Hay and wheat harvest begins in Silivri

Wheat and rapeseed harvest began in the Silivri district of Istanbul. The wheat and rapeseed harvest started in the Gazitepe Neighborhood of Istanbul's Silivri district. Istanbul Provincial Director of Agriculture and Forestry Suat Parıldar and citizens attended the pre-harvest ceremony. Speaking at the event, Parıldar noted that Silivri is one of the prominent districts in agricultural production, not just for Istanbul but for Turkey as a whole. Indicating that they have established a sustainable and strategic production model in Istanbul in line with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's production planning vision, Parıldar said, "The total cultivation area for wheat, barley, sunflower, rapeseed, chickpeas, dry beans, and forage crops included in our province's production planning is 675,828 decares. This area corresponds to 90.5% of the total cultivated agricultural land in Istanbul, which is 746,139 decares. I proudly state that this ratio has reached an extremely high ...