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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Approximately 420 thousand hectares of sunflower sowing area in Moldova this year, which is slightly more than last year, – reports Logos Press.
In the three months since the launch of the Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF) Program, 70 agricultural businesses across the country have received financing,” Logos Press reported.
About 200 farmers from the central region of the country gathered in Chisinau on June 2 to participate in AgroFin Moldova 2025, the first fair dedicated to financial solutions in agriculture, Logos Press reported.
In Moldova, there are still places where wild grapes – Vitis vinifera Sylvestris – still grow. Within the framework of the project “7000 Years Under Wine”, an experimental wine was produced from it two years in a row.
When the national wine brand “Wine of Moldova. A legend alive”, unfortunately, it did not have a declared legend behind it. Foreigners often asked: “What is this legend?”. There was no answer. Now there is one, because the territory of modern Moldova was in the center of Cucuteni-Tripolye culture, which belongs to the earliest civilizations of the Neolithic era. And there are archaeological artifacts confirming that the local inhabitants were familiar with grapes.
Heavy but not heavy rains, popularly called “shepherds’ rains”, by the end of May revived the hopes of Moldovan farmers for a decent berry harvest in 2025.
About 100 thousand hectares are occupied by winter rape crops for the harvest-2025 in Moldova, – reports Logos Press.
Moldova confirms its status as a center of excellence in winemaking and becomes the venue for the most important international wine event. From June 16 to 20, 2025, our country will host the World Grape and Wine Congress. For the first time, Moldova, the country with the largest area of vineyards in the world in relation to the population (4 hectares per 100 people), is hosting this prestigious event.
Only about 1 thousand hectares of agricultural land in the Republic of Moldova are occupied by vegetable pea crops for the 2025 harvest. At the turn of the last and this decade, the area under this crop in the country was three to four times larger,” Logos Press reports with reference to the Association of Fruit and Vegetable Processors Spetanța Con.
This opinion was expressed in a conversation with Logos Press correspondents by the chairman of the Association of producers and exporters of grapes from Moldova, Gheorghe Gaberi.
The first Moldovan potatoes of the new harvest, which are inferior to imported potatoes in terms of price-quality ratio, have appeared in the wholesale and retail markets of Chisinau, – reports Logos Press.
Smooth warming and moderate precipitation not longer than this week will be the best weather variant on the eve of mass harvesting of open ground strawberries. The season of this berry starts in the first week of June,” Logos Press reports.
Even in case of normal development of the weather situation in the future, the 2025 walnut harvest will be about 20-30% lower than last year’s,” Logos Press reports citing the opinion of the leadership of the Association of Nut Growers of Moldova (ANRM).
The rains with hail, which took place at the end of last week, damaged fruit plantations in the districts of Briceni, Edinec, Ocnița, Drochia and Soroca,” Logos Press reported.
Control of Purcari Wineries Group will be taken over by a Polish investor, Maspex Romania, which is part of the Maspex Group – the largest private food and beverage company in Poland and one of the largest in Central and Eastern Europe.
Logos Press provided the Association of Pork Producers of Moldova (APCPM) and the Patronate of Meat Processing Industries (PÎIPC) with a platform for public discussion.
The XXIII “Vernissage of Wines”, held on May 16, was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the production of wines with protected geographical indication (IGP) in Moldova. The theme of the event was proposed by the Grape and Wine Union of the delimited geographical region Valul lui Traian, in order to show consumers which domestic wines have obtained the right to use the quality category of wines with IGP.
The honey stocks of Moldovan beekeepers and trading companies are about three or four times the size of the average annual export of this product from Moldova,” Ion Maxim, executive director of the National Association of Beekeepers of Moldova (ANARM), told Logos Press.
At the end of last week, some horticultural farms in the south and center of Moldova started harvesting early varieties of sweet cherries. The first results are discouraging – the fruits are few, their quality (caliber, color, etc.) leaves much to be desired, – reports Logos Press.
At the XXIII “Vernissage of Wines”, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the production of wines with protected geographical indication (IGP), a competition was announced for the best name for a Moldovan sparkling wine with an indication of origin that would represent terroir, reflect authenticity and become an international symbol.
