Technological charts for crop production, conventional and organic production

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MAF) has published on its website the technological cards for crop production, conventional and organic production, approved by an order of the Minister of Agriculture and Food in accordance with the requirements of the Law on Support to Agricultural Producers, the press centre of the MAF announced.

The cards for conventional and organic crop production have been developed by a team of scientists from the Agricultural University – Plovdiv.

The database of the developed technological cards enables agricultural producers to calculate the costs for cultivating agricultural crops, in accordance with the type of the specific holding, the agro-climatic characteristics of the terrain and the access to resource provision.

Due to the dynamics in the prices of fuels, fertilizers, wages and other farm expenses, the published technological cards do not include prices. The aim is for agricultural producers to use the basic model as a template provided to them, in order to record in detail the variable and fixed costs of the specific holding by operations.

The technological cards for organic and conventional crop production include the cost norms of farmers for the plant protection products used, fertilizers, seeds, seedlings, water, fuels and lubricants, for mechanized operations and manual labour, based on an 8-hour working day for machine operators. The fuel consumption norms for the respective operation are taken into account.

The basic model allows easy and quick updating of cost data when necessary. The calculation of depreciation charges on the assets involved in the activity of a holding is in line with the applicable depreciation norms and accounting standards.

You can find the published technological cards at the following links and on the MAF website:

Conventional crop production

Organic crop production