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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
National Wine Day will be celebrated in Georgia for the first time. It is planned to spend at least 2 million GEL (about $630,000) to organize the festivities, Logos Press reports.
The other day the ANSA Food Safety Agency commented on the Moldovan government’s long-standing decision (No. 158/2019) on the content and names of dairy products. At least some operators on the Moldovan dairy products market took this comment as a signal from the inspecting agency about its zero tolerance to the desire of producers and traders to make money on attempts to mislead consumers.
The draft law on the country’s accession to the Agreement on Port State Control Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal Fishing was approved by a government decision, Logos Press reported.
Bulgaria is preparing to receive the first deliveries of Argentine sunflower in the coming weeks. If all deliveries are realized according to schedule, Bulgaria will receive about 400 thousand tons of Argentine sunflower, Logos Press reported.
Demand for premium apples surged during the Chinese and Vietnamese New Year celebrations, according to Logos Press.
Last week, the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA authorized subsidies worth 63.01 million lei to farmers from the National Fund for Agricultural and Rural Development, Logos Press reported.
The experience of table grapes producer Nikolai Susan, from Ursoaya village (Cahul district) demonstrates that with cooperation and consulting support the organization of export to the European Union is realistic even for small and medium-sized farmers, Logos Press reports.
The Ministry of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian Association of Milk Producers has officially applied to the authorities of the European Union with a proposal to provide anti-crisis financial support to the country’s dairy farms in 2026, according to Logos Press.
An agri-food investment forum will be held in Chisinau on March 5, 2026, within the framework of the Moldova Agri-Food Partnership Platform (APP), Logos Press reports.
The sunflower market in the Black Sea countries reached “peak demand and prices” in the first half of February 2026. However, market analysts suggest that the trend may change to a downward trend in the near future, Logos Press reports.
About 20 thousand hectares of corn fields will be harvested by Moldovan farmers before the spring sowing campaign-2026. This is how specialists from the Department of Policy and Crop Production of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food MAIA assess the situation, reports Logos Press.
The management of the treasury account intended to finance measures to develop the wine sector will be transferred from the National Office of Viticulture and Vine (ONVV) to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, according to Logos Press.
The adoption of a new subsidy system for Moldovan agriculture at the end of last year entailed a change in the law on agricultural risk insurance. According to the new rules, the share of the subsidy in the insurance premium of farmers from 2026 is set annually by a government decision. For the current year, it exists only in draft, Logos Press reports.
MAIA informs producers and exporters of Moldovan agri-food products that they have access to the digital tool “Pesticide MRL Tracker” developed by the agrinfo.eu platform. This resource is important in the context of ensuring that export products comply with EU food safety regulations, Logos Press reports.
Iurie Scripnic was dismissed from the post of state secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry at a government meeting on February 11. Tatiana Nistorica was appointed as the new state secretary, Logos Press reported.
The MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry has announced a competition to select farmers to participate in a special activity: ‘Counseling farmers throughout the production cycle’, reports Logos Press.
The lack of deep processing of raw materials in cheese production sharply reduces the competitiveness of final products in Ukraine. In Moldova the situation is similar, but even more difficult due to the high cost of raw milk.
At the end of January 2026, the National Association of Beekeepers of the Republic of Moldova (ANARM) repeatedly requested government assistance with money or sugar (10 kilograms per bee family), as well as tax incentives because of the “unprecedented crisis that befell the industry last year,” Logos Press reported.
The food safety agency ANSA recognizes the right of rural Moldovan households to sell surplus animal products – meat, milk, eggs, honey. However, the agency draws the attention of small producers to the importance of complying with sanitary norms and preventing sanctions (Order No. 57/2023), Logos Press reports.
In January, grain traders note a surge in export shipments of Kazakh wheat – 761 thousand tons (+66% to January 2025). Including to distant markets last month Kazakhstan shipped 261 thousand tons of grain. Market analysts attribute these facts to the resumption of the program of payment of transport subsidies to exporters, reports Logos Press.
