The hazelnut harvest forecast in downward

While the harvest of hazelnuts and drying them are ongoing, from 25 to 30 percent of hazelnuts would be empty in some areas because of weather conditions and different diseases that have affected this season hazelnuts.

The previous season, a large majority of producers could have had no production due to freezing. There is no stock that could be a safety margin. This season, the months of June and July were particularly rainy and then many fungi and similar diseases have developed. The heat that followed affected the quality of hazelnuts.On the other hand, the rains of recent days in the area of the Eastern Black Sea force producers to pick up their wet fruit, increasing the drying time.

Source : www.milliyet.com