# Merkezin Güncesi - Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası

> A Turkish central bank blog examines why red meat prices are high in Turkey. It cites rising beef demand and cattle feed costs that pressure production, and compares Turkish feed costs with grain production and prices.

- Date: 2018-03-01 · published 2018-03-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Turkey · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/66120-merkezin-guncesi-turkiye-cumhuriyet-merkez-bankas
- Commodities: [Live Cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/c/LCATTLE.md), [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md)

## Why it matters

Rising feed costs for cattle fattening in Turkey push up beef production costs and support demand for imported feed grains and meals.

## Read by commodity

- CORN: neutral
- LCATTLE: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LCATTLE | 2026-01-28 | [Is the beef market headed for a crash?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21196-is-the-beef-market-headed-for-a-crash.md) | +2.0% | +4.6% |
| LCATTLE | 2020-10-27 | [Rabobank: Meat markets ‘tested’ in Q4 \| 2020-10-27  \| MEAT+POULTRY](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50591-rabobank-meat-markets-tested-in-q4-2020-10-27-meat-poultry.md) | +1.8% | +5.0% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-05-23 | [Beef Demand – The Key to Cattle Prices \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/24800-beef-demand-the-key-to-cattle-prices-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | +0.1% | +4.5% |
| LCATTLE | 2022-10-19 | [Meat Values Stoke Revenues; Inflation Offers Pause, CoBank Says - Pork Business](https://feedsoft.ai/events/39276-meat-values-stoke-revenues-inflation-offers-pause-cobank-says-pork-business.md) | +2.1% | +2.9% |
| LCATTLE | 2025-10-29 | [Economics of U.S. Beef and Cattle Market \| Farm Bureau Intel Markets \| American Farm Bureau Federation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/22524-economics-of-u-s-beef-and-cattle-market-farm-bureau-intel-markets-american-farm.md) | -1.4% | -8.8% |
| CORN | 2019-02-25 | [Global Nitrogen Market: 6 Factors to Watch in 2019 - CropLife](https://feedsoft.ai/events/60901-global-nitrogen-market-6-factors-to-watch-in-2019-croplife.md) | -1.0% | +2.4% |
| CORN | 2022-05-25 | [What's in Store for the 2022 Feeder Cattle Market?](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5071-what-s-in-store-for-the-2022-feeder-cattle-market.md) | -2.8% | -3.7% |
| CORN | 2022-05-12 | [Korea President Yoon to hold emergency meeting over won - KED Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41634-korea-president-yoon-to-hold-emergency-meeting-over-won-ked-global.md) | -0.3% | -0.9% |

## Sources

- tcmb.gov.tr: https://www.tcmb.gov.tr/wps/wcm/connect/blog/en/main+menu/analyses/red+meat+prices+in+turkey

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