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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
The Forța Fermierilor Association does not agree with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to “liquidate the Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture ADMA by transforming it into a commercial microfinance institution”.
The generous May and relatively not hot June renewed the hope of Moldovan agrarians for a “more or less normal rest of the summer”. However, the other day the Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova issued an unpleasant forecast for July: the average daily temperature will be around 20-22 degrees Celsius. That is, about 2 degrees above the average statistical norm. With a shortage of precipitation, most likely. In this context, some experts remembered that authoritative meteorological resources of the European Union in spring promised another temperature records and drought not only in July, but also in August 2025.
The large losses of fruit, early vegetables and berries harvest due to late spring frosts in Moldova, figuratively speaking, were “broadcasted from every iron”. The problem is really large-scale and almost ubiquitous. However, this season Moldovan horticulture has faced a large number of problems of seemingly smaller scale, but no less painful. The LP correspondent talked to representatives of farmers’ associations and based on their opinions has built the top 3 specific problems of the Moldovan industry in the current year.
This week, some agro-farms from the south and center of Moldova started harvesting and selling melon and watermelon from the plantations of protected (with agro-fiber – agril) soil, – reports Logos Press.
Romanian farmers could harvest between 13.3 and 14 million tons of wheat in the 2025-26 marketing year, which would be a record for many years, Logos Press reported.
Moldova is expected to receive about 1.2-1.3 million tons of wheat this year,” Logos Press reports.
Farmers in the south of Moldova (Gagauzia, Copceac) have discovered locusts in their fields, – Logos Press reports.
About 2 degrees Celsius above the norm (+20.5) is forecasted the average daily air temperature in July on the territory of Moldova, – reports Logos Press with reference to the Hydrometeorological Service of the Republic of Moldova.
The Forța Fermierilor Association does not agree with the decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova to “liquidate the Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture ADMA by transforming it into a commercial microfinance institution,” Logos Press reports.
The decline in the US dollar exchange rate will negatively affect the income of Moldovan grain traders, according to the Agrocereale Association, as reported by Logos Press.
Low water levels in Moldova’s rivers during the summer and rising tariffs for international sea transport of agricultural products add to the existing risks at the start of the 2025-26 marketing season, according to Logos Press.
At the end of June 2025, the price of food wheat and barley on Moldova’s grain market is stagnating at a relatively low level,” Loogos Press reports.
Judicial authorities in Romania have upheld the order of the country’s Ministry of Agriculture to suspend the National Anti-Hail System – Logos Press reports with reference to epochtimes-romania.com.
In Moldova, harvesting of medium-late cherry varieties – Lapins, Big Star, Kordia, Large-fruited cherries has started. At the same time, more or less systematic export of these fruits started. The volumes are not large yet – within a hundred tons. At the same time, a part of cherries, conditionally – “export quality”, for a number of reasons is still settled on the domestic market.
Rapeseed is the first money earned by farmers in the season. A lot depends on this earnings: the ability to pay off debts in time, finance the harvesting of second-group crops, purchase resources for sowing winter crops. And the main thing is that farmers’ mood and attitude for the nearest future depends on the first money. What will it be like in Moldova?
At present, sunflower and, partly, rapeseed act as “key revenue drivers” for RM farmers, but experts recommend paying more attention to “niche” crops,” Logos Press reports.
Approximately 75% of Moldovan grain and oilseed exports go to three countries,” Logos Press reported.
The season of harvesting raspberries for freezing has started in Moldova. At present, the supply of this raw material is very small, it is purchased by only one “berry cluster” (in the village of Pokrovka, Donduseni district) for export to Poland. “The ‘demand price’ is about 40-45 lei/kg, reports Logos Press.
From the new academic year, the Technical University will start training students in two new specialties: “Hydromelioration” and “Smart Agriculture”,” reports Logos Press.
Parliament approved in the second reading amendments to Law No. 337/2022 on the VAT Refund Program for Agricultural Producers, which provide for the extension of its application until December 2026, – reports Logos Press.
