In Turkey, seed prices increased 200 percent compared to last year

Turkiye

Published Jan 3, 2023

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Karaman farmers rebelled against the rising prices and asked for help from the authorities. Karaman Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Mehmet Bayram stated that there was an increase of 200 percent in especially corn, sunflower and sugar beet seeds compared to last year and emphasized that this situation is unacceptable.

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Mehmet Bayram, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Karaman Chamber of Agriculture, said that it is acceptable for a bag of sunflower and beet seeds to increase by 200 percent to 3 thousand 500 liras, in the same way as the corn seeds in the bags, which were changed in the range of 11 to 15 kilograms, as a unit bought by the farmers last year for 1,200 lira. Said it wasn't the case. "WE ARE IN SERIOUS DIFFICULTY" Karaman Chamber of Agriculture Chairman Mehmet Bayram stated that after the increase in input costs this year, the farmers, who finished the harvest, have already started their procurement for new planting. Expressing that they saw that the prices of seeds increased excessively, Bayram said, "Our President gave the good news that discounts of up to 13 percent were made on fertilizers and compound feed used in agriculture until April. However, we have a serious problem with these seed companies in Turkey. Both in our domestic companies. as well as foreign companies. ...

Source: Bursahakimiyet