Chard producers from Hatay in Turkey expect a yield of over 6 thousand tons this year

In Hatay, where a significant part of chard production is made in Turkey, the yield and price of the product that has begun to be harvested put a smile on the face of producers. Last year, the farmers of Hatay received more than 5 thousand tons of crops from about 3 thousand decares of planting, while this year the yield is expected to exceed 6 thousand tons in the chard plant, whose cultivation areas exceeded 3 thousand decares. In the chard plant, whose seeds meet the soil in September and October, the harvest starts 1 month after the planting of the product and continues until May. The yield between 1800 kilograms and 2 tons per acre this year in chard, which is cultivated as a second crop by farmers in Hatay, makes people smile. Hatay, which has suitable climatic conditions for the growth of chard, meets approximately 5,100 tons of Turkey's 7,100 tons of chard production. Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry, Ergün Çolakoğlu, told Anadolu Agency (AA) that many crops ...