Known for its aroma and flavor, the Sındırgı tomato is priced at 4 lira.

In Sındırgı district of Balıkesir, the harvest of the fragrant Sındırgı tomato, known throughout Turkey for its quality, has begun. The harvest is expected to exceed 60 thousand tons. Especially in the Karaağaç rural neighborhood and the plain area of the district, the tomato is produced intensively, collected from the fields into tractor boxes. The products loaded onto trucks at the ramps are sent to paste factories in neighboring provinces. The price of paste tomatoes at the ramp is 4 TL per kilo, while table tomatoes in boxes find buyers between 8-10 TL. Although the yield is high, costs are straining the producer. Although there was a decrease in the harvest in some areas due to weather conditions this year, the overall yield was reported to be high. Producers expressed that they are experiencing difficulties due to rising input costs and stated that they expect prices to cover costs. Farmers who suffered losses last year indicate that this year the input and output will be at ...