In 2024, the total loss of the entire coal mining industry in Poland amounted to 13.74 billion zlotys (about $3.4 billion), the worst in 30 years, according to Logos Press.
Since February 1, Ukrainian milk processors have already lowered the price offered to dairy farms for raw materials of the highest grade by another 0.5-1 hryvnia/kg – to 13.5-14 hryvnia/kg.
Over the past two decades, the 75% customs duty on sugar imports into Moldova has evolved from a measure of commercial protection for the domestic market into a mechanism that стимулиates managerial inefficiency in the sector. Inside this almost hermetically sealed “container,” hopes for developing the domestic beet-and-sugar complex have fermented into an expensive substrate for rising costs, losses, and a decline in competitiveness—both in the sugar industry and in other related branches of Moldova’s food industry.
More than 520 million lei of post-investment subsidies have been approved for payment to Moldovan farmers by the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA, Logos Press reported.
During the second week of January, wholesale prices for sunflower in Ukraine decreased by about $10/t. Ukrainian sunflower is still more expensive than Moldovan sunflower, but the price difference is narrowing, Logos Press reported.
Farmers’ organizations intend to return the demand to the authorities to resume licensing of imports of grain and oilseed crops from Ukraine in the near future, Logos Press reported.
In the context of climate transformation and growing demand for water, its reuse comes with increasing risks of agrochemicals entering the food chain, Logos Press reports.
The two largest dairy factories in Moldova – “JLC” S.A. and “Incomlac” S.A. – reduced their purchase prices for raw milk in December by 10%, Logos Press reports.
The discussion about the admissibility of implementing the National Reforestation Program mainly by planting new plantations of white acacia continues in the information space of Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
National statistics has compared the “consumption profile” of the inhabitants of the Moldovan capital (we must assume that they are the most affluent inhabitants of Moldova) with that of the average population of the European Union. The profiles differ, but ambiguously in someone’s favor.
Vineyards of Ukrainian Chateau Chizay according to the results of the international competition Chateau Chizay vineyards became the face of Ukraine in the permanent exposition of the World Wine Culture Center La Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, France, representing 50 most beautiful wine landscapes of the world, – reports Logos Press.
The ANSA agency seized and destroyed more than 130 thousand pieces of eggs of the company “ADALVA” SRL due to their non-compliance with the requirements of sanitary and veterinary safety, – reports Logos Press.
Due to unrelenting attacks on port and transportation infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odessa region, Ukrainian wheat and corn prices have been falling by $4-5/t weekly since early December, Logos Press reported.
Some meteorological resources have revised their forecasts for snowfall on Christmas night, but predictions for overnight frosts of up to minus 8-9 degrees Celsius remain in effect for now, Logos Press reported.
Moldsilva” Agency management believes that the process of forest restoration in Moldova mainly through planting of fast growing and resistant Acacia is justified – it is not an invasive species from the point of view of national and European legislation, – reports Logos Press.
The Forța Fermierilor Association calls on the Moldovan authorities to resume licensing of grain and oilseed crops from Ukraine by a special state commission from the beginning of 2026 – as “an essential measure to protect local production and ensure genuine Moldovan exports to European markets”, Logos Press reports.
MAIA’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Processing Industries said the Agricultural Interventions and Payments Agency AIPA has completed the process of reviewing and approving for payment “per kilogram of milk” subsidy applications submitted under the sixth phase of direct payments for the livestock sector, Logos Press reported.
On average, the price of corn rose by 0.1 lei/kg during two decades of December on the Moldovan market, which was due to limited supply rather than to increased demand, Logos Press reported.
Last week saw the end of the third round of farmer applications for subsidies this year – this time post-investment. This week, AIPA, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture, has already presented a blitz analysis of the framework parameters accepted for consideration of “farmer dossiers” for subsidies. The first thing that catches the eye is the total amount requested – almost LE 1.5 billion. This is about 50% more than the staff of non-governmental organizations of agricultural producers predicted.
From August to October, the Moldovan grain market was strongly losing out to the oilseed market in terms of turnover. It was sunflower and rapeseed, as well as their processed products, that contributed most to the growth of Moldovan GDP in the second half of 2025. However, in November, grain began to equalize the sharply negative market balance with oilseeds.
