Ventzislava Mitkova: There is still unharvested crop in a large part of the country

Published Dec 18, 2025

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The heavy rains over the past few weeks have caused many farmers to change the crop rotation on the field, the chairman shared with Agri.BG.

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"The most serious challenges facing farmers are climate change. In 2025, there were first frosts, then a serious drought, followed by incredible rains. There is still unharvested crop in much of Bulgaria. This is the main problem. Potatoes that are not harvested will most likely remain there and freeze. We will harvest the corn, but there are colleagues who have not yet harvested the sunflower due to the rains that fell in the country. In some places, there were rainfalls of about 300 liters per square meter," commented to Agri.BG Ventsislav Mitkov, chairman of the association "United Agricultural Producers" (UAP) on the challenges facing farmers in 2025. Ventsislav Mitkov: We are delaying the sowing of winter crops, triticale is in demand According to him, due to these difficult obstacles, farmers are already at risk of bankruptcy because the series of three years in which the climate played a bad joke on the farmers has cost the sector a lot. "Next year will also not be easy. In ...
Source: Agri

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