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Category: Agribusiness & Winemaking
Inspectors of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) blocked at the border the import of a batch (20 tons) of frozen mechanically deboned chicken meat (MMO/MDM) into Moldova, Logos Press reports.
Another factory in the European Union has announced that it will not process sugar beet next season, i.e. in 2026. Last year, five European factories of this profile notified about the cessation of activity. A total of 20 sugar factories in the EU have stopped working since 2017, according to Logos Press.
Interview with Adrian Lipcan, Administrator of Sugar Bridge SRL
At the beginning of 2026, Moldova ranked “honorably” third among the countries of the former Soviet Union in the WHO ranking on alcohol consumption, according to Logos Press.
Several meteorological resources in Europe forecast precipitation for Moldova in the second half of February totaling more than 25-30 mm. This exceeds the average norm for the last month of winter, which has been observed in the country over the past few years, Logos Press reported.
The “list of outsiders” will almost certainly include such vegetables as white cabbage, onions and tomatoes, and possibly potatoes. According to expert estimates, the area under these crops in the spring of 2026 in the country could decrease by tens of percent or even many times, Logos Press reports.
Almost all apples sold in European retail contain mixtures of pesticides, with 71% of the cases among them and the most dangerous ones, Logos Press reported.
The Forța Fermierilor Association condemns the manner in which the relevant ministry conducted “public consultations” on the Strategic Program of Agricultural Policy for 2026-30, Logos Press reports.
The Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA authorized the payment of subsidies totaling LE 597.14 million to farmers from the National Fund for Support to Agriculture and Rural Areas in January 2026, Logos Press reported.
By the end of January 2026, wholesale prices for apples of red varieties on the Moldovan market increased on average by 0.5-1.0 lei/kg against the beginning of the first month of the year, Logos Press reported.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has approved an agreement to relax rules on the circulation of transgenic products on the EU market, which was reached last December by negotiators from EU member states and the European Parliament, Logos Press reported.
From January through September 2025, the Baltic republic exported $8.3 million (about 7 million euros) worth of wine to Russia and was among the top ten largest suppliers, Logos Press reported.
Since February 1, Ukrainian milk processors have already lowered the price offered to dairy farms for raw materials of the highest grade by another 0.5-1 hryvnia/kg – to 13.5-14 hryvnia/kg.
Moldova, in partnership with BBC StoryWorks, is launching an international campaign to promote its export products, aiming to demonstrate the products’ compliance with international quality standards and the country’s reliability as a trading partner, Logos Press reports.
Over the past two decades, the 75% customs duty on sugar imports into Moldova has evolved from a measure of commercial protection for the domestic market into a mechanism that стимулиates managerial inefficiency in the sector. Inside this almost hermetically sealed “container,” hopes for developing the domestic beet-and-sugar complex have fermented into an expensive substrate for rising costs, losses, and a decline in competitiveness—both in the sugar industry and in other related branches of Moldova’s food industry.
More than 520 million lei of post-investment subsidies have been approved for payment to Moldovan farmers by the Agency for Interventions and Payments in Agriculture AIPA, Logos Press reported.
The obligation to conserve, improve, assess the bioproductive capacity and protect soils to ensure their sustainable use falls mainly on land owners, Logos Press reported.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose duties of 200% on French wine and champagne after an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron said France has “no intention” of accepting an invitation to join a “Peace Council” on Gaza, Logos Press reported.
The Prime Minister’s Economic Council announced key measures for 2026, among which one of the main ones was the creation of a permanent working group for the development of the agri-food sector, Logos Press reported.
During the second week of January, wholesale prices for sunflower in Ukraine decreased by about $10/t. Ukrainian sunflower is still more expensive than Moldovan sunflower, but the price difference is narrowing, Logos Press reported.
