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Mutlu Doğru: If the bioethanol ratio drops, domestic crops will lose!

Mutlu Doğru, President of the Adana Farmers’ Association, stated that bioethanol, produced from sugar beets, maize and agricultural waste, is a strategic product that reduces energy dependence. “Bioethanol contributes to the economy and plays a significant role in combating climate change with its significantly lower carbon emissions compared to fossil …

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Mutlu Doğru: If loan maturities not extended, we could experience an agricultural crisis!

Mutlu Doğru, President of the Adana Farmers’ Association, issued a warning that the vast majority of farmers, who experienced significant crop losses and yield reductions due to drought and extreme heat, which began with frost in 2025 and led to rising costs, will have their loan repayment due in October, …

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Mutlu Doğru: Why this import with only days left until the harvest?

Press release… Türkiye has approved zero-tariff maize imports for the fourth time since October 2024. Under the latest decision, 500,000 tonnes of maize can be imported at zero customs duty instead of 130 percent between 15 July and 31 July 2025. The presidential decision was published in the Official Gazette …

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Mutlu Doğru: The low purchasing power leads to a decline in domestic demand in dairy sector

Rising Meat and Falling Raw Milk Prices… The milk and meat sectors are in close interaction with each other in cattle breeding. Failure of the dairy sector to make money causes first a milk crisis and then a meat crisis and Türkiye has experienced this many times in the past. …

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Mutlu Doğru: Transition to a closed pressurised irrigation system is of vital importance for agriculture

Press release… Mutlu Doğru, Head of Adana Farmers’ Association, drew attention to the problems caused by water losses and wrong irrigation methods in the agricultural sector. Mutlu Doğru Stating that 75 percent of the fresh water resources used in agriculture are distributed through open canals and canalettes, Doğru emphasised that …

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Food companies set their eyes on uncultivated farmlands!

Food companies, especially food exporting firms, are hoping that they can benefit from a recent regulation that paves the way for the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry to lease out agricultural lands that are not cultivated for two consecutive years. According to the regulation published in the Official Gazette last week, it will …

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Mutlu Doğru: We propose the measures to ensure the continuity of agricultural production in Türkiye

Mutlu Doğru, Head of Adana Farmers’ Association, draws attention to the dissatisfaction of farmers engaged in agricultural production all over Türkiye due to problems such as increasing costs, low market prices and shrinking demand and stated that some measures should be taken for the continuation of agricultural production. These suggestions …

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MUTLU DOĞRU: IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIMIT THE EXPORTS TO PREVENT FOOD PRICE HIKES

Adana Farmers’ Union Chairperson Mutlu Doğru stated that it is not possible to understand the logic of the proposal to limit the export of food products in order to prevent the increase in food prices and said, “As we always say, the only way to reduce prices is to decrease …

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MUTLU DOĞRU: MILK COSTS INCREASED BY 50 PERCENT IN AVERAGE

Stating that milk costs have increased between 40 percent and 55 percent in the last year, Mutlu Doğru, Adana Farmers Association Chairman, emphasized that although the costs were transparently announced by the National Milk Council (USK), this has been ignored. Doğru said, “There are Turkish Grain Board (TMO) and Meat …

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MUTLU DOĞRU: MILK PRICE SHOULD BE AT LEAST 3.5 LIRAS

Adana Farmers Association President Mutlu Doğru said that new milk price would not prevent cows from slaughtering! Doğru said, “It should have been at least 3.5 TL.” Reminding that the only product whose price has not changed despite the increase in all inputs since November 2019 is raw milk, Doğru …

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