TheBeefSite Latest News: Turkey
30 August 2019

TURKEY - A veterinarian in eastern Turkey has invented a first-aid device to prevent cattle from dying due to stomach problems....
12 June 2018

TURKEY - IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said the live exports trade has performed very positively in 2018 with exports up 25 per cent to 154,650 head....
02 February 2018

TURKEY - IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods strongly welcomed the trip by Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to Turkey this week on live exports....
14 November 2017

TURKEY - Turkey’s top farming organization has warned of an ongoing decline in red meat production, a key factor in surging prices, and called for urgent measures to prop up production including cash incentives for cattle breeding....
13 October 2017

TURKEY - Speaking from Ankara, Turkey, IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said that from the positive discussions with the ESK (Turkish Meat and Milk Board), it is clear Turkey has an import requirement for 500,000 head of live cattle each year....
13 September 2016

IRELAND - Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) President Joe Healy has said the first shipment of live cattle to Turkey is expected to depart early next week....
11 December 2014

TURKEY - The 5th anniversary edition of the Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC) will be held for the first time ever in Turkey and will bring together the global feed and food chain in Antalya on 18-20 April 2016. ...
28 November 2014

TURKEY - A tender for 800 head of breeding bulls (500 head of Simmental, 100 head of Charolais, 100 head of Limousin, 50 head of Brown Swiss, 50 head of Montbeliard breed) will be held on December 15, 2014....
10 September 2014

ANALYSIS – No further Bluetongue disease outbreaks have been reported by Turkey since a regional vaccination programme kicked off....
21 August 2014

TURKEY – Turkish veterinary authorities have vaccinated 30,000 sheep in a bid to put the brakes on the ever spreading Bluetongue virus....
09 May 2014

TURKEY – A spate of lumpy Skin Disease outbreaks has swept through Turkey’s central southern region infecting cattle on 13 farms and killing five animals....
05 February 2014

TURKEY - The 5th Global Feed & Food Congress (GFFC) will be held in Antalya, Turkey, on 18-20 April 2016....
19 September 2013

TURKEY – A new outbreak of lumpy skin disease has been reported on a cattle farm in Maras, in the centre of the country....
17 September 2013

TURKEY - Around 46 per cent of chicken and 58 per cent of beef samples from Ankara markets tested positive for the antibiotic group, quinolones....
12 April 2012

TURKEY - The Turkish government is planning to increase the number of livestock markets from 94 to 118, says the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock. This aims to help combat price speculation and raise standards to the European level....
30 November 2011

TURKEY - Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) continues to cause intermittent problems in endemic regions. Of particular concern is Turkey, where FMD is continually being reported from the Asian side of the country, and Paraguay, where an outbreak has resulted...
26 October 2011

TURKEY - The deadline for public input on Turkey’s biosecurity committee’s recent regulation to allow the import of 10 kinds of animal feed made from genetically modified organisms (GMO) has been passed....
09 September 2011

TURKEY - The granting of official approval by the Turkish authorities for the use of Termin-8, a proven feed disinfectant which sits under EU biocide regulations and eliminates the risk of pathogens in raw materials and finished feed, represents excellent...
07 September 2011

TURKEY - In cooperation with its Turkish joint venture Biokey, BIOMIN has now launched a Turkish version of the corporate website www.biomin.net....
26 July 2011

EU & TURKEY - An investigation has been carried out by Eyes on Animals, the Animal Welfare Foundation and Compassion in World Farming (CIWF), looking into the export of bulls, pregnant heifers and sheep from a number of EU Member States to Turkey. The...
11 July 2011

TURKEY - The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture recently announced another increase in beef import tariffs, according to Peter Duggan from the Strategic Information Services at Bord Bia-Irish Food Board....
27 April 2011

TURKEY - Turkish regions along the Bulgarian border are taking measures to prevent the spread of food-and-mouth disease from Bulgaria even though the Bulgarian authorities claim the infection came from Turkey....
20 April 2011

TURKEY - Turkish imports of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS), which reached a peak of 465,000 metric tons in 2008, have since been hit with a pair of regulatory restrictions, which the US Grains Council is taking action to resolve....
13 December 2010

TURKEY - Following a number of years of virtually no official imports, figures from the Turkish Minister of Agriculture show that 80,000 tonnes of carcase beef have been imported so far this year in response to high red meat prices, according to James...
20 October 2010

TURKEY - Turkey could be importing more cattle after a ban on imports from Bulgaria has been lifted in order to put a cap on spiraling domestic prices, Turkish media reported. ...
07 September 2010

TURKEY - Two new import regimes have been published in the Official Gazette in which the customs duty for imported live fattening cattle to Turkey was decreased to 40 per cent from 135 per cent until 04/01/2011 and custom duty of live slaughtering cattle...
21 May 2010

TURKEY - Halal practices were discussed in a meeting in Istanbul earlier this year, and recommendations are to be published early in June....
25 February 2010

TURKEY - The agricultural minister speaks about meat prices, pesticides and the agricultural consultancy programme....