The most expensive meat in the world is in Turkey right now
Meat
Turkiye
Published Apr 20, 2023
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Sencer Solakoğlu, President of All Dairy, Meat and Cattle Breeders' Association (TÜSEDAD), said that the increase in red meat prices may continue for two more years. Solakoğlu said, “The price of a calf in Europe is not even half a calf in Turkey. The reason for this is lack of planning. The most expensive meat in the world is in Turkey right now, and the only reason Turkish people pay for it today is to reduce production by keeping the price of the farmer constant in the face of the increase in costs despite our timely warnings from the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.
Original content
In these days, when the prices of red meat and minced meat sold in butchers in Turkey were based on 300 liras and citizens were queuing to buy "cheap meat" from the Meat and Milk Institution, Treasury and Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati's statement of "mutton meat" drew a reaction. In his statement, Nebati said, “The taste in Turkey has changed. Sheep meat is cheap but not preferred because of its smell. We need to change that too,” he said. Sencer Solakoğlu, President of All Dairy, Meat and Cattle Breeders' Association (TÜSEDAD), made evaluations about the crisis in meat and possible problems in milk. Saying that the reason for the high meat prices is the low number of animals in Turkey and the loss of supply and demand balance, Solakoğlu said, "This will continue until the number of animals is replaced. It is called import… Both butchery and fattening animals are on the way. But in this way, and when there are so few animals, imports will not be the only solution in Turkey," he ...
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