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Bulgaria’s dairy industry was challenged in 2016 by the outbreak of lumpy skin disease in April 2016, followed by subsequent reductions in its dairy herd, milk production and import restrictions....

Bulgaria’s livestock sector continues to stabilize following reforms and disease outbreaks last year.

Post forecasts that Bulgaria’s stone fruit crop in marketing year (MY) 2017 will increase due to favorable weather, improved average yields, and orchard expansion supported by EU subsidy programs.

The Bulgarian broiler sector continues to grow, driven by strong domestic and international demand.

Bulgaria is a growth market for U.S. tree nuts. Opportunities for almond, walnut and pecan exports are driven by modern retail’s deep footprint, rising incomes, evolving consumer preferences....

A shifting political landscape in the EU has led to fears that voting “against” import authorization of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops is becoming perilously close to a new norm.

Updated import duties of Euro 5.16 per metric ton are applied on corn, sorghum and rye from August 8, 2017.

The EU28 grain harvest is now under way in most Member States.

Bulgaria finished harvesting a bumper winter wheat crop and also expects strong corn and sunflower harvests.

On February 2, 2017, the European Commission launched a consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to better understand where the current policy can be simplified....

Two studies conducted by Eastern European Members States (MS) have concluded that identically branded food products are being sold with lower quality in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.

This report provides an overview on the biofuel use mandates in the various EU-28 member states. It supplements the EU-28 Biofuels Annual Report.