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.
In the period from January to June 2025, in RM, fruits rose in price by 33.7%, vegetables – by18.9%. This is higher than the annual food inflation in the country (9.8%) and, moreover, higher than the general inflation (7.9%),” Logos Press reported, citing the National Bureau of Statistics.
At the beginning of the harvesting campaign, wholesale wheat prices remain in the range from 2.8 lei/kg (one of the most important grain regions Floresti-Sholdanesti) to 3.2 lei (Giurgiulesti port), Logos Press reports.
In the 2024-25 marketing season, Moldova became the third largest exporter of wheat to the EU market with a share of 8.1% and a volume of 603.8 thousand tons.
Wholesale buyers in RM have indicated a starting level of “demand prices” for rapeseed for the 2025 crop – in the neighborhood of $500 per ton,” Logos Press reported.
The 2025 grain and oilseed crops of the second group in the districts of Stefan Voda, Cahul and Causeni are already now in a critical state, Logos Press reported.
Last month, the foreign trade turnover of sunflower oil in Moldova reached 1.65 thousand tons, worth 40.14 million lei, Logos Press reported.
Wholesale prices for fresh acacia honey have not been formed yet, and in retail this product is offered only by some farmers-beekeepers at weekend fairs, not cheaper than 190-200 lei/kg, – reports Logos Press.
In the recently completed marketing season (July 2024 – June 2025), the Republic of Moldova exported almost 118 thousand tons of barley to the European Union, – reports Logos Press with reference to Eurostat.
In June this year, Moldovan cherry exporters earned $20 million against $13 million in the same month of 2024, Logos Press reported citing data from Moldova Fruct.
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.
This week, some agro-farms from the south and center of Moldova started harvesting and selling melon and watermelon from the plantations of protected (with agro-fiber – agril) soil, – reports Logos Press.
Romanian farmers could harvest between 13.3 and 14 million tons of wheat in the 2025-26 marketing year, which would be a record for many years, Logos Press reported.
Moldova is expected to receive about 1.2-1.3 million tons of wheat this year,” Logos Press reports.
Farmers in the south of Moldova (Gagauzia, Copceac) have discovered locusts in their fields, – Logos Press reports.
About 2 degrees Celsius above the norm (+20.5) is forecasted the average daily air temperature in July on the territory of Moldova, – reports Logos Press with reference to the Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova.
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,” Logos Press reports.
The decline in the US dollar exchange rate will negatively affect the income of Moldovan grain traders, according to the Agrocereale Association, as reported by Logos Press.
