The U.S. budget for 2027 does not tentatively include funding for USAI, the Security Assistance Initiative for Ukraine.
At least 8 out of 10 agricultural workers in our country work legally. “The whole society, and especially the MPs, should know about this,” says Alexandru Bădăreu, former president of the Forța Fermierilor association and consultant in economic policy.
The state-owned enterprise Railways of Moldova resumed traffic on an important section of the Cahul-Giurgiulesti line, which provides access to a strategic port in southern Moldova. At the end of April, the company conducted test runs on the restored section near the village of Valeni.
In less than two weeks, from last Friday to this moment, onions on the Ukrainian market rose in price by an average of 40-45%. Ukrainian farmers were able to increase selling prices for onions for the first time since the beginning of February this year. On the whole, a cardinal increase in prices for this vegetable in Ukraine has not been recorded since mid-May 2025.
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has launched a campaign to vaccinate wild foxes against rabies. The campaign will run from April 29 to May 8, 2026 by hand-distributing rabies vaccine baits.
The gross agricultural product in the Republic of Moldova increased by 8.5% (in comparable prices) in the first quarter of 2026 compared to the same period last year. The increase was provided by the livestock sector – plus 8,8% against the indicator for the mentioned period of 2025. In January-March of this year, traditionally, the main share (98.3%) of agricultural production fell on products of animal origin.
The Moldovan government approved the Regulation on authorization, cultivation, monitoring, marketing and processing of industrial hemp. The document provides for the expansion of opportunities for the use of raw materials obtained from industrial hemp, which can increase the yield per hectare of agricultural land by about 40%. It will also provide private entrepreneurship with more opportunities for investment and agribusiness development.
The launch of cooperation projects aimed at harmonizing the national agricultural sector with the European Union requirements was discussed during a meeting between the head of the MAIA Agriculture and Food Ministry, Ludmila Catlabuga, and the Italian Ambassador to Moldova, Giuseppe Maria Perricon, and the director of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari (CIHEAM Bari), Biagio Di Terlizzi.
February 2026 showed that the Moldovan grain market does not freeze in the off-season, but works due to stable stocks and long-term contracts. At that time, more than 112 thousand tons (worth more than 431 million lei) were shipped. These are high indicators for a “quiet” month. March answered the main question: was February an exception or is it a trend? The answer is that it is a trend, and with high dynamics.
Spring frosts in Ukraine resulted in the loss of about 50% of the crop of early stone trees. For this reason, apricots and cherries may rise in price by 30-50%.
For some Moldovan farmers, the sowing campaign-2026 is just beginning. And for Moldovan sugar beet growers, it should have already ended. But the sowing of sugar beet has been delayed. Visions for its harvest and domestic sugar production are vague. The situation with sugar import is close to scandalous. But let’s talk about everything in order.
Milk producers in Ukraine are in a difficult situation due to rising prices for energy and other inputs, as well as “war challenges” and new EU requirements.
In the south of the Republic of Moldova, where water and agro-technologies make the difference between an ordinary fruit harvest and competitive products, Dimitri Caramalac has built step by step a family business for the production of quality table grapes. In 2025, thanks to investments in certification according to the GLOBALG.A.P. international standard, Caramalac Agro SRL intends to actively enter the European Union market.
In a fresh global ranking of the largest coal consumers, the leading tandem is China and India. These two countries together account for almost 70% of global coal consumption. The Chinese share is 55.8%
In Ukraine, the northernmost almond plantation in Eastern Europe was established at the Institute of Horticulture of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences near Kiev.
A new model of land use is being introduced in Uzbekistan. It involves long-term leasing of agricultural land and the right of farmers to choose their own crops. Responsibility is only to the tax authorities.
Not even a week has passed since the meeting between the leadership of the Forța Fermierilor Grain and Oilseeds Producers Association and the President of the Republic of Moldova. The passions have not subsided – the emotional component of the dialog, if there was any, was initially in cold tones. And in the current socio-economic realities, any mass protests are just the “dish that is served cold”.
The Agency for Investments and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) approved almost 78 million lei in subsidies for the last (shortened) working week.
In the first quarter of 2026, Ukraine’s agriculture became one of the most “sagging” sectors in terms of the number of new company registrations. During this period, 360 new businesses were registered in the industry – this is 24% less than in the past. This is reported by YC Market.
Last year, Moldova’s beekeeping industry set a record and an anti-record at the same time: honey exports reached an unprecedentedly high level, while honey production reached its lowest level in at least a decade and a half. This year, according to a moderately optimistic forecast, the industry will do without records – both positive and negative.
