A month before the start of the wheat and barley harvest, farmers are not happy that they will have suffered losses by the year’s end. Because of the duty free imports of grain from Ukraine prices have plummeted, the warehouses are full and farmers do..
Bulgaria expects that a decision on a common EU approach to the import of farm produce from Ukraine will be taken in the coming days, which will make it possible for individual member states to lift their unilateral bans, Bulgaria’s caretaker..
Farmers from the region of Kyustendil (Southwestern Bulgaria) gathered a very good harvest of plums. 80% of the plums grown there are of the early Stanley variety, and the harvesting of the later varieties was completed in September. About 2.5 tonnes per..
The clearing of trees and branches fallen after Saturday's storm in the Black Sea towns of Burgas and Pomorie is continuing . A partial state of emergency has been declared and will remain in place until all damage is inspected. 90% of the cultivated..
A good wheat harvest – around 7 million tonnes – is what Bulgarian wheat producers are expecting, the standard annual wheat yield being around 5 million tonnes, outgoing Minister of Agriculture Ivan Ivanov says. Though the outlook is..
The Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Ivan Ivanov paid a visit to the region of Dobrich for the celebrations dedicated to the harvest in the region, often called "the breadbasket of Bulgaria". His visit today, 18 June, started in..
“The wheat yield in 2021 is 52% higher than the previous year when grain production faced a series of problems. Wheat production reached 7.16 million tons, which makes it the best year for the sector in Bulgaria since 2017,” Minister of Agriculture..
The average wheat yields in Bulgaria are 55% higher than last year, the Ministry of Agriculture has announced . Grain growers also report that the harvest is successful and the harvest is good. Unlike 2020, which the drought turned into the worst..
It is already summer, and this is the season that largely determines what our bread will be like during the year. Times are changing, today the field work is fully mechanized and yet the days in late June and early July are filled with anxious..
Because of the drought, Bulgaria reports lower yields of corn and sunflower in 2020, the Ministry of Agriculture has reported. Just over 2.8 million tons of corn were produced on 572,417 hectares. The average yield of corn is 494 kg per decare...
