Sheep farmer: There are no animals left in Bulgaria with these buy-out prices for milk

The summer was again extremely dry and we have been feeding the animals at the farm since July 1st. We make them a mixture of straw, alfalfa, hay, corn, wheat, and barley. After it rained about ten days ago and the grass appeared, the sheep started eating something fresh. Otherwise, they only went out for a walk. This was shared by a sheep farmer from Lukovit for Agri.BG. Read more: Expert: We have a garden and we are turning it into a desert To feed the flock, the sheep-farming family grows corn for silage. The farmers are satisfied because their fields were near the river. For grain corn in the Lukovit region, there have been serious losses; people are harvesting 50, 70 to 100 kg per decare, while in good years they reached up to 700 kg per decare. The situation with sunflowers is no better. About two months ago, a severe storm brought more trials for the family. It first lifted the entire roof of their house, leaving them on the bare roof, and after 2-3 days when they went to ...