Fodder

Sunseed prices in the Bulgarian market traditionally lowered ahead of the start of the new season, reaching BGN 563/MT (USD 335/MT). The start of sunseed harvesting and the first optimistic yield figures became the main bearish factor, reports UkrAgroConsult.

 In the Bulgarian oilseed market, the price indicators in the national currency remained at last week's level. However, a decline happened because of a weakening Bulgarian lev. The sunseed market looks more flat at the end of the season. Sunseed price closed the week unchanged at BGN 609/MT that is equivalent to USD 353/MT.

When the great Greek crisis broke in 2010, some of us entertained the hope that the fire - eternal metaphor of destruction - would wake us up, that it would prompt us to take a long, good look at ourselves, to decide who we are and what we want as a nation. Would the flames burn away the chaff that kept Greece tied to self-destructive behaviors?

Two people threw two hay stack cubes at the entrance of the offices of junior governing coalition partner Independent Greeks (ANEL) on Syngrou Avenue on Monday, in protest against the policy followed by the party.

"Just like you've been feeding us lies, we brought you some hay," the two protesters said, in reference to the Greek idiom of "feeding somebody hay," which means to lie.

A Bulgarian project to create "farms" for growing a special kind of flies that feeds on organic waste and process them into proteins and larvae to be used for the production of animal feeds competes for award-winning funding for the realization of the innovative idea.

Bulgaria will be able to export compound feed and fodder additives to China.

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture (NDA) has signed letters of intent with nine soybean processing companies in Bulgaria. The agreement will promote Nebraska soybeans and soybean products in their facilities.

The extinguishment of the fire that broke out yesterday morning in the feeding depots to the dairy farm near the village of Popovitsa and covered about 5 decares. 4 firefighters were on duty all night, the BNR announced on Thursday.

Chinese entrepreneurs will invest EUR 11 M in the first stage of construction of a factory for combined fodder in the Bulgarian city of Dobrich.

The Chinese entrepreneurs, accompanied by their Bulgarian partners, informed the district governor Dr. Margarita Novoselska that they had already bought a site in the industrial zone of Dobrich.

So-called nonperforming loans have become an issue of major concern with regard to the recovery of Greece’s real economy.

No matter what kind of solution the coalition government ends up adopting in order to deal with this problem, it will have to be one based on crystal-clear rules and a sense of overall transparency.