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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.
