Sheep farmers: There are attempts to lower the price of milk

"There is no official purchase price announced for sheep's milk from the 2025 Campaign yet, but we are already being offered amounts of 1.50 - 1.60 leva, which is a scandalously low price," a native sheep farmer told Agri.BG. According to him, attempts are being made to lower the purchase price under the pretext that the plague of small ruminants is limiting exports, that is, trade and turnover of processors. Back in January, China banned the import of live animals from Bulgaria, as well as processed and unprocessed products from them, but how much does this affect the trade in milk and dairy products? "The dairies' fears are that the European Commission will impose sanctions on Bulgaria for dairy products because of the plague and that if the milk is processed, it will not be able to be sold in Germany, for example, where we have regular exports. However, this is an unfounded concern and seems to be used only as a pretext, since there is actually no country in the EU that has ...