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Total wheat production for Turkey is forecast at 17.5 MMT in MY2016/17. Barley production in Turkey is forecast at 4.75 MMT in MY2016/17, down 35 percent from the MY2015/16 estimate.

After a record harvest last year in Turkey, grain stocks are full.

Turkey’s production of wheat is forecasted at 17.5 million metric tons (MMT), barley at 5.4 MMT, corn at 5.5 MMT and paddy rice at 731,000 metric tons (MT) for upcoming marketing year (MY) 2016/17.

Post revised the corn production forecast to 6.1 MMT, an increase of 100,000 MT. The Turkish Grain Board procured nearly 5.4 MMT of grain after a record production for wheat, barley and corn in...

The new implementation period for a law on poultry feeding which would impact the Turkish poultry sector was going to start on January 1, 2016, but it has now been postponed for one year.

The new implementation period for a law on poultry feeding will which will impact the Turkish poultry sector starts on January 1, 2016.

On November 5, 2015, the Official Gazette published the Biosafety Board Decisions on genetically engineered feed imports.

Corn production forecast is 6 MMT in marketing year (MY) 2015. The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) was a very active player in the market in MY 2015.

Wheat production is forecast at 19.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year (MY) 2015 because of high yields, especially in Central Anatolia.

Turkish Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders Association (Besd-Bir) submitted dossiers to the Biosafety Board to request the approval for dozens of genetically engineered traits for feed use only.

On May 25, 2015, FAS Ankara learned that Turkey’s High Court reversed its December 13, 2013 decision that rescinded the approval of MON810 maize.

The wheat production estimate for Marketing Year (MY) 2014/15 is 15.25 million metric tons (MMT) and the forecast for MY 2015/16 is 18 MMT.