Tomatoes are cheap only in the field of Turkey

Tomatoes are cheap only in the field Costs doubled, but tomatoes are the same price in the field this year Farmers reacted to the purchase of tomatoes at a price of 50 cents last year. Tomatoes are 50 cents in the field, and tomato paste is 12 liras in the market. BURSA - Harvest started in the Mustafakemalpaşa and Karacabey districts of Bursa, which meet most of Turkey's tomato paste needs. Producers, who started to collect tomatoes for tomato paste this year, were surprised at the announced purchase prices. The purchase of tomato paste for 50 cents, which was the price of last year, brought the producers to the point of revolt. Producers, whose diesel, fertilizer, labor and equipment expenses increased by nearly one hundred percent, expected a hike in tomato prices and reacted to the same price purchase of their crops this year. While the urea fertilizer that the farmer has to throw in his field to get the product was 150 liras last year, it is sold for 250 liras this year. 18: ...