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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Subsidies totaling 178.49 million lei were paid to Moldovan farmers in May 2026, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) said.
Within the framework of the V stage of application for grants under the Agricultural Governance, Growth and Resilience Investment Project (AGGRI), held from March 2 to May 29, 2026, 29 requests were received from agricultural producers from all regions of Moldova.
In Ukraine, 78 water user organizations (WUOs) that take over management and modernization of land reclamation infrastructure have started their work.
The Collegium of Veterinarians of Moldova, which unites 630 specialists in this field, held a congress dedicated to the National Veterinarian Day, celebrated annually on May 15.
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.
Over the last five to seven years, the Moldovan dairy industry has changed its format almost imperceptibly for local people.
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.
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%.
Soil quality and methods for monitoring changes in soil structure were the main topics of the experience and knowledge sharing workshop organized on 27 May 2026 in the village of Slobozia Duška (Criuleni). The aim of the event was to popularize soil quality monitoring. The event was organized by the National Agency for Land Reclamation together with the National Institute of Applied Research in Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, with the support of MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.
The legal framework for animal identification and registration will be modernized and supplemented to ensure traceability in the relevant register of the Republic of Moldova, as well as to harmonize national regulations with European Union standards.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wine Vernissage, held under the slogan “Wine Vernissage. Our Pride”, more than 1,200 people gathered.
Applications for partial compensation of excise duty on diesel fuel purchased by agricultural producers in the period from March 1 to May 31 for work in the current season continue to be accepted. Since the beginning of the application process (May 11) until May 22, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) has received 505 applications for this subsidy, reports the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry MAIA.
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.
