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Bulgaria: The truth about the harvest, the Ministry boasts of quantities, the farmers deny

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Published Jun 18, 2022

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According to the latest operative data of the Ministry of Agriculture, the harvested cherries and pink flowers in our country are more on an annual basis. Before Agri.BG the owners signal the opposite.

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Vote: What will farmers suffer the most from the political crisis? The current harvest of cherries has been compromised by the rains of recent days, but also by the fact that pickers are increasingly missing. Farmers signaled mass cracking of the fruit in the most common varieties in our country, others said they would not harvest, and there were statements about leaving the sector. From Southeastern Bulgaria reported over 80% cracking of cherries. "I have already uprooted 25 decares", our reader writes, and from the Kyustendil region they comment: "In the orchard of Bulgaria - Kyustendil, two days ago 100 tons of cherries were imported from Turkey ..., I have no words. The cherries will remain on the trees of the producers from the region, and our dear country is asleep… ”. However, official statistics say otherwise - as of June 9, 7.9 thousand tons of cherries were harvested, which is 8.6% more than the same period last year. The amount is due to the faster rate of harvest, ...
Source: Agri
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