Tangerine producers react to market prices as field prices drop to 2 TL

As the harvest continues for high-yielding tangerines in Hatay, the price per kilogram in the field has dropped to as low as 2 TL. Mehmet Bal, a farmer in Defne district, said that the product is sold to people in the markets at prices reaching 35 TL. Abundance is being experienced in the tangerine harvest in Hatay, which has some of the most fertile soils in Turkey. The harvest, which begins early in the morning in the cold weather, collects tangerines that are sent to all four corners of Turkey. Mehmet Bal, who farms in Karşıyaka Mahallesi, Defne district, harvests tangerines in the orchard with 20 workers. With the abundance in tangerines, the price of the product in the field has dropped to 2 TL. Farmer Bal said that the price of tangerines in the market reaches 35 TL, and that markets sell the products to citizens at many times the field price. "Tangerines are sold from the orchards at 1 to 2 TL, while people are sold at 30 to 35 TL in the markets." Farmer Mehmet Bal, who ...