Farmer

Bulgaria has emerged as a frontrunner in the EU regarding agricultural support for the small ruminant sector. This acknowledgment came from the National Sheep and Goat Breeding Association, whose members attended a significant European livestock exhibition in France earlier this month.

The inaugural public appearance of Galato Alexandraki, a 76-year-old livestock farmer and the recently elected Member of the European Parliament representing Eliniki Lysi (Greek Solution), sparked intrigue

Farmers and agricultural producers from across Europe have once again converged in Brussels to protest in front of the European institutions, escalating tensions with authorities. The demonstration coincides with a meeting of the EU Council on Agriculture and Fisheries, attended by agriculture ministers from all member states, including Bulgaria's Minister Kiril Vatev.

Thessaly farmers announced on Wednesday their decision to lift a tractor roadblock but underlined they remain unsatisfied and request a meeting with Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
 

Farmers and beekeepers in the regional unit present their demands

Following an announcement dismissing the government's measures for their sector, farmers on Wednesday elected to intensify their protests and blockades of national highways.

They made their statement after a meeting with French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and Agriculture Minister Marc Fesneau.
The president of France's largest farmers' union, FNSEA, Arnaud Rousseau, said Attal had committed to meeting farmers on the ground in the coming days, Reuters reported.

Farmers in northern Greece are desperately seeking help abroad to get their fruit and other crops picked, as local youth disdain farm work and the once-reliable Albanian farmhands now prefer to chase jobs in northern European Union countries.

A "farmers' academy" is being established in order to increase the efficiency in agricultural production, increase the interest of young people in animal husbandry and raise conscious producers throughout Turkey.

A farmer in eastern Turkey uncovered a pre-modern food storage device on July 24 while plowing his field.