Compensations for diesel fuel for 2026 reached farmers on Thursday as the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the State Fund Agriculture work to speed up financial support, agri.bg reported.
The Ministry is pushing an ambitious schedule to distribute funds regularly since the start of the new financial year, according to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Yanislav Yanchev.
Advance payments for coupled support for fruits and vegetables went out during the second week of November 2026. The State Fund Agriculture planned to authorize funds for transitional national aid for ewes and mothers, known as PNDJ3, on November 12, 2026.
“From the start of the new financial year we are making every effort to make regular payments to farmers,” Yanchev told agri.bg.
“This is also evident from the indicative schedule,” Yanchev told agri.bg.
Next month brings payments for ten interventions connected to coupled animal support at the beginning of December 2026. Farmers also await the Basic Income Support for Sustainability, or OPDU, which covers 90% of that specific amount.
Pillar II interventions tied to the single application form will see authorization in December 2026. Those measures include organic crop and livestock production, agri-environmental payments, Natura 2000, and support for disadvantaged areas.
Yanchev urged agricultural producers not to wait until the final days of current application intakes to avoid administrative bottlenecks. Roughly 40,000 farmers must process paperwork through regional agriculture offices or the electronic system of the State Fund Agriculture.
“If we leave it for the last few days, that will play a bad trick on us,” Yanchev told agri.bg.
“Even if we announce an intake under a given intervention, if there is no participation, if there is no interest from the side of agricultural producers or municipalities to submit project proposals and applications for advance payments, the administration by itself cannot realize the whole process,” Yanchev told agri.bg.