Forum "Farm 2025": What will supporting agriculture in the EU look like after 2026?

Representatives of the agricultural community, the administration, and the financial sector discussed the sector's vision, financing opportunities, payments, regulatory challenges, and the EC's proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy for 2028-2034. On December 4, 2025, the annual "Farm" forum, organized by Enterprise magazine, took place in Stara Zagora. Once again, the event brought together over 150 participants representing the agricultural community, along with key representatives from the administration and the financial sector, to discuss the vision for agriculture, financing opportunities, regulatory challenges, the adoption of the euro, and other topics. Maria Hristova, Chief Expert of the Directorate for Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, presented the European Commission's (EC) proposal for reforming agricultural financing in the 2028-2034 program period. She explained that the logic of agricultural financing by the EC is changing, and that ...