Harvest time for the industrial plant that grows only in Bilecik in Turkey

Published 2024년 8월 22일

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Hops production in the Pazaryeri district, covering about 1,450 acres and involving around 500 farmers, has suffered due to a dry summer, leading to significantly lower yields. Despite the 2024 hop purchase prices being set at 69 TL for aroma types and 67 TL for other varieties, farmers like Fahrettin Kınık have reported harvests as low as one-tenth of their usual output. Zafer Kozpınar, President of the Pazaryeri and Villages Hop and Rose Growers Agricultural Development Cooperative, highlighted the difficulties posed by the harsh climate conditions this year and expressed hope for improved yields in the future.

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Original content

Hops, which are produced on an area of approximately 1,450 acres in Pazaryeri district and are the source of income for approximately 500 farmers, were included among the geographically indicated products of Bilecik by the Bilecik Chamber of Commerce and Industry in 2020 in cooperation with the Turkish Patent and Trademark Office. While the 2024 hop purchase prices were determined as 69 TL for the aroma type and 67 TL for other varieties in the past months, the yield was less than expected during the dry summer period in the district. "THERE WAS NO HERBS DUE TO THE VERY HOT WEATHER" Fahrettin Kınık, who produces hops in the Dereköy village of the district, stated that the harvest season has started and that he could not get the product he expected and that his crops were not one-tenth of the ones he had produced last season. Expecting 2 and a half tons of product from his hop fields this season, Fahrettin Kınık said, “We were expecting 2 tons or 2.5 tons of product from this ...

Source: Haber7