November, 2024

• 19 November

  British farmers mass in London to protest inheritance tax change!

  

  British farmers descended into London on Tuesday as they commenced protests against controversial government plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they claim threatens to break up the sector and hit food production. Farming businesses previously qualified for 100% relief on inheritance tax on agricultural and business …

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• 19 November

  EU’s raw milk production totals 160.8 million tonnes in 2023…

  

  Germany on top in drinking milk, acidified milk products, butter, and cheese production, official figures show… The EU’s raw milk production was up 0.8 million tonnes year-on-year in 2023, reaching 160.8 million tonnes, the regional statistical bureau Eurostat said on Monday. The largest portion of the raw milk, 149.3 million …

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• 18 November

  Türkiye aims to protect and use water resources efficiently…

  

  While the negative impacts of climate change on water resources and basins are becoming an increasing problem in Türkiye, new measures are being taken in this area. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry and the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change have prepared a comprehensive plan to ensure sustainable …

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• 17 November

  Fevzi Çondur: Aydın Memecik Olive received a Geographical Indication

  

  Press release… Aydın Memecik Olive, which was applied by Aydın Commodity Exchange, was announced in the Official Journal of the European Union Aydın Commodity Exchange Chairman of the Board of Directors Fevzi Çondur, who stated that Aydın Commodity Exchange has achieved successful results in the works carried out for the …

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• 16 November

  Celal Kadooğlu: Cereals, pulses, oil seeds and products exports from Southeastern Anatolia reached 2.8 billion dollars in 10 months

  

  Press release… The region’s 10-month export revenue in the field of cereals, pulses, oilseeds and products, the most exporting sector of Southeastern Anatolia, was 2.8 billion dollars. In the region, where approximately 1 million tonnes less basic food was exported compared to the same period of the previous year, the …

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• 16 November

  “Türkiye is pursuing a balanced strategy in international grain trade”

  

  Press release… Ahmet Tiryakioğlu, Chairman of Turkish Exporters’ Assembly (TIM) Cereals, Pulses, Oil Seeds and Products Sector Board, stated that the Black Sea countries have become the centre of world grain production and Türkiye is one of the few countries that direct the grain trade with its geopolitically important position. …

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• 16 November

  “Olive oil gains 54 percent in dollar terms”

  

  Press release… Olive oil, referred to as golden liquid, was exported like gold in the 2023/24 season. Emre Uygun, Head of Aegean Olive and Olive Oil Exporters’ Association (EZZİB), announced that the average export price of olive oil was 4.64 dollars in the 2022/23 season, while in the 2023/24 season, …

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• 16 November

  International study reveals the history of wheat and its potential…

  

  Growing in controlled conditions in a glasshouse at Norwich’s John Innes Centre are several varieties of wild grasses, otherwise known as Aegilops tauschii. These wispy, waist-high plants may seem unlike our modern wheat crop, but recent major international study discovered they contain the same genome.  Rose McNelly Scientists believe this would …

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• 16 November

  Şemsi Bayraktar: Drought hits grain farmers

  

  The planting period for wheat and barley has been delayed due to insufficient rainfall and many farmers have been unable to plant grains due to drought, Şemsi Bayraktar, president of the Union of Turkish Agricultural Chambers (TZOB), has said. Şemsi Bayraktar The impacts from climate change through changes in precipitation, natural disasters, higher …

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• 15 November

  Selami İleri joins AGRIEVOLUTION’s Board of Directors as Turkish representative!

  

  Press release… The AGRIEVOLUTION Alliance, whose story started in Rome in 2008 and was established in Sao Paulo in 2012, was registered by the Italian authorities as an official union in Rome, where it was born. Selami İleri Turkish Association of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers (TARMAKBİR) also took part …

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