Bulgaria to pay dairy subsidies earlier and back-dated

Agriculture and Food Minister Nihat Kabil said on January 17 that dairy subsidies would be paid earlier than previously announced and back-dated, mediapool.bg said.

The announcement came only a few days after State Agriculture Fund (SAF) announced that subsidies would be paid beginning in March.

Kabil said that the budget plan for SAF contained 45 million leva in subsidies for agriculture, which would go to support stock-farming during the touch winter season.