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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
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 hoping that in 2025 the export of table grapes will exceed the record of 2023 – about 84 thousand tons, – reports Logos Press.
There are about 16 thousand hectares of table grapes in Moldova, of which about 1 thousand hectares are planted under the intensive pergola system.
The FAO Meat Price Index averaged 128.0 points in August 2025, up 0.7 points (0.6%) from July and 5.9 points (4.9%) from a year ago. According to the conclusions of the organization’s experts, this is a new historical maximum, Logos Press reported.
About 207,000 tons of rapeseed (as raw material and processed products) was exported by Moldova during July-August 2025, Logos Press reported.
The graph of seasonal dynamics of prices for many fruits in Moldova looks like the relief of a rocky terrain – a gorge between two mountains. One peak is the beginning of the sales season, the second peak is its end. The specifics of the season are usually in how precipitous the descent and ascent are, how deep and wide the bottom of the gorge is. Last week, the Moldovan plum market reached this very bottom.
Approximately 1.5 million tons of corn and 750 thousand tons of sunflower will be harvested by Moldovan farmers in 2025, Logos Press reports.
The sunflower harvest campaign is gaining momentum in Moldova. In parallel, production forecasts, market strategies and prices are changing cyclically.
The September forecast of world cereal production in 2025 was raised by 35.6 million tons (+1.2% compared to July). As a result, the estimate of the global harvest of these crops reached a record level – 2961 million tons (+3.5% compared to last year), – reports Logos Press with reference to the FAO release.
In order to modernize and adapt the agro-food sectors of the candidate countries, the European Union plans to form new financial mechanisms and funds within the future EU Multiannual Financial Framework Program for 2028-2034, European Commissioner for Agriculture Christoph Hansen said this week during a three-day visit to Moldova, – Logos Press reports.
Chronic malnutrition and hunger affects more than 8% of humanity, while 36% of the world’s population is overweight, Logos Press reported, citing FAO research for 2022-24.
Last week, Südzucker Moldova’s partner farms started harvesting sugar beet, Logos Press reports with reference to the company’s press release.
Since last week, the Moldovan plum market has reached the stage of seasonal decline in export sales, which will tentatively last until the beginning of the last decade of September, – reports Logos Press.
In 2025, experts expect the yield of grapes of technical varieties to reach 5-13 tons/ha, with an estimated price of 6.5-7.5 lei/kg, Logos Press reports.
By the end of August, compared to the market situation at the beginning of this month, sunflower prices in Moldova rose by 15-40%, Logos Press reported.
About 40-50% reduction in the harvest of berries of early and medium-ripening varieties this year, while their prices have increased, on average, by 15-30%, – reports Logos Press.
Food Safety Agency ANSA urges buyers of packaged buckwheat Imperia Foods (country of origin – Russia, date on the package – 18.04.2025, importer – “Vintage Distribution” SRL) to return this product to the point of sale, – reports Logos Press.
Approximately 1.3 million tons of products will be harvested by Moldovan farmers from 415 thousand hectares sown with grain corn this year, – reports Logos Press.
On the eve of Independence Day, representatives of the authorities and the opposition farmers’ organization “Forța Fermierilor” exchanged sharp remarks about the future of agriculture and the Moldovan countryside. Both sides have good goals, but the routes to them are different,” Logos Press notes.
Between October 13 and December 11, 2025, farmers will be able to apply to the AIPA Investment and Payment Agency for post-investment subsidies (in the form of partial compensation for investments in projects to create and modernize production and post-harvest agricultural infrastructure initiated in 2024 and 2025), according to Logos Press.
In 2025, the walnut harvest in Moldova will be about 15-20% lower than last year, but the quality of commercial walnuts of at least some nut-growing enterprises in the country may be very high, – reports Logos Press with reference to the leadership of the Association of Nut Growers of Moldova ANRM.
