Despite the war in Ukraine, Russian artificial fertilizer has become increasingly important for European agriculture over the past three years. Brussels seems to be finally addressing the issue. But the question is what alternatives does the EU have
Dušan Nikezić believes that the policies of the Vučić regime led to the collapse of agriculture: more than 300.000 people in Serbia stopped farming.
In Serbia, the number of cattle is lower in 2024 than in 2023 by 3,7 percent. However, the Minister of Agriculture, Dragan Glamočić, claims that the dairies have stocks of milk and that is why the issuance of licenses for the import of milk, milk products and palm oil products has been suspended.
Hail the size of a fist has hit various parts of Serbia in recent days, and farmers will suffer especially because of the consequences. In the long run - and all fruit buyers
Many believe that the new Minister of Agriculture, Dragan Glamočić, will not be successful because he was in that position in 2013 and 2014, and now he came from the position of advisor to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, and they expected him, as a professor of agriculture, to have an influence on agrarian policy.
The morning frosts that hit some parts of Serbia in recent days caused great damage to fruit growers. Early varieties of stone fruits suffered the most. Serbia is lagging behind in the application of modern agricultural technology
Due to the high temperatures at the beginning of March, the early varieties of fruit trees bloomed earlier than usual, but fruit growers and experts fear that frosts in the coming days could cause great damage to the orchards.
Hearings of farmers and a protest in front of the police building in Bogatic continued
A new, unplanned, protest by farmers was held in Bogatic, a settlement in the Mačvan district. Reason - police questioning of members of the association "Our Milk Mačva"
After the appeal of the Ministry of Agriculture was approved and the decision on the passivization of the rural households of Đoka Ćurčić, Predrag Veljković and Zlatko Kokanović was approved, Ćurčić said that his association is not giving up on the protest, which was announced on Sunday at 16 p.m. in Slavija
Farmers' associations will hold meetings on Wednesday where it will be decided how and where blockades will be organized if the government does not meet their demands. For now, it is known that the blockades will begin at 11.52:XNUMX, when the gatherings in memory of the victims of the Novi Sad tragedy
Farmers demand the replacement of the entire top of the Ministry of Agriculture headed by Minister Aleksandar Martinović, the Parliamentary Committee for Agriculture headed by Marijan Risticevic and Prime Minister Miloš Vučević. What problems do they have?
Serbia is facing a continuous decline in the agricultural sector. Experts point to drought, lack of investment and low level of agricultural technology as the main causes
Serbia could lose about 74 million euros from the IPARD program of the European Union due to funds not used in a timely manner
Serbia is risking millions of euros from the EU's IPARD program for agriculture
Extreme weather conditions this year devastated agriculture throughout Serbia. In the poor south, during droughts, there was often no water even for basic needs. That's why they fear that their old goat's horn pepper variety will be able to survive for the next generations
Five farmers' associations announced that they will organize a general protest on the territory of the whole of Serbia on November 1 and rejected the Ministry's proposal to reduce the subsidy
Farmers demand that the Government of Serbia fulfill last year's promises
Symbolically, at one minute in the afternoon in front of Banovina in Novi Sad, the farmers "buried" agriculture and began to distribute their products to citizens for free. This indicates that the final buyers in the store pay three times as much.
The summer droughts left a huge mark on this year's yields, and peppers, tomatoes, cabbage and potatoes were the ones that failed the most. That's why this winter we will be paying more for the winter tax, somewhere around 1.500 dinars for a jar of ajvar
Farmers in losses, ask for help from the Government and announce a nationwide protest in two weeks. Yields are drastically reduced, is there any reason to worry
Rotten turnips, deformed corn and green tomatoes in the fields all over Serbia best illustrate the consequences of this year's drought. The decrease in yields will also significantly affect product prices. That is why LSV requests that the government urgently declare a state of natural disaster
Farmer Nedeljko Savić from Požarevac says that basically farmers have never received compensation due to natural disasters, except for the help that, in some cases, the state sent to farmers whose yield was destroyed by hail and that tropical waves are not treated as natural disasters for now
By the end of October this year at the latest, a public invitation will be issued for a rebate for certified seeds worth up to 17.000 dinars per hectare. The government claims that a one-time incentive worth RSD 40.000 per head will be paid
Farmers' associations have announced a protest for Friday, July 19, due to the unfulfilled promises of the former prime minister and the current president of the Serbian Parliament, Ana Brnabić.
The farmers sent the request for an interview to the Minister of Agriculture, Aleksandar Martinović, at the end of May this year. If the state does not pay the agreed subsidies and does not regulate the stock market by the end of the harvest, the farmers announce that they will take to the streets with tractors, said the president of the Union of Farmers' Associations of Banat, Dragan Kleut.
The price of wheat jumps on the world stock markets, and domestic farmers hope to do better this year before the harvest than last year.
