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Since the early 2000s, 50 thousand hectares of commercial vineyards of technical varieties have disappeared in Moldova. In 2001, 108 thousand hectares were occupied by vine plantations, in 2024 – 58.8 thousand hectares. And this trend continues, – reports Logos Press.
Only early varieties of walnut orchards, mostly of local selection, suffered to some extent from April frosts. The medium- and late-maturing walnut orchards of French and American selection, at first impression, were not affected,” Logos Press reports.
For the 3rd grant competition for livestock farmers, farmers requested grants in the amount of $8.7 million, and the total investment amount for the proposed projects exceeds $21.2 million, Logos press reports.
In the season of 2024 in Moldova wineries processed 179 thousand tons of grapes, which is 32% less than in the previous year, – reports Logos Press.
A two-week wave of April frosts destroyed more than 80 percent of sugar beet crops,” Logos Press reported.
At the end of the second week of April, the first imported potatoes of the 2025 harvest appeared in Moldovan retail stores,” Logos Press reports.
An abnormally long period of low average daily temperatures in April is not only a risk of early perennial and annual crops freezing, but also a very high risk of poor pollination,” according to Logos Press.
In March 2025, large-scale exports of sunflower from Moldova continued,” Logos Press reports.
Insurance companies have started to receive notifications from dozens of farmers about the damage caused by April frosts to insured farmlands. According to preliminary estimates, the total amount of potential reimbursements from the two largest companies alone will exceed 10 million lei. In total, five insurers are more or less active on the agricultural risk insurance market,” Logos Press reported.
In terms of Moldovan bottled wines supplied abroad, the USA took the first place in the top 10 export countries last year, – Logos Press reports. In particular, the share of the USA in the top ten foreign markets for our bottled wines in physical terms is 33.9%, and in value terms – 33.4%.
The second spring frost wave (the first one occurred in the second decade of March) will affect to some extent almost all apricot orchards, about two-thirds of all peach orchards and at least one-third of cherry orchards. Plum trees may survive,” according to Logos Press.
In March this year, only one Moldovan company purchased apples from refrigerated warehouses in quantities sufficient for launching apple concentrate production lines,” Logos Press reported.
During the last two weeks in Moldova, the wholesale price of locally produced pork (half carcasses) has increased on average by 10-15%, – reports Logos Press.
Can foreign citizens become land owners in Moldova? The answer is given by the new Land Code of the Republic of Moldova, which entered into force on April 1, 2025. – reports Logos Press.
The Agency for Intervention and Payments in Agriculture (AIPA) announced the authorization of payment of applications for financial support for the period from March 1 to March 31, 2025. For this purpose, MDL 165.05 million has been allocated for payment under various subsidy mechanisms, Logos Press reported.
From April 1, 2025, new provisions of the Land Code come into force. The document provides for intervention mechanisms in situations where agricultural land remains fallow (not cultivated), causing damage to neighboring land.
The Environmental Agency has issued an order, according to which from March 28, fishing is prohibited in Moldova throughout the year in certain places – reports Logos Press.
The government has expanded the use of funds from the Livada Moldovei project to stimulate strategic investments in milk production.
The alleged slaughter due to African swine fever (ASF) of about 104,000 pigs at the two largest pig farms has created an existential conflict between pig farmers and meat producers in the Republic of Moldova. The patronage of the meat processing industry PIIPC asks the government for imports “not to impose customs duties on commodity item HS 0203 (pork fresh, chilled, frozen) in the period 2025-26”. It amounts to 20%+200 euro/t, but not more than 25% and 10%+200 euro/t, but not more than 15%). The Association of Pork Producers of the Republic of Moldova asks to leave everything as it is, “since there is no need to increase imports of pork, domestic producers are able to fill its potential deficit”.
Despite the fact that exports of Moldovan wine products show growth against the background of a general decline in foreign sales, this does not mean that everything is fine for its producers. There are many problems, and they can affect not only the good reporting indicators.
