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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Wholesale prices for current year honey increased by about 10-15% in September compared to summer levels, according to Logos Press.
The information channels of the European Commission, followed by a few Moldovan mass media, reported that at the beginning of the second decade of September, Moldovan exporters fully utilized the then valid annual quota for duty-free supplies of plums to the EU market. By a “happy coincidence” (or maybe due to it), the closure of the export euro quota coincided with the seasonal decline in prices and a drop in external sales of plums.
The government has approved a new regulation establishing the procedure and peculiarities of changing the target designation of agricultural lands, as well as the criteria for selecting lands for the forest and water fund, Logos Press reported.
Claims to one of the quality parameters of Moldovan wheat by some buyers in the EU countries may reduce its competitiveness on the European market.
A representative of the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food promised state support to plum producers during the VII National Plum Festival in Nisporeni, dedicated to promoting Moldova’s agricultural traditions and increasing the popularity of local products, Logos Press reports.
Cracking, i.e. cracking of grapes of fall varieties, is one of the most painful problems and reasons for the reduction of table grapes exports. Unfortunately, the recent precipitation almost everywhere in Moldova has activated the process of reducing the quality of this product, Logos Press reports.
On the grain market of Moldova, as well as in many regions of the world, a rare situation has occurred – the average price for barley has equaled or even exceeded the average price for wheat, including food wheat, – reports Logos Press.
A record number of medals – 21 in total, including 5 gold and 16 silver – were awarded to the wines of the national brand “Vinul Moldovei” at the prestigious international sparkling wine competition “Concours Mondial de Bruxelles”, held in early September in Chisinau,” reports Logos Press.
Claims to one of the quality parameters of Moldovan wheat by some buyers in the EU countries may reduce its competitiveness on the European market, – reports Logos Press.
At the fifth annual Moldovan Wine Festival in Bucharest, 49 winemaking companies from the Republic of Moldova presented a range of more than 300 wines, – reports Logos Press.
About MDL 37 million was approved for payment on farmer subsidy applications by the Agricultural Interventions and Payments Agency AIPA last week, Logos Press reported.
At the end of the current week in the south and center of Moldova, nut growers will start mass harvesting of early exported walnut variety “Peschanski”, – reports Logos Press.
At the end of next week Moldovan winegrowers will start mass harvesting of table grapes of the main export variety – “Moldova”. In general, the good condition of “Moldova” plantations allows us to hope that in 2025 the export of table grapes will exceed the record of 2023 – about 84 thousand tons.
In July-August 2025, compared to the same period last year, the average price of corn exported from Moldova increased from 3.99 to 4.04 lei/kg. A slight increase in the average price was due to a change in the product mix, Logos Press reported.
In the previous few seasons on the fruit market of Moldova, the ratio of dessert apple (“frosh”, for the “fresh market”) to industrial apple (for all types of processing) was about 30/70. In the best case – 40/60. This year, because of the specific conditions that are coming up, the balance may change in favor of “frosh”. But it is not certain yet.
Since the beginning of fall, beekeepers have been forced to invest heavily in supplemental feeding for bee families weakened by drought and significant honey shortages, Logos Press reported.
The state reserve fund will allocate 100 million lei for farmers affected by late spring frosts, Logos Press reported.
In August-September, canning enterprises in Moldova have almost 100% fulfilled their plans to harvest plums for the production of plum puree and juices, Logos Press reports, citing a source in the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Processors Speranța Con.
In September, Moldovan canning companies manage to purchase and supply to the factories producing apple concentrate on average 30-40% less raw materials on a daily basis than in the same month last year, – reports Logos Press.
On the threshold of the harvesting campaign in the south of Moldova the estimated sorghum yield does not exceed 3-4 tons/ha, in the north – 5-6 tons/ha, – reports Logos Press with reference to the operators of the grain market of the country.
