Tekfen Tarım Introduces 3 New Domestic Wheat Varieties

The Agricultural Ministry's Registration Committee has approved three new winter bread wheat varieties from Tekfen Tarım. The new wheat varieties, which feature high grain yield, suitable bread-making quality and broad adaptation capability, will be made available to Turkish farmers, particularly in the Central Anatolia and Thrace regions. Tekfen Tarım, one of the largest supporters of domestic agricultural production, continues to work shoulder to shoulder with farmers to uphold the value of their labor and protect our national resources. Through high-technology R&D activities that provide rational solutions to the sector, Tekfen Tarım ranks among the world's leading agricultural production companies in the diversity of plant varieties it possesses. Investing in the future drawing on solid foundations and long-established experience, Tekfen Tarım supports Turkey's wheat farming through products that add value. Continuing its activities with this mission, Tekfen Tarım's three new winter bread wheat varieties have been registered by the Agricultural Ministry's Registration Committee. The new wheat varieties, which feature high grain yield, suitable bread-making quality and broad adaptation capability, will be made available to Turkish farmers, particularly in the Central Anatolia and Thrace regions. The winter bread wheat varieties Tekfen 2064, Tekfen 2104 and Tekfen 2239 were evaluated on the basis of two-year field trial reports conducted by the Agricultural Ministry in the registration proceedings for the Recording of New Plant Varieties. Emrah İnce, General Director of Tekfen Tarım, stated: "At the Registration Committee where the agricultural and technological values obtained in field trials conducted over two years for each wheat variety were discussed, the varieties Tekfen 2064, Tekfen 2104 and Tekfen 2239 were evaluated separately and passed the committee unanimously, becoming registered. We wish that our newly registered wheat seed varieties will bring good fortune and abundance to Turkish agriculture and Turkish farmers."