Victor Rombaut and the path to regenerative agriculture

Viktor Rombaut manages one of the most dynamically developing farms in Bulgaria – "Agro Tsar Petrovo" AD. Located in the most northwestern point of the country – in the territory of Kula Municipality, the company cultivates around 40 thousand decares of land, with a ratio of 80% autumn crops and 20% spring crops for the 2024/2025 agricultural year. Rombaut shares that they strive to grow diverse crops that bring greater added value to the region, focusing on their processing and export to Western markets. Last year, the farm cultivated 43 thousand decares, and this year – 40 thousand decares. "We reduced the decares because we reduced the blocks. We reduced the cultivations in the blocks," says Viktor Rombaut. "Through the yield meters on the combines, we see where the yields have been too low for 2-3 years in a row or where we lose a lot of time with sprayers – due to walking around posts and stakes. Therefore, we started to 'cut' from the blocks – to be more optimized both in ...