Farmer: Why is irrigation from the Danube inaccessible for Bulgarian farmers, while neighbors irrigate even for free?

Sowing in Northeastern Bulgaria is progressing, despite prolonged rains and in particular depends on the great variety of soil types in the region - light sandy soils, chernozems, carbonates, leached, gray forest soils, which are richer in physical clay and this leads to different solutions from the farmers. "We are true farmers and the fallen rains are a light in the tunnel for all of us, as such a severe drought we have not encountered for years. For months we have gone without any rain of economic significance. The year was extremely unprofitable for all farmers economically," shared Reni Todorova, president of the Northwestern Agrarian Union. The drought is an extremely pressing problem on the territory of the entire country, and "in Northwestern Bulgaria it is hell." Her assessment indicates that all spring crops are at an absolute loss. "Corn is currently a crop that is on the verge of exiting the crop rotation of the Bulgarian farmer. This is worrying because first, it is ...