EghtesadOnline: A total of 120,000 tons of cotton bolls have been harvested from around 97,500 hectares of plantations across the country so far this year, some 100,000 tons of which have already made it to cotton refinery factories, an Agriculture Ministry official said.

EghtesadOnline: Caspian Sea sprat (common kilka) harvest has begun in Iran’s northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran where fishermen are using 73 vessels to harvest the species.

EghtesadOnline: Atotal of 78,125 tons of green tea leaves have been purchased by the government from local farmers in the current fiscal year (started March 20), out of which more than 17,578 tons of processed tea have been produced to register a 16% rise compared with the similar period of last year.

EghtesadOnline: Colza harvest season has begun in the northern Mazandaran Province, one of Iran’s main production hubs of oilseed, IRNA reported on Saturday.

EghtesadOnline: This year’s tea harvest season has come to an end and the government purchased a total of 126,753 tons of green tea leaves from local farmers at 3.43 trillion rials ($30.66 million), the head of Iran Tea Organization said.