According to a major Russian mineral fertilizer producer, the European Commission extended the measure, but did not prove that dumping by this company’s structures would continue after its cancellation.
Moldova imported more rape seeds for the current agricultural season 2025/26 than it imported during the last season (a record season in terms of sown areas of this crop). Analysis of aerial survey data confirms this trend: rapeseed sown areas for the 2026 harvest in Moldova (including Transnistria) reach a new historical maximum of 158 thousand hectares.
The Ukrainian Grain Association (UZA) forecasts the harvest of grain and oilseed crops in 2026 at the level of 83.6 million tons. The UZA’s estimate for 2025 is 80 million tons of these products.
Since May 25, it has become mandatory for cargo ships passing through the Sulinsky Canal to the ports of Ukraine and Moldova to issue a transit declaration T1.
In Poland, there were reports of so-called mobilization cards from military recruiting centers being sent to citizens. The documents have caused concern among part of the population.
Over the last five to seven years, the Moldovan dairy industry has changed its format almost imperceptibly for local people.
China and the United States are at the center of global trade flows – they dominate both purchases and shipments of goods around the world. Together with Germany, these countries account for a huge share of global trade in goods.
The Polish Inspectorate for the Quality of Agricultural and Food Products (IJHARS) reported on Facebook that it had blocked the import of 63 tons of green coffee from Brazil into Poland. Publications by French and Polish politicians linking this fact to the EU-Mercosur deal are not correct. Green (unroasted) coffee has entered the European market duty-free before. However, the “wave of negativity” quite adequately once again reflected the attitude of a certain part of the European society to this deal.
Average wages (in euros) in the Czech private sector this year rose 9% year-on-year to CZK 48,967 (EUR 2,024). This growth was one of the fastest in the Central European region. Nevertheless, compared to the situation in this area in other Visegrad Group (V4) countries, Czech salaries are inferior to those in Poland, but ahead of those in Slovakia.
Kazakhstan has expressed readiness to accept Iran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 60% if the US and Iran reach an agreement on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.
World vegetable oil production in the 2026/27 marketing season will reach 244.1 million tons. This is about 6.8 million tons more than in the current season. The global supply of this commodity will fully meet the projected demand for it (237.6 million tons).
The most effective methods of “green works” were introduced to Moldovan winegrowers at a seminar organized this week at the vineyard mastered by the National Institute of Applied Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine.
Precipitation in late May – early June, especially prolonged precipitation, may significantly reduce the already pessimistic forecast for this year’s cherry crop. The bulk of production during this period is the so-called “farm cherries”: local early maturing varieties, small caliber, sold exclusively on the domestic market of Moldova.
Poland has received preliminary approval from the U.S. State Department to localize production of missiles for Patriot air defense systems.
The perspectives of the nut sector in the Republic of Moldova were analyzed during the conference dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the Association of Nut Growers of the Republic of Moldova (ANRM).
At SCI’s water management facility “Criulenii de Sus”, work has begun on the iDRIP program. The first stage includes technical analysis of the existing infrastructure and preparation of the project of rehabilitation works on this irrigation system.
The 2026 harvest in Brazil is estimated at 66.7 million bags (a standard bag of coffee in the International Coffee Organization’s ICO measurement system is 60 kg). This is an 18% percent increase over last year’s result. If the forecast is confirmed, the result would be a new record in history (statistics maintained by the National Supply Company Conab), exceeding the 2020 figure (63.08 million bags) by 5.74%.
Polish group Orlen is interested in expanding its presence in Ukraine and is considering the possibility of acquiring a stake in Ukrnafta.
The European Commission has revised production forecasts for key crops for the 2026/27 marketing year. EU cereal crop estimates were downgraded, while forecasts for key oilseeds improved slightly.
Yesterday’s protest action of farmers, which according to the “Forța Fermierilor” association gathered about one and a half hundred in front of the government building in Chisinau, did not go unnoticed by the authorities.
