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Post estimates cattle numbers to increase 1 percent in 2021 to 18.3 million head, which aligns with recent average growth rate in the industry, due to government incentives for newborn calves.

Post estimates cattle numbers to increase 1 percent in 2021 to 18.3 million head, which aligns with recent average growth rate in the industry, due to government incentives for newborn calves.

According to the Turkish poultry sector, chicken meat production in Turkey in 2021 is expected to grow 1.5 percent to 2.16 million metric tons (MMT) as demand for affordable protein sources...

Turkey’s total production of oilseeds covered in this report (soybean, sunflowerseed and cottonseed) in MY 2021/22 is projected to increase around 18 percent to 3.1 MMT compared to MY 2020/21.

On February 27, 2021, the Turkish Government published the Biosafety Decisions on import of genetically engineered (GE) soybean and corn events in the Official Gazette.

Decree published in the Official Gazette, import tariffs on wheat, barley, and corn are reduced to zero, from 45, 35, and 25 percent, respectively.

The number of tourists entering the country continued to increase but the real value of tourist receipts decreased in 2019.

Turkey’s marketing year (MY) 2020/21 corn planting area is expected to be about 620,000 hectares (ha) and production will total 7 million metric tons (MMT).

Turkey’s sugar beet production is forecast at 19 MMT in MY 2020/21 and is expected to result in 2.75 MMT of sugar.

Turkey’s Marketing Year (MY) 2020/21 sunflowerseed area and production is estimated at 720,000 hectares and 1.56 million MT (MMT).