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"There is no price hike in red meat in Ramadan," said Osman Yardımcı, Vice President of the Butchers' Federation. Butchers' Federation of Turkey Vice President Osman Yardımcı said there will be no price increase of red meat in the month of Ramadan. "We have always such provocative remarks in Ramadan period in terms of red meat. No one should regard to this," Yardımcı added. Yardımcı, who is also the president of the Antalya Butchers' Chamber, told AA (Anatolian Agency) correspondent that all butchers have completed their preparations. Stating that due to the epidemic of the new type of coronavirus (Covid-19), intensive measures were taken at all stages from slaughterhouses to butcher shops, Yardımcı noted that slaughtering and selling are held according to disinfection rules. Emphasizing that they are always trying to help the citizen, Yardımcı explained, "In Ramadan, we will not raise red meat prices so that our citizens are able to eat...

Press release... Şemsi Bayraktar announced the sacrificial prices... Turkey Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) Chairman Şemsi Bayraktar held a press conference yesterday. Bayraktar said: "This year, we estimate that 3 million 600 thousand animals will be slaughtered, approximately 900 thousand bovine and 2.7 million ovine. We also estimate that the amount to be paid for the sacrificials this year will approach 11.9 billion liras." Bayraktar explained: "Although it differs according to provinces and live weight, it changes between 5 thousand to 30 thousand liras per animal, between 750 liras and 3 thousand liras in sheep and the price of live weight per kilogram, 18 to 26 liras in cattle, 19 to 30 liras in ovine." Pointing out that while looking at the country average, it is seen that the price of live kilograms of cattle is 21.72 liras and the prices of ovine are 23.74 liras, Bayraktar noted: "Cattle prices in live kilograms are among the thr...

No import for this Feast of Sacrifice (Qurban Bayram)! Cengiz Ceylan, Deputy Director General of Animal Husbandry, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, said that sacrificials for the Feast would be all domestic. Ceylan said, "This year the sacrificials are not considered to be imported. 1 million 250 thousand cattle ready for sacrifice. It was 850-900 thousand cattle and 2 million 700 thousand ovine in recent years. But now around 3 million 700 thousand ovine is waiting ready for slaughter." Ceylan also declared that they handled the preparations for the Feast of Sacrifice period with producers and developed some solutions at a meeting held in this framework. "The Feast is approaching and thus preparations are accelerating. The domestic producers are ready and sacrificials currently produced are quite sufficient. Domestic and locally produced sacrificials will be cut" he added. Ceylan wished the farmers to spend a good Feast of Sacrifice and emphasized ...