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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
The administrations of the State Enterprise “Railway of Moldova” and the Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale have not agreed to work together to optimize tariffs for grain transportation, increased by 7% in autumn, Logos Press reports.
Between August and November 2025, Moldova exported almost 272,000 tons of sunflower – 29% more than last year’s (also record) figure for the same period, Logos Press reported.
Wholesale sales of potatoes and vegetables of the so-called “borscht set” on the Moldovan domestic market this fall decreased by about 25-30%. And this is despite the stagnation and decrease in prices for these agricultural products, Logos Press reports.
Moldova needs 4.5 billion euros to build irrigation systems on all agricultural lands in the country, said Minister of Agriculture and Food Ludmila Catlabuga. The state does not have such money and does not foresee it, Logos Press reports.
The shares of land suitable for agriculture in relation to the total territory of Moldova and Ukraine are approximately equal and amount to about 56.8%. The two neighboring countries are ranked third and fourth in the world ranking by this indicator, Logos Press reported.
By 2036, the table grape industry is expected to attract about $98 million in investment, which will increase annual table grape exports by 60% and generate foreign exchange earnings of about $38 million annually, Logos Press reported.
By 1.8% increased the average world price index for cereals in the November release of FAO. For other groups of agro-food products monitored by this international organization, last month prices decreased: sugar – by 5.9%, dairy products – by 3.1%, vegetable oils – by 2.6%, meat – by 0.8%, according to Logos Press.
MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry announces the launch of the national campaign “Cumpar BUN de-acasa” – an initiative that invites Moldovan citizens to choose local products: both during winter holidays and throughout the year.
All financial obligations to farmers on subsidies will be fulfilled and the current mechanism will be modernized and harmonized with European practice.
In spite of significant shortfall of fruit harvest due to spring frosts, as well as reduction of their quality due to summer drought and autumn precipitation, prices for many types of products of the fruit growing sector increased. Accordingly, even in the conditions of physical decrease of exports, their financial indicators increased. This was much and colorfully discussed in the last days of November within the XI annual conference “Fruit Business of Moldova”. And, perhaps, for the first time in its long history, the conference started with singing a beautiful and optimistic song about the richness of the Moldovan land.
The Association of Grain Exporters Agrocereale calls on the management of the State Enterprise “Railway of Moldova” to provide information on the volume of transportation of grain and oilseed crops in the period September-November, as well as on the number of confirmed requests for transportation of these cargoes in December 2025, – reports Logos Press.
Just over 2.3 billion lei for the National Fund for Agriculture and Rural Development is envisaged in the draft state budget for 2026, approved by the Cabinet of Ministers. Of this amount, opposition MPs estimate that about 1.3-1.5 billion lei will have to be allocated to cover the arrears of agrarian subsidies for 2024-25, Logos Press reported.
By early December, about 40% of sugar beet remained in the ground in the raw material zone of Sudzucker Moldova and up to 60-70% in the zone of Moldova Zahăr, Logos Press reported.
The quality requirements for bakery and pasta products will be updated taking into account the appearance of new product categories in Moldovan retail, Logos Press reports.
Moderately warm and wet weather in the first week of December will delay the completion of harvesting of crops of the second group, – reports Logos Press.
According to the results of the international competition Effervescents du Monde 2025, which takes place in French Burgundy, Moldova was included in the list of Top-10 Best Sparkling Wines, – reports Logos Press.
A consignment of 5,000 kilograms of palm oil was detained by inspectors of the National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) directly at the importer’s warehouse, Logos Press reported.
From January to November 2025, Moldova exported 24,000 tons of wheat flour, worth almost 128 million lei, while imported 21,600 tons, worth 148 million lei, Logos Press reported.
“We thank everyone who creates the opportunity for Moldova to have domestically produced food and stronger local communities.” The MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry awarded 140 farmers on the occasion of the professional holiday – the Day of Agricultural Worker, traditionally celebrated on the last Sunday of November.
Moldova is developing a mechanism to suspend the forced collection of debts in agriculture and avoid bankruptcy of existing producers with viable restructuring plans.
