Dimitar Dimitrov breeds goats, fruit trees, California worms and, until recently, horses. But now his greatest love is peacocks. In the village of Susam in the Haskovo region, he looks after 300 large and 200 small colourful birds of 26 varieties,..
Financial support for countering the effects of the pandemic in the agriculture sector has increased from 36.2m euros to nearly 56m euros , Deputy Agriculture Minister Ivan Hristanov said in Veliko Tarnovo. He clarified that a fair and transparent..
The African swine fever and the Covid pandemic have brought great challenges to Bulgarian pig farming. The fact that the number of swine fever cases has been rising is also very alarming. At the same time, large pig farms have not..
The Seed Varieties company in Razgrad will be showing over 50 varieties of wheat, barley and triticale (a hybrid between wheat and rye) at the traditional open Wheat Day. The event is taking place under the motto “Doing responsible farming”,..
The planned reform in the agricultural policy will centre on farmers. They will continue receiving financial support on a level playing field and through facilitated procedures, read future plans of the European Union’s Common Agricultural..
Over 60% of the country's agricultural farms have disappeared in the last 10 years. This is shown by the preliminary data from a census of all farms in Bulgaria, presented to BNR by Nikolay Marinov from the Agriculture General Directorate at Bulgaria's..
More than 28m euros (56.5m levs) will be provided for livestock farming. Such an agreement was reached at a meeting between Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and Agriculture Minister Desislava Taneva with industry representatives. This was announced on the..
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food has announced the start of the Sub-Program for Development of Small Farms for the period 2014-2020. The supported activities are related to increasing energy efficiency and production of bioenergy for the needs of..
Nearly 3,000 tons of rose blossoms were picked in four Bulgarian districts- Plov div , Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora and Sliven by May 21, 2020. A total of 4,600 hectares planted with oil-yielding rose were harvested. In the same period last year,..
A teacher, former MP, farmer, dairy producer and chairman of the Regional Association of Milk and Meat Producers in the region of Bulgaria’s Targovishte are some of the points in the business card of Hasan Çırak, whose activity is concentrated in..
