On November 11-20, air temperatures were falling in Bulgaria. They dropped to 5-7 degrees C below zero in some areas. These weather conditions stopped growing processes in winter crops. Winter cereals are mostly at three-leaf stage of plant development. Winter wheat and barley seeded on October 1-10, are at tillering stage. Cereals planted in November…
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 10, 759.9 thousand ha of sunflower had been threshed, or 99.9% of the plan. 1699.7 KMT had been threshed with an average yield of 2.24 MT/ha. Soybean had been threshed from 14.4 thousand ha, or 99.3% of the harvested area (14.5 thousand ha). 18.6 KMT of…
Bulgaria recently signed a 29-million euro deal with Russia to purchase 10 new engines for its MiG-29 fighter aircraft. According to Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the agreement was signed on November 9, though he was reluctant to disclose any additional details about the contract. Borisov also announced that Sofia sought to purchase maintenance rights…
According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, as of November 3, 401.7 thousand ha of corn were threshed, or 95% of the plan (423 thousand ha). 2118.5 KMT were harvested with the average yield of 5.27 MT/ha. Pace of harvesting is 8.9% higher than in 2015. On the reporting date, average corn yield was up…
Last week Bulgaria’s domestic market of cereal crops saw a rise in purchase prices. The bullish factors for them included strong grain demand, both from traders and processing companies, along with appreciation of the Bulgarian currency against the US dollar. Prices for Bulgarian milling wheat also continued growing on the export market. Over the week,…
Late October and early November featured a temperature upturn in Bulgaria. The temperature increase against the background of sufficient topsoil moisture reserves caused winter crops to resume their active growth. Exceptions are some parts of South Bulgaria where soil moisture shortages hamper development of winter cereals and rape. Plants of winter wheat and barley seeded…
Last week wheat market remained the most active in Bulgaria. Increased demand both from traders and importers supported domestic and export prices. Export prices of milling wheat with 11.5% protein grew by $2 to $173-175/MT FOB for November delivery. Active Bulgarian wheat exports supported the market, as well as strengthening of export wheat prices in…