The September forecast of world cereal production in 2025 was raised by 35.6 million tons (+1.2% compared to July). As a result, the estimate of the global harvest of these crops reached a record level – 2961 million tons (+3.5% compared to last year), – reports Logos Press with reference to the FAO release.
Zelenski recently signed the law on integrated prevention and control of industrial pollution, which contains “oilseed amendments” – 10 percent duties on exports of soybeans and rapeseed. This will be an additional incentive for the rise in prices of these products on the market of the Black Sea countries, including Moldova, Logos Press reported.
In order to modernize and adapt the agro-food sectors of the candidate countries, the European Union plans to form new financial mechanisms and funds within the future EU Multiannual Financial Framework Program for 2028-2034, European Commissioner for Agriculture Christoph Hansen said this week during a three-day visit to Moldova, – Logos Press reports.
Chronic malnutrition and hunger affects more than 8% of humanity, while 36% of the world’s population is overweight, Logos Press reported, citing FAO research for 2022-24.
Last week, Südzucker Moldova’s partner farms started harvesting sugar beet, Logos Press reports with reference to the company’s press release.
Since last week, the Moldovan plum market has reached the stage of seasonal decline in export sales, which will tentatively last until the beginning of the last decade of September, – reports Logos Press.
In 2025, experts expect the yield of grapes of technical varieties to reach 5-13 tons/ha, with an estimated price of 6.5-7.5 lei/kg, Logos Press reports.
By the end of August, compared to the market situation at the beginning of this month, sunflower prices in Moldova rose by 15-40%, Logos Press reported.
About 40-50% reduction in the harvest of berries of early and medium-ripening varieties this year, while their prices have increased, on average, by 15-30%, – reports Logos Press.
Food Safety Agency ANSA urges buyers of packaged buckwheat Imperia Foods (country of origin – Russia, date on the package – 18.04.2025, importer – “Vintage Distribution” SRL) to return this product to the point of sale, – reports Logos Press.
Approximately 1.3 million tons of products will be harvested by Moldovan farmers from 415 thousand hectares sown with grain corn this year, – reports Logos Press.
On the eve of Independence Day, representatives of the authorities and the opposition farmers’ organization “Forța Fermierilor” exchanged sharp remarks about the future of agriculture and the Moldovan countryside. Both sides have good goals, but the routes to them are different,” Logos Press notes.
Between October 13 and December 11, 2025, farmers will be able to apply to the AIPA Investment and Payment Agency for post-investment subsidies (in the form of partial compensation for investments in projects to create and modernize production and post-harvest agricultural infrastructure initiated in 2024 and 2025), according to Logos Press.
In 2025, the walnut harvest in Moldova will be about 15-20% lower than last year, but the quality of commercial walnuts of at least some nut-growing enterprises in the country may be very high, – reports Logos Press with reference to the leadership of the Association of Nut Growers of Moldova ANRM.
By now, wholesale prices for apples of early (summer) varieties have decreased approximately twice, from 20 to 9 lei/kg on average, since their appearance on the “fresh” market of Moldova a month and a half ago, Logos Press reports.
This season, several well-known nut-growing enterprises in the country have offered (or are planning to offer) to Moldovan consumers a new product – walnuts of popular varieties of American and European selection (“Chandler” and others) in green peel, packed in consumer packaging, – reports Logos Press.
In 2025, the harvest of table grapes in Moldova will approach the level of 150 thousand tons, its export – 100 thousand tons, – reports Logos Press.
Sour-milk products and cheese are the most stable commodity items in the assortment of local dairy producers, while the production of whole drinking milk has sharply decreased, Logos Press reported, citing a study by an industry association.
In August, an increasing number of industrial milk producers get involved in the process of negotiations with dairy factories on seasonal adjustment of purchase prices for raw materials, – reports Logos Press with reference to the heads of large livestock farms of dairy direction.
In the 2024-25 marketing season, sunflower oil exports from Moldova experienced a difficult period – an unprecedented decline in performance in all major categories.
