The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB) on Wednesday jointly extended a loan of 11 million euros (nearly $13 million) to Turkish chocolate maker Altınmarka to finance growing demand for its products. The loan will finance the company’s increased working capital …

Turkey collects over 7.5M tons of cow milk in 9 months… In January-September, cow milk production rises 4%, dairy products exports up… Turkey collected over 7.5 million tons of cow milk in the first nine months of 2020, the country’s statistical authority (TURKSTAT) announced on Wednesday. Cow milk production increased …

Press release… NORTHERN Ireland machinery manufacturer SlurryKat has designed a special combination trailer that can be used as both a dump trailer and a silage trailer. Strong customer demand for a trailer that could be multi-purpose led to the team at SlurryKat being tasked to design and manufacture the machine …

Poultry exports total over $550M in January-September… Chicken meat production in Turkey rose by 0.9% in the first nine months of 2020 on an annual basis, the country’s statistical authority (TURKSTAT) announced Wednesday. Chicken meat production amounted to 1.61 million tons in the nine-month period, while turkey meat production rose …

Required competencies of Veterinary Services in the context of international trade: opportunities and challenges… Veterinary Services are essential to safeguard animal health and welfare and veterinary public health at national level. They are the basis for sanitary certification of animals and animal products intended for trade. The private sector, including …

Bekir Pakdemirli, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, announced that they will make support payments of 23 billion liras to farmers in 2021. Minister Pakdemirli, who made a presentation on the budget of his ministry at the Parliament’s Plan and Budget Committee, said, “We did not experience any problems with food …

Press release… Turkish food exporters participated in China International Import Expo (CIIE) 2020, which was held for the 3rd time this year in the People’s Republic of China, one of their biggest target markets, where they exported 226 million dollars with a 63 percent increase in exports in 2019 and …

Coffee will not come from Yemen, but from BATEM! The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute, which accelerates domestic and national coffee production activities, aims to create a brand with the slogan “Coffee comes from BATEM”. The West Mediterranean Agricultural Research Institute (BATEM), situated in Antalya province, which has accelerated its …

A new type of soil created by engineers at The University of Texas at Austin can pull water from the air and distribute it to plants, potentially expanding the map of farmable land around the globe to previously inhospitable places and reducing water use in agriculture at a time of …

Press release… Turkey has made a successful entry into dried apricots 2020-21 season. In the first quarter of the 2020-21 season, Turkey’s dried apricot exports dropped by 13.47 percent on the amount basis, but showed a 8.3 percent increase in foreign exchange basis. The first quarter of the 2020/21 season …