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The campaign of harvesting of grain and oilseed crops of the first group is unfolding in Moldova. It is too early to judge about its results “in hectares and tons”. However, some market trends are already clearly visible.
In the period from January to April this year, the physical export of Moldovan honey increased by 40% compared to the same period last year – up to 1.8 thousand tons. In financial terms, shipments abroad are estimated at $4.7 million, with an average invoice price of about $2.6/kg. Employees of industry associations of beekeepers and honey exporters believe that the active export of honey from the Republic of Moldova will continue, due to large stocks of products from previous years.
The Forța Fermierilor Association does not agree with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to “liquidate the Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture ADMA by transforming it into a commercial microfinance institution”.
The generous May and relatively not hot June renewed the hope of Moldovan agrarians for a “more or less normal rest of the summer”. However, the other day the Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova issued an unpleasant forecast for July: the average daily temperature will be around 20-22 degrees Celsius. That is, about 2 degrees above the average statistical norm. With a shortage of precipitation, most likely. In this context, some experts remembered that authoritative meteorological resources of the European Union in spring promised another temperature records and drought not only in July, but also in August 2025.
The large losses of fruit, early vegetables and berries harvest due to late spring frosts in Moldova, figuratively speaking, were “broadcasted from every iron”. The problem is really large-scale and almost ubiquitous. However, this season Moldovan horticulture has faced a large number of problems of seemingly smaller scale, but no less painful. The LP correspondent talked to representatives of farmers’ associations and based on their opinions has built the top 3 specific problems of the Moldovan industry in the current year.
In Moldova, harvesting of medium-late cherry varieties – Lapins, Big Star, Kordia, Large-fruited cherries has started. At the same time, more or less systematic export of these fruits started. The volumes are not large yet – within a hundred tons. At the same time, a part of cherries, conditionally – “export quality”, for a number of reasons is still settled on the domestic market.
Rapeseed is the first money earned by farmers in the season. A lot depends on this earnings: the ability to pay off debts in time, finance the harvesting of second-group crops, purchase resources for sowing winter crops. And the main thing is that farmers’ mood and attitude for the nearest future depends on the first money. What will it be like in Moldova?
The three days of the 46th OIV World Congress were very densely filled with scientific papers in four commissions – “Oenology”, “Viticulture”, “Economics and Law”, “Health and Safety”. All of them were united by a common theme dedicated to shaping the future of wine. In total, the Congress program included more than 300 presentations.
By the votes of the ruling party’s parliamentary faction, the new law on subsidies in Moldovan agriculture was approved in its final reading. The law contains many new things – from its name to its principles. The law is very ambiguous – at the draft stage it gathered both a lot of criticism and flattering reviews. But the most important thing is that the law will come into force from the new year.
In 2024, the world’s vineyard plantations covered 7.1 million hectares, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%. According to this indicator, grapes are the second fruit crop in the world. Grapes are grown in 94 countries, but just over half of the world’s crop is destined for winemaking.
There are reasons to hope that this year Moldova will have a very good harvest of oilseed crops. The area under crops has noticeably increased: about 100 thousand hectares have been allocated for rape, which is many times more than last year, sunflower – more than 420 thousand hectares. At the moment, agronomists assess the condition of crops as “good and very good”.
According to the ranking of the largest bulk wine exporting countries for 2024, compiled by the American Association of Wine Economists (AAWE) based on UN Comtrade data, Moldova ranks 12th.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova, in May, compared to the level of the previous month, consumer (retail) food prices increased insignificantly – only by 1%. However, compared to their level at the beginning of 2025, the increase is more pronounced – plus 6.5%. And compared to the prices in May 2024, food prices rose by 9.7%.
The National Bureau of Statistics of the Republic of Moldova issued curious data on the Moldovan labor market in the first quarter of 2025. In the total number of registered vacancies (about 33 thousand), the share of agriculture is only 2.5%, with only 917 offers. Logos Press correspondent asked the opinion of leaders and members of non-governmental organizations of agrarian profile about the reasons for such a modest demand for workers in the once very crowded sector of the real economy of Moldova. We also asked what professions the Moldovan agribusiness still needs.
The wine.md company (it owns the wine library and tasting room of the same name), which has already organized two festivals – Wine Picnic and Vin de Autor – has created a new format of the wine festival – Wine Park. It was tested on May 30-31.
The area of grain corn sown for the harvest-2025 has shrunk to about 300 thousand hectares. Last year, this crop occupied 464 thousand hectares in the Republic of Moldova.
In January-April, Moldova exported $69.5 million worth of wine products, which is 3% less than in the same period last year. The decline could be explained by the general impact of the global economic crisis, but in this case it is not about our industry.
The sales season of Moldovan apples of last year’s harvest has come to a close. The stocks of export-quality goods are almost exhausted, and they will be barely enough to supply the domestic market of Moldova in June – the last month of the “apple” 2024-25 marketing year (MY). Logos Press correspondent tried, with the help of experts from two corporate associations of fruit business, to make a balance of the passing season and analyze the preconditions of the situation on the market of this fruit in the new MY.
In Moldova, there are still places where wild grapes – Vitis vinifera Sylvestris – still grow. Within the framework of the project “7000 Years Under Wine”, an experimental wine was produced from it two years in a row.
When the national wine brand “Wine of Moldova. A legend alive”, unfortunately, it did not have a declared legend behind it. Foreigners often asked: “What is this legend?”. There was no answer. Now there is one, because the territory of modern Moldova was in the center of Cucuteni-Tripolye culture, which belongs to the earliest civilizations of the Neolithic era. And there are archaeological artifacts confirming that the local inhabitants were familiar with grapes.
