Expectation: Rainfall this week to save wheat crops from moisture deficit

Published Mar 18, 2025

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The article highlights the concerns of farmers in Thrace, Bulgaria, regarding the satisfactory but potentially vulnerable condition of their autumn crops, particularly affected by drought and soil moisture shortage, especially in sandy soils. The region has experienced reduced crop yields of crucial crops like wheat, barley, and sunflower for the past two years, leading to financial challenges for farmers, including rising costs and a lack of income. There is hope for potential rainfall to mitigate the effects of the drought, as farmers face challenges such as visible cracks in the soil and the need for preventive measures against pests like the proboscis mushroom in rapeseed. Additionally, the article mentions the positive condition of crops in areas like Burgas, Karnobat, and Aytos, where farmers have been actively irrigating, and the absence of significant issues other than the need to postpone rapeseed plowing due to crop failures.

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The condition of the autumn crops is satisfactory for now, but they already feel the need for additional soil moisture. The upper layers have begun to dry out, especially in sandy soils, in places cracks from the drought are even visible, farmers are alarming. "We hope that with the forecasts for cooler weather, there will be enough rain within 10-15 liters/ cubic meter, which will compensate for the lack of moisture and the plants will not go into deficit," commented for Agri.BG Lyudmil Rabotov, chairman of the chairman of the Union of Grain Producers from Plovdiv. He shared that for two years now the drought has been saying its word and the region has low yields of wheat, barley, sunflower and other crops that are sown in Thrace. "The situation is critical - we have no yields, we have no prices, and at the same time the costs are rising incredibly," the experienced grain producer also said. At the same time, the Salary Fund is growing, as are overhead costs – electricity, ...

Source: Agri