Mandarin harvest season, yield is high: Price per kilo between 8-15 TL

As the harvest of early-season mandarins begins in Adana, the high yield of the crop, which was unaffected by agricultural frost, delighted the producer. While more than 1 million tons of harvest are expected in the region, it is reported that the first products are going to the domestic market, as well as being exported to Russia and European countries. In Adana, which accounts for 40% of Turkey's citrus production, the harvest has started on approximately 383 thousand decares of land planted with mandarins. While many crops in Çukurova were affected by agricultural frost this year, the Okitsu, Mihowase, Early, and Primasol varieties of early mandarins were not damaged. With an average yield of 4 to 6 tons per decare, more than 1 million tons of mandarins are expected in the city. While mandarins last year found buyers in the orchard for 15-18 lira, this year they are being sold for 8 to 15 lira per kilo in the orchard. It was noted that the mandarins, collected with great effort ...