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Turkey August produce season

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August remains Turkey's most productive month for fresh fruits and vegetables. Harvests of watermelon, melon, peach, apricot, plum, fig, grape and a range of vegetables are underway across regions such as Zile (Tokat), Süleymanpaşa (Tekirdağ) and the Bafra Plain. Farmers have distributed fruit through traditional uşûr ceremonies and officials have inspected fields, noting healthy crops and effective pest control. New reports from the Bafra Ovası confirm high yields of 6‑10 ton per decare for watermelon and 3‑6 ton per decare for the local Süheyla melon, but market prices remain low at 3‑4 TL per kilogram for watermelon and 15‑20 TL per melon, squeezing growers’ margins. Growers Necmettin Güven and Arif Güven highlighted the abundance of fruit alongside the difficulty of finding buyers, while producer Cihan Özer warned that production costs are rising each year. In Tekirdağ’s Süleymanpaşa district, Agriculture and Forestry Director Mehmet Aksoy reported ongoing field inspections and pest‑control measures, expecting the produce to reach markets quickly. Recent data from the Bafra Ovası indicate that about 13,000 dunams of watermelon and 10,000 dunams of Süheyla cantaloupe were planted, delivering the same 6‑10 tons per dunam of watermelon and 3‑6 tons per dunam of cantaloupe reported earlier. In eastern Muş Ovası, officials project a harvest of roughly 198,000 tons of watermelon, which could add around 2.1 billion TL to the regional economy. In Süleymanpaşa, daily shipments of 10‑20 trucks are already moving the fruit to markets, while technical teams continue to monitor fields for disease and pests. Further north, drone footage from Kars’ Sarıkamış district shows extensive grain and legume fields benefitting from a rainy season, with farmers anticipating a strong yield.

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