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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Farmers are not against the unification of the VAT rate in the agri-food sector, but are strongly opposed to the proposed increase of the rate more than twice – from 8% (on agricultural products and some food products) to the standard 20%.
Anniversary XX Conference “ANRM: Two Decades of History. New partnerships. New Horizons” is scheduled for May 29, the forum will be held in Chisinau. At the conference, producers, exporters, experts and development partners will exchange opinions on the present and future of this capital-intensive, export-oriented sector of the fruit business in Moldova.
Polish farmers have started recruiting staff for the seasonal harvest of strawberries, raspberries and blueberries. Offers for foreign workers are becoming increasingly attractive: higher wages, free housing and liberal qualification requirements.
The strategic concept for the development of the wine sector for 2026-2030 was approved by the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.
Sown areas under the two main spring crops of Moldova – sunflower and corn – will increase this year.
As of June 7 this year, stricter regulations on grazing and haying will come into force in Moldova. As a result, animal owners will have a clearer legal framework for the protection of vegetation and soil.
In the fruit-growing sector, where export depends more on the quality than on the quantity of production, the director of Biyaz Salkim company, Vera Iabanji, has created an agricultural business worthy of becoming a model for farmers from Gagauzia. Especially those who expect in the future to create a stable channel for exporting their products to the highly marginal fruit market of the European Union.
The Agricultural Accounting Information Collection Network (known as RICA) has been transformed into the Agricultural Sustainability Data Network (RDDA).
The area of winter crops for harvest-2026 in Moldova has decreased compared to the corresponding indicator of the previous agricultural season, but grain production may remain at last year’s level.
In May on the fruit and berry market of Moldova, contrary to expectations, the prices for strawberries did not continue to decrease, but increased significantly – on average by 10-15%.
Global wine consumption in 2025 has fallen to its lowest level since 1957.
Russia, the world’s largest wheat exporter, may not have enough wheat to harvest this year. This is due to abnormally cold weather and heavy rains, which led to the worst start to the spring sowing season in Russia in many years.
The Memorandum on bilateral cooperation in the process of European integration and implementation of European standards was signed by the heads of the National Association of Milk and Dairy Producers “Lapte” of the Republic of Moldova and the Union of Dairy Enterprises of Ukraine.
Apple stocks in Europe are currently about 20% higher than a year ago.
The Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine forecasts the grain harvest in 2026 at 60.4 million tons, which is only 1% or 0.64 million tons less than last year.
A massive crisis in horticulture forced the U.S. government to allocate $9 million to farmers to liquidate 50 thousand tons of peaches and cut 420 thousand peach trees. The reason – the customer did not need this raw material.
MAIA Ministry of Agriculture clarifies rules for agricultural damage assessment to local authorities
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) held a working meeting with representatives of the city administrations of the Florestm district to explain the new procedures for assessing farmland affected by natural disasters.
According to the World Health Organization, Moldova consumes 6.8 liters of ethanol per capita (15 years and older) per year in wine.
In the period January-April 2026, Moldovan producers of apple concentrate processed a little more than 2 thousand tons of apples. Moreover, last month accounted for at least half of the volume of processing of this raw material, industry operators note.
Potato acreage in Moldova has decreased by 10-20% this year, according to potato seed suppliers. The reasons are many – from radical cost reduction due to the rise in the price of all inputs, to the relatively low selling price of this product throughout the 2025/26 marketing season.
