Livestock breeders in Bulgaria want immediate payment of aid to Ukraine

Five animal breeding organizations, including the United Bulgarian Cattle Breeders, the Association of Buffalo Breeders, the National Union of Cattle Breeders, the Union of Cattle Breeders and the Institute of Women Farmers, are demanding urgent support for the sector, with a call to save Bulgarian milk. Today at 11 o'clock they are giving a press conference where they will present their demands to the cabinet. In a message to the media, the organizations express dissatisfaction with the fact that at the end of October, compensation for the war in Ukraine has not yet been paid to all farmers, no payment has been made and there is not even an "open" discussion on de minimis aid, no progress on the abolition of the modular rate, and it discriminates against part of the animals and harms especially those that produce milk. The severe and prolonged economic crisis, the new requirements and regulations of the EU, the climate, the lack of labor, the lack of vaccines and others condemn ...