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Turkey forecasts higher grain and fruit output in 2026
Turkey’s statistics agency has issued its second estimate of crop production for 2026.
Compared with 2025, production of cereals and other field crops is forecast to rise 17.3%, while fruit, beverage and spice crops are expected to increase 60.8%.
Vegetable output is projected to fall 0.8%, to 33 million tons.
The estimate puts cereals and other field crops at 78.6 million tons and fruit, beverage and spice crops at 31.5 million tons.
Grain production is forecast to grow 30.9%, with wheat up 37.9% to 24.8 million tons.
Several fruit crops are expected to make large gains, including cherries, forecast to rise 289.7%, and apples, forecast to rise 97.4%; these figures are projections, not final harvest results.
Türkiye’s second 2026 crop production estimate forecasts higher cereal and fruit output than in 2025.
Cereals and other field crops, excluding fodder crops, are expected to rise 17.3 percent to 78.6 million tons.
Fruit, beverage and spice crops are projected to increase 60.8 percent to 31.5 million tons.
Vegetable production is forecast to decline 0.8 percent to 33 million tons.
Cereal production is expected to rise 30.9 percent to 44.8 million tons, including a 37.9 percent increase in wheat output.
- Who
- The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) issued the estimate.
- What
- Its second 2026 production estimate forecasts gains in cereals and fruit, and a small decline in vegetables.
- When
- The estimate was released on Oct. 23, 2026.
- Where
- Türkiye.
- Why
- Not stated
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- Total cereals and other field crops
- 78.6 million tons
- Total vegetables
- 33 million tons
- Total fruit, beverage and spice crops
- 31.5 million tons
- Cereal production
- 44.8 million tons, up 30.9 percent
- Wheat production
- 24.8 million tons, up 37.9 percent