SEBAHATTİN ARSLANTÜRK: TURKISH GRAIN BOARD SHOULD ANNOUNCE THE PRICE OF HAZELNUT BEFORE THE HARVEST SEASON
National Hazelnut Council (UFK) Chairman Sebahattin Arslantürk said that if TMO (Turkish Grain Board) would be included in this sector in the next period, it must definitely announce the price of the crop before entering the harvest season. UFK Chairman Sebahattin Arslantürk, emphasizing that he found the intervention of the Turkish Grain Board positive from the producers' point of view and continued as follows: “It turned out that the free market conditions are still not exist in Turkish hazelnut industry. They are in the direction of not having market actors about whether TMO should be active or not. But it turns out that it does not happen. A regulator body is needed." "But this regulator must also have the correct response time. This was the right time for the 2019 crop. TMO announced the price of hazelnuts in July. The price it announced was a price that met the expectations. Already TMO could remain on the market for about 2 months. The market started to oper...