Tobacco exports decreased in the first quarter of 2021… Leaf tobacco and tobacco products exports decreased by 28 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of 2020. Exports of tobacco and tobacco products, which were 218 million dollars in the January – March period of …

Fehmi Kiraz, Chairperson of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Engineers, stated that they have made their wheat yield estimate as 17.5 million tonnes this year due to the drought. Indicating that Central and Southeastern Anatolia regions, where wheat production is high, were greatly affected by the drought, Kiraz also noted …

Malatya Commodity Exchange Chairman Ramazan Özcan said that April’s export figures made the region and the country’s economy happy. Stating that they have increased in value this year compared to April last year, Özcan said, “Last year, we exported 7 thousand tonnes of dried apricots in April and earned 18 …

Press release… Uludağ Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Exporters’ Association (UYMSİB), with the support of the Ministry of Trade, realized the fourth of the trainings it gave within the scope of Bursa Black Fig Ur-Ge Project. UYMSİB has added a new one to its works to introduce Bursa Black Fig, which …

Press release… Ankara- 14.05.2021- Şemsi Bayraktar, Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB) President, said, “Our farmers continue to produce unabated despite all difficulties during the coronavirus process. If we have had food on our tables since the beginning of the pandemic, it is thanks to them.” “For this reason, I …

Press release… In 2020, when the biggest epidemic faced by humanity in the last 100 years reached its peak, the Turkish farmer met the needs of 84 million people and increased the production of Turkish delicacies to be exported to all over the world and eased the pandemic conditions. The …

Turkey is heading toward farming season under a severe threat of drought, a water report has revealed, noting a 50 percent decrease in the rate of precipitation across the country in April. “There was 90 percent decline in rainfalls in the Southeastern Anatolia region and some 76 percent decline in Eastern Anatolia in April,” said a …

Turkey‘s cow milk production rose by 3.3 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to last year, the country’s statistical authority revealed on May 12. The amount of cow milk collected by the integrated dairies reached 2.6 million tons from January to March, TÜİK data showed. Drinking milk production decreased 1.1 percent year-on-year …

The Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Ministry has been storing the seeds of all kinds of plants grown across the country in some 32 gene banks in a bid to conserve the rich flora of Turkey from going extinct, the head of the project said on April 30. “We store every plants’ seeds in these …

Turkey‘s poultry production decreased on an annual basis in the first quarter of this year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on May 12. The country produced 528,968 tons of chicken meat this January-March, down 3.5 percent year-on-year, TÜİK said. Turkey’s hen egg production fell 3.9 percent on a yearly basis to 4.9 billion units in …