Harvest of 2022 has started in Şanlıurfa, which ranks first in Turkey in pistachio production. Pistachio harvest has started in Şanlıurfa, which ranks first in Turkey with annual production exceeding 30 thousand tons. According to the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), it was stated that the yield was low due to heavy rain and hail during the ripening period of the product this year in the province where 32 thousand tons of production was made the previous year.
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The producer can only sell a kilogram of gray pistachio with a base price of 65 TL this year for 48 liras and 50 cents due to the price determined by the traders. The farmer, who is having a hard time with the increase in costs, pays 200 TL per day to the workers who collect the products. Workers, who work all day under the heat of about 45 degrees, load the peanuts they collect on tractors and make their way to the traders for sale. Ferhat Dağ, who said that they work in the field for 12 hours to earn 200 liras per day, said, "We work from 06:00 in the morning to 18.00 in the evening and we get 200 TL per day. We even bring our food from home because the price of peanuts is cheap." The producer Faik Bozkurt said that although the base price is 65 TL, they can currently sell it for 48 liras. In the 2019-2020 production period, 80 thousand tons of peanuts were produced in Turkey. ...
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