ANTBIRLIK supports cotton producers' harvest in Antalya, Turkey

In Antalya, one of Turkey's cotton producing regions, the harvest of cotton planted in April has begun. The cotton fields turned white in the city, which has a rich variety of agricultural products. The cotton collected from the fields where approximately 2 thousand farmers produce is separated from the seeds and turned into pulp or press. Pressed ones are processed as yarn, and pulp is used as animal feed. Oil is also obtained from the kernels of cotton. Hasan Yıldız, General Manager of Antalya Cotton and Citrus Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union (ANTBİRLİK), told Anadolu Agency (AA) that this year the harvest period started in the second week of September and will continue until the end of October. Stating that the production area has increased compared to the previous year, Yıldız said, "Last year, we purchased approximately 14 thousand tons of unseed cotton, and this year's expectation is at least 20 thousand tons. Last year, cotton production was in question on an area of ...