Moldova produces significantly more fruit and grain, while it produces significantly less vegetables, potatoes, meat and milk than it consumes, Logos Press reports.
Due to the peculiar weather this spring across Europe, there is a high demand from European traders for acacia honey with a very scarce supply, according to Logos Press.
According to USDA’s U.S. Department of Agriculture, global wheat reserves for end-use in 2025 have fallen to a level comparable to the corresponding figure for 2015.
The season of strawberries of remontant varieties is coming to an end in Moldova. In 2025, it was one of the longest and most monetary for farmers in the five-year period, Logos Press reports.
The current production and commercial season may become one of the most eventful for the sugar beet complex in Moldova. It started with almost zero stocks of marketable sugar and attempts to expand the area under sugar beet. It continued with the most large-scale death of crops from late spring frosts and no less large-scale reseeding. And it will probably end with a surprisingly good sugar beet harvest and a solid volume of sugar produced. But its prices are unlikely to fully satisfy both sugar producers and sugar consumers.
By 8-13% by the end of the current week, some major producers of raw materials and apple concentrate in Moldova have reduced purchase prices for industrial apples, – reports Logos Press.
This year Moldova, as well as some other countries of the Black Sea region, will have a high potato harvest. However, its prices have already fallen to their lowest level in the previous three years, and the prospects for farmers are not consoling, Logos Press reports.
The first September frosts, which are predicted already in the next few days, will increase the risks of losses in the quantity and quality of some crops, Logos Press reported.
The government has approved the concept of the information system “AKIS Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation System” and the Regulation on the relevant information resource, – Logos Press reports.
The rate on bank loans for micro and small agricultural enterprises implementing investment projects with a grant component within the IFAD program in Moldova has been reduced to 10.10% from the previous level of 10.36%, Logos Press reports.
The extended quotas for Moldovan fruit supplies to the European Union, approved within the process of modification of the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement DCFTA, are due to open on October 4 this year, Logos Press reports.
More than 18 million lei was approved by the Agency for Interventions and Payments AIPA last week for payment on farmers’ applications for subsidies, Logos Press reported.
Wholesale prices for current year honey increased by about 10-15% in September compared to summer levels, according to Logos Press.
The information channels of the European Commission, followed by a few Moldovan mass media, reported that at the beginning of the second decade of September, Moldovan exporters fully utilized the then valid annual quota for duty-free supplies of plums to the EU market. By a “happy coincidence” (or maybe due to it), the closure of the export euro quota coincided with the seasonal decline in prices and a drop in external sales of plums.
The government has approved a new regulation establishing the procedure and peculiarities of changing the target designation of agricultural lands, as well as the criteria for selecting lands for the forest and water fund, Logos Press reported.
Claims to one of the quality parameters of Moldovan wheat by some buyers in the EU countries may reduce its competitiveness on the European market.
The National Agency for Food Safety ANSA informs consumers that food sector operators Kaufland SRL and Forward International SRL are recalling spices of the brands “Kamis” and “Galeo” sold to customers, – reports Logos Press.
A representative of the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food promised state support to plum producers during the VII National Plum Festival in Nisporeni, dedicated to promoting Moldova’s agricultural traditions and increasing the popularity of local products, Logos Press reports.
Cracking, i.e. cracking of grapes of fall varieties, is one of the most painful problems and reasons for the reduction of table grapes exports. Unfortunately, the recent precipitation almost everywhere in Moldova has activated the process of reducing the quality of this product, Logos Press reports.
On the grain market of Moldova, as well as in many regions of the world, a rare situation has occurred – the average price for barley has equaled or even exceeded the average price for wheat, including food wheat, – reports Logos Press.
