In 2025, the production of trawls for the transportation of oversized cargo in Ukraine increased by 18% year-on-year to 415 units, according to Logos Press.
In 2025, Moldova’s share in tomato supplies from Ukraine amounted to 61.5%, Logos Press reported.
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization FAO has raised its forecast for world cereal production in 2025 to 3,023 million tons, up 0.7% (19.9 million tons). This is a record high, Logos Press reported.
In January 2026, Moldova exported to 21 countries almost 9.2 thousand tons of table grapes worth $7.6 million at an average invoice price of $0.83/kg. This is not a bad indicator for the winter period, if we take into account the relatively low quality of grapes of the 2025 harvest, Logos Press reports.
ANSA, the national food safety agency, has announced the elimination of phytosanitary certificate fees for exporting and re-exporting produce from February 5, 2026, according to Logos Press.
Moldova was represented by a single national stand of 13 producers and exporters of apples, table grapes and plums at the international specialized exhibition Fruit Logistica in Berlin, February 4-6, 2026, reports Logos Press.
At the end of March 2026, the Akdala deposit will be transferred to the full management of JSC National Atomic Company Kazatomprom, reports Logos Press.
In 2025, the share of imported products in the cheese market of Ukraine increased from 38% to 45%. If the situation does not change, already in March-April 2026 Ukrainian producers will control less than half of the domestic market for this product, according to Logos Press.
Inspectors of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) blocked at the border the import of a batch (20 tons) of frozen mechanically deboned chicken meat (MMO/MDM) into Moldova, Logos Press reports.
Another factory in the European Union has announced that it will not process sugar beet next season, i.e. in 2026. Last year, five European factories of this profile notified about the cessation of activity. A total of 20 sugar factories in the EU have stopped working since 2017, according to Logos Press.
At the beginning of 2026, Moldova ranked “honorably” third among the countries of the former Soviet Union in the WHO ranking on alcohol consumption, according to Logos Press.
Several meteorological resources in Europe forecast precipitation for Moldova in the second half of February totaling more than 25-30 mm. This exceeds the average norm for the last month of winter, which has been observed in the country over the past few years, Logos Press reported.
The “list of outsiders” will almost certainly include such vegetables as white cabbage, onions and tomatoes, and possibly potatoes. According to expert estimates, the area under these crops in the spring of 2026 in the country could decrease by tens of percent or even many times, Logos Press reports.
Almost all apples sold in European retail contain mixtures of pesticides, with 71% of the cases among them and the most dangerous ones, Logos Press reported.
The Forța Fermierilor Association condemns the manner in which the relevant ministry conducted “public consultations” on the Strategic Program of Agricultural Policy for 2026-30, Logos Press reports.
The European Commission has officially announced the formation of a new working group to strengthen safety controls on imported feed and food products, Logos Press reports.
The Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA authorized the payment of subsidies totaling LE 597.14 million to farmers from the National Fund for Support to Agriculture and Rural Areas in January 2026, Logos Press reported.
As part of a new package of sanctions against Russia currently under discussion, the EU intends to apply for the first time a mechanism to counter “allegedly circumventing sanctions for some equipment exported to Kyrgyzstan, Logos Press reports.
By the end of January 2026, wholesale prices for apples of red varieties on the Moldovan market increased on average by 0.5-1.0 lei/kg against the beginning of the first month of the year, Logos Press reported.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has approved an agreement to relax rules on the circulation of transgenic products on the EU market, which was reached last December by negotiators from EU member states and the European Parliament, Logos Press reported.
