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As the harvesting campaign approaches, the forecast of the second group of field crops becomes more and more “uncomfortable topic”. Because some farmers will have nothing to harvest, but gloom is a sin. And other farmers will have something to brag about, but vanity is also a sin.
In Moldova, the rape harvest will be completed next week. By the end of the harvesting campaign, preliminary estimates of the production of this crop have increased, while the domestic and foreign trade context has changed significantly. Is it for the better? It is an open question.
Due to too high prices for berries and early stone fruits, canning enterprises in Moldova had to cut back their programs of processing these raw materials.
This week, gardeners in the south and center of Moldova started harvesting plums of the most widespread in the country early varieties – “Petestianca” and “Caciasca early”. The demand for fruits of the first harvest is high. According to the fruit market operators, the starting wholesale price is set in the range of 9-15 lei/kg. In retail stores, price tags for the first Moldovan plum, depending on its quality – caliber, density, stage of ripeness – are about 40-50 lei/kg.
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.
