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Suva Planina, Serbia – 17 July 2025
1. Various aerials of cows and horses on top of the mountain ++MUTE++
2. Pan of the cows on top of the mountain
3. Various cows sitting on the ground
4. Horses on the mountain
5. Various of cracked dried ground
6. Trucks with water arriving on top of the mountain
7. Various farmers and workers filling up the pool with water
8. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Nikola Manojlovic, farmer from Mali Krcimir village:
”It was a catastrophe. Animals did not have water since Saturday, for 3 days they were screaming. The cows were sitting around this area, some of them in a dried up pool.”
9. Cows on top of the mountain
10. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Nikola Manojlovic, farmer from Mali Krcimir village:
”Usually the drought starts around mid August, but this year, since beginning of June we improvised a bit for a month, we tried to dig new wells but everything has dried up. We haven’t had any rain on the mountain since May 27.”
11. Various cows drinking water from the pool
12. SOUNDBITE (Serbian) Milisav Filipovic, Gazdin Han municipality chief:
”As far as agriculture is concerned, our farmers do not remember a worse and more difficult year. In addition to the problems we have here on the dry mountain, we also have problems in the villages. Our population is mainly engaged in agriculture. They use 90% of their products for their personal needs, so they also had a problem with watering their crops, so this year has brought unprecedented problems to farmers.”
13. Various of cow sipping water from tap
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Bijeljina, Bosnia-Herzegovina – 18 July 2025
14. Various aerials of corn fields ++MUTE++
15. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Mitar Savic, farmer from Suvo polje:
”We are trying to introduce these newer (corn) varieties, although they can no longer withstand those high temperatures, which are over 40 degrees (Celsius).”
16. Aerial of corn fields ++MUTE++
17. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian), Mitar Savic, farmer from Suvo polje:
”I don’t know, I cannot tell you what the solution would be – agriculture as such and if you were to engage in it – I don’t see any future.”
18. Aerial of corn fields ++MUTE++
19. SOUNDBITE (Bosnian) Sreten Vuckovic, Bijeljina municipality secretary of agriculture:
”After the corn sowing was completed, a dry period began and the drought lasted approximately 2 months, causing significant damage to the corn, and we will only see the extent of the damage in the coming period.”
20. Aerial of corn fields ++MUTE++
STORYLINE:
A severe drought this summer has left over a thousand cows and horses without water on a mountain in southeast Serbia, forcing the authorities to bring up emergency supplies.
The early drought that started in May has affected people, animals and crops throughout the Western Balkans, causing water and power restrictions, disruptions in river traffic and problems in agriculture in this part of southeast Europe.
At Suva Planina, Serbian for Dry Mountain, cattle owners said they can’t remember the springs ever drying up before mid-August.
Lack of water has sent the cattle roaming down the mountain in panic, they said.
“We haven’t had any rain on the mountain since May 27,” lamented Nikola Manojlovic, from the nearby village of Mali Krcimir.
Suva Planina is located about 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Serbia’s capital, Belgrade.
The drought has left visible consequences on a plateau at the altitude of some 1,200 meters (nearly 4,000 feet) — cracked ground has replaced the main water spring, along with dry, yellow grass and dust.
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