kilogram and said, “The price of 295 liras per kilogram, which has been highlighted recently, is the gross price valid for …

Press release… Fresh sea bass is most popular with the British… Sinan Kızıltan While the UK ranked first in fresh sea bass exports with an amount of 29 million dollars, the Netherlands was the top country in fresh fillet sea bass with a demand of 34 million dollars. While the …

Seed corn harvest was still ongoing at the end of September. The production year has been behind schedule throughout the world, because of this spring’s planting conditions. The dry-down is fast in the fields and processors need to be quick taking on considerable amounts within a short time span. Production …

Climate change has decreased hydroelectric energy generation in the Upper Euphrates Basin, says the new HPA Report... The report titled “The Impact of Climate Change  in the Upper Tigris and Euphrates Basin,” prepared by the Hydropolitics Association, says that “the electricity generation of Keban, Karakaya, and Atatürk Dams has gradually …

Despite the expected decline in production, Türkiye’s olive oil producers do not anticipate serious supply problems thanks to olive oil in the stocks. The national production is forecast to drop from 400,000 tonnes last year to around 150,000 tonnes in 2023, according to Fevzi Çondur, the head of the Aydın Commodity Exchange. Fevzi Çondur …

Citrus farming stuck between unsold produce, rising costs… ADANA…Turkish citrus farmers and consumers find themselves trapped in a dilemma as the prices of fruits skyrocket from the orchard to the counter due to a complex web of factors, including labour costs, transportation and market dynamics. Burak Karabucak Burak Karabucak, the …

The agricultural input price index soared by 2.6 percent monthly in September, slowing from the 6.9 percent rise recorded in August. Consequently, the year-on-year increase in the input prices eased from 41.3 percent to 40.97 percent, according to the data from Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK). The input prices have risen 33 percent since December 2022. …

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry İbrahim Yumaklı stated that they aim to ramp up the export of fishery products to 2 billion dollars by the end of the year and said, “Turkish fishermen catch approximately 1 million tonnes of fish in international waters and oceans, which is at least 3 …

Germany saw an average of 10 farms go out of business every day in the last decade, according to the German government’s agricultural policy report, which has spurred associations and the opposition to call on the agriculture minister to take action. The number of farms that closed between 2010 and …