Harvest 2025: The tobacco purchase campaign is expected to start in up to 15 days

Tobacco has been harvested at nearly 90% across the four variety groups - Basma, Kaba Kulak, Burley, and Virginia at the moment. "In the context of a dry and hot summer and thanks to good agricultural practices during cultivation, harvesting, and the procurement of raw materials by tobacco producers, the result is excellent quality. However, this is at the expense of lower yields, which were obtained this farming year due to the two natural disasters - drought and water scarcity," commented for Agri.BG Tsvetan Filev, President of the National Association of Tobacco Producers - 2010 (NAT-2010) in Bulgaria. According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of produced and harvested tobacco will be around 4000 tons, but the final result will be clear after the purchase campaign ends - around the end of January of the following calendar year. "However, the high quality will not be able to compensate for the low yields. Therefore, at the end of the farming cycle, with very good ...