Winter tomato harvest continues in Mersin, Turkey

Published 2024년 11월 29일

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In Mersin, Turkey, the open field tomato harvest is thriving into the winter months, with producers benefiting from favorable prices between 30 to 45 TL per kilogram. Mersin, especially the Erdemli district, is a key player in Turkey's fresh produce market, with around 1.2 million tons of tomatoes being harvested. These tomatoes are sold both within Turkey and exported to Balkan countries. Local producers, such as village headman Mustafa Yıldız and farmer Turgay Özdemir, are pleased with the season's success, anticipating the harvest to continue until the end of December.

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This season, the producer's face is happy: Open tomato harvest continues in winter Despite the arrival of winter, the harvest of tomatoes grown in open fields continues in Mersin, one of Turkey's important production centers, and this season, the prices are at the desired level, making the producer happy MERSİN - Despite the arrival of winter, the harvest of tomatoes grown in open fields, which meet a significant part of the domestic and foreign markets, continues in Mersin, which ranks first in Turkey's fresh fruit and vegetable production. As the end of the fall harvest approaches, the tomato producer, who finds buyers in the garden for between 30 and 45 TL in the season, has also been happy. While Mersin is among the top 5 provinces in tomato production in Turkey, approximately 1 million 200 thousand tons of product is harvested in the season. The highest production in the city is made in Erdemli district. The autumn tomato harvest, which starts in the open fields in autumn, ...

Source: Sondakika