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29 April

INTEREST-FREE SIX-MONTH POSTPONEMENT FOR FARMERS’ LOANS PROVIDED…

Turkey provided interest-free six-month postponement for farmers‘ loans amid the coronavirus pandemic, the treasury and finance minister announced on April 28. “Thus, we offer our farmers the opportunity to postpone approximately 6 billion Turkish liras ($858.1 million) debt,” Berat Albayrak said on Twitter. He said for the past 18 years, the government has always stood …

29 April

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC DRIVES MAIZE PRICES DOWN…

April 29, 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Drives Maize Prices down… The global spread of the pandemic that started off in China has caused maize prices to drop, over the past few weeks. Maize – a Raw Material Linked to Petrol Prices… One of the main causes for the maize price drop …

29 April

CHINA; LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCTS SEMI – ANNUAL REPORT…

April, 2020 ASF has devastated China’s swine industry since August 2018. Despite low official reported cases of ASF and robust recovery efforts in the second half of 2019, overall swine production and slaughter will remain depressed in 2020. Further complicating matters is the coronavirus outbreak in China, but it is …

29 April

HÜSEYİN VATANSEVER: PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE ENDORSED IN THE PARLIAMENT

Press release… April 29, 2020 While Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic enhances the awareness concerning nature destructions of which the cause of climate changes, Paris Climate Agreement, signed by Turkey in 2016, can not enter into force for not has been adopted in Parliament. Turkey who inked the agreement in 2015 so …

28 April

VINEGAR EXPORTS INCREASES FROM TURKEY, MOSTLY GOES TO SAUDI ARABIA..

One million 158 thousand dollars vinegar exports in the first quarter of this year was realized in Turkey. According to the information received by the Uludağ Exporters’ Associations, companies in the sector made the most exports to Saudi Arabia. Exports to Saudi Arabia, where 317 thousand dollars worth of products …

28 April

FIRST CHERRIES EXPORTED FROM KEMALPAŞA, HEADING FAR EAST…

Press release… Cherry Producer, exporter and also Kemalpaşa (a district of Izmir province) Municipality Council Member Ahmet Özken said that they realized the first shipment of cherries in Turkey along with the beginning of cherry season in 2020… Özken, President of the Kemalpaşa Agriculture Support and Development Association (KEMTAR), said: …

28 April

BULGARIA; GRAIN AND FEED MARKET UPDATE REPORT…

April, 2020 In marketing year (MY) 2019/20, Bulgaria’s total grain harvest was 8.5 percent above MY 2018/19, including almost 4.0 million metric tons (MMT) of corn, a production record. Higher domestic stocks, favorable export demand, and lower domestic consumption, supported the increase in exports. As of early April 2020, wheat …

27 April

PINAR SÜT SUPPLIES 19 PERCENT OF ALL TURKISH DAIRY EXPORTS…

Press release… Export attack from Pınar Süt… Pınar Süt, the leading dairy company of Turkey, supplies 19 percent of national milk and dairy exports by itself, attained the targets in the first quarter of 2020 despite all market negativities. İdil Yiğitbaşı, Chairwoman of the Board of Pınar Süt, said that …

27 April

OSMAN YARDIMCI: NO PRICE HIKE IN RED MEAT DURING RAMADAN

“There is no price hike in red meat in Ramadan,” said Osman Yardımcı, Vice President of the Butchers’ Federation. Butchers’ Federation of Turkey Vice President Osman Yardımcı said there will be no price increase of red meat in the month of Ramadan. “We have always such provocative remarks in Ramadan …

27 April

ANNUAL SUGAR REPORT FOR TURKEY; PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND TRADE…

April – 2020 Sugar beet production and planting area is forecast at 19.2 million metric tons (MMT) and 320,000 hectares (ha) in Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21, assuming favorable growing conditions similar to last year. The production quotas for MY 2020/21 were announced on December 25, 2019, which is identical to …