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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Logos Press correspondent talked to the General Director of Orhei Vit Company Boris Efimov about the realities and prospects of the world and Moldovan market of “industrial apple” and apple concentrate.
On average, the price of agricultural products from its producers rose by 19.6% in January-September 2025 compared to the same period last year, – reports Logos Press.
About 200 thousand tons of apples have been processed by the beginning of November at five Moldovan factories producing apple concentrate, – reports Logos Press.
Since March 1, 2025, the Agricultural Credit Program (FCA) has supported 203 Moldovan enterprises in the agricultural sector. At the same time, the amount of financing reached 201.78 million lei, Logos Press reported.
As of October 1, 2025, the number of pigs in farms of all categories amounted to 296.2 thousand – this is only 24.5% of the corresponding figure for the same date last year. At the same time, industrial farms of agricultural enterprises in early October this year contained 177.7 thousand (-31.4%), in households – 118.5 thousand (-7.6%) pigs, according to Logos Press.
The 22.6% increase in milk production in agricultural enterprises recorded by the National Bureau of Statistics for the three quarters of 2025 is due to state subsidies and (thanks to these additional payments) to the improvement of animal ration, – reports Logos Press.
One-fifth of the world’s population lives in areas where crop yields are falling due to human-induced land degradation, an invisible crisis that threatens the health of ecosystems around the world. This is the assessment of the State of Food and Agriculture 2025 (SOFA) report released today, Logos Press reports.
In Moldova, the harvest campaign of table grapes of late varieties is nearing completion. The task is likely to be completed as early as this week. The problem is that the 2025/26 marketing season, which was initially seen as one of the best in the five-year period, may end up being one of the worst. At the very least, for the reason that in some wine-growing regions between a third and a half of the table grape crop has gone to processing at modest prices, according to Logos Press.
At the beginning of this week, Alexandru Munteanu, candidate for prime minister, held a “round of consultations” with representatives of associations of producers of agro-food products. The dialog, according to the general opinion of the participants, was constructive. However, at that time, farmers and processors did not yet know about the choice of a candidate for the post of head of the MAIA Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.
Moldova will expand the list of goods subject to sanitary and veterinary control at the border. This provides for draft amendments to the Rules for the movement across the state border of goods subject to control by the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA).
The slow pace of the 2025 maize harvest campaign due to high soil moisture in the fields and grain in the cob increases the risk of deterioration in the quality of these products, especially when they are stored. This is the case in many countries in the Northern Black Sea region, but especially in Ukraine and Moldova.
The gross agricultural production in Moldovan farms of all categories increased by 10.2% (in comparable prices) in January-September 2025 compared to the same period of 2024, – reports Logos Press.
