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7 May

FAO: GLOBAL FOOD COMMODITY PRICES DROP FURTHER IN APRIL

Press release… FAO expects subdued usage to push up cereal stocks in 2019/20 and FAO’s first forecast for wheat markets in 2020/21 points to continued growth in inventories 07 May 2020, Rome – World food commodity prices declined for the third month in a row during April, as the economic …

6 May

TURKEY EARNS 1.84 BILLION DOLLARS FROM HAZELNUT EXPORTS IN THE LAST 8 MONTHS…

Turkey has earned around 1.84 billion dollars (TL 13 billion) from hazelnut exports from September 2019 to April 2020, increasing 50.9 percent versus the same period in the previous season, a regional trade union announced on Monday. The Black Sea Hazelnut and Products Exporters’ Association reported that Turkey’s hazelnut exports …

6 May

CULTIVATED ACREAGE IN SORGHUM GRAIN AND SORGHUM SILAGE INCREASES IN EUROPE…

The cultivated acreage in sorghum grain and sorghum silage are increasing in Europe. The choice of variety being a determining success factor, more and more farmers are turning to star-sorghum: the hybrids proposed by European seed companies. In order to meet the market needs, the acreage dedicated to seed production …

6 May

İSMAİL YILMAZ: LOCAL FLOWER GROWERS LOOK FOR NEW MARKETS AS DEMAND DROPS

Turkey’s flower growers are looking for new foreign markets as demand has dropped significantly because of the global pandemic. The industry’s exports stood at 107 million dollars last year and growers had initially set a higher revenue target of 125 million dollars for 2020, however the coronavirus outbreak shattered their hopes. Antalya, …

5 May

ARKHE AGRICULTURE: ANIMAL TRANSFERS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED IN THE FEAST OF SACRIFICE

Press release… A coronavirus warning came from experts for the livestock industry… Emre Pınar Kılıç, a member of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce (İZTO) Agriculture and Livestock Commission and veterinary surgeon Gürhan Karaçaylı, said that the coronavirus could survive in the summer months and that measures should be taken. “A …

4 May

IDLE AGRICULTURAL LANDS BELONGING TO TURKISH TREASURY TO BE OPENED TO FARMERS…

Inert agricultural lands belonging to the Turkish Treasury are opened to the utilisation of farmers… Production will start on an area of 14 million square metres. Kayseri has the biggest share of these lands with approximately 4 million square meters. Important steps are being taken in the fight against coronavirus …

4 May

TEA GROWERS LOOK FOR WORKERS TO HARVEST TEA BY OFFERING 1000 DOLLARS…

Tea growers in the eastern Black Sea region are desperately looking for workers to harvest tea on their land plants after authorities have introduced curbs on travel and limited entrance to and exit from the cities. Potential tea plantation workers are offered a salary of 6,900 Turkish Liras (around 1000 dollars) …

4 May

PAKDEMİRLİ: WE MONITOR 50 PRODUCTS CLOSELY IN THIS CORONAVIRUS PERIOD

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Bekir Pakdemirli said that they closely followed 50 products especially during the coronavirus period. Pakdemirli stated, “We are following all of these products’ production, harvest, exports, imports and taxes, etc. But too much onion used to be exported, its prices turned to normal while we …

4 May

METİN KARAGÖL: WE BROUGHT TOGETHER FIRST COTTON SEEDS WITH THE SOIL IN MENEMEN

First cotton seed was brought together with soil in Menemen Plain of İzmir… Menemen Plain of Izmir, one of Turkey’s major production cotton centres, first cotton seeds of the season met with the soil. Meanwhile being exempt from curfew, farmers continue to produce. One of Turkey’s major cotton production centres, …

3 May

FEHMİ KİRAZ: WE PROPOSE THE CLEARING BANK MODEL FOR CONTRACT FARMING

“Clearing Bank” (Takas Bank) model proposal for contract farming… Fehmi Kiraz, Chairman of Turkish Agricultural Engineers’ Association (TZYMB), regarding the contract production model to be realized through the Digital Agriculture Market (DİTAP), said, “The text of the contract should be arranged very firmly at the right of withdrawal and at …