Miller Magazine Issue: 128 August 2020

70 MILLER / August 2020 The licensed warehousing system will continue to be an indispensable system for the sector, considering the issues such as contributing to the sustainability of the production of agricultural products of strategic importance for our country, facilitating trade, offering modern storage and the financial opportunities. Importance of licensed warehousing According to the data of 2019, around 34 mil- lion tons of grain was produced in our country. Barley, 21% of this total with 7.2 million tons of this production, corn, 18% with 6 million tons, feed wheat, 6% with 6 million tons, and rye, oats and triticale, 2% with 790 thousand tons, are used directly in the feed industry. In other words, 47% of total grain production is used directly in the feed industry. Feed production in Turkey has made significant progress and has reached 25 million tons in re- cent years. Increasing this level further depen- ds on easy access for the feed industry in terms of quantity and quality, and this depends on the possibility of storage and financing as well as sustainable production. In this respect, the licensed warehousing sys- tem provides great advantages for the feed industry in terms of both protecting the quan- tity and quality of the product and financing opportunities. Hikmet Özkan Founder Tokay Danışmanlık Ltd.Şti