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A massive crisis in horticulture forced the U.S. government to allocate $9 million to farmers to liquidate 50 thousand tons of peaches and cut 420 thousand peach trees. The reason – the customer did not need this raw material.
MAIA Ministry of Agriculture clarifies rules for agricultural damage assessment to local authorities
Representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) held a working meeting with representatives of the city administrations of the Florestm district to explain the new procedures for assessing farmland affected by natural disasters.
According to the World Health Organization, Moldova consumes 6.8 liters of ethanol per capita (15 years and older) per year in wine.
In the period January-April 2026, Moldovan producers of apple concentrate processed a little more than 2 thousand tons of apples. Moreover, last month accounted for at least half of the volume of processing of this raw material, industry operators note.
Potato acreage in Moldova has decreased by 10-20% this year, according to potato seed suppliers. The reasons are many – from radical cost reduction due to the rise in the price of all inputs, to the relatively low selling price of this product throughout the 2025/26 marketing season.
More than 50 million lei is planned to be allocated to partially compensate farmers for losses caused by the extreme drought in the summer of 2025. The relevant draft government decision is scheduled to be considered and adopted at a meeting on Wednesday, May 13.
The representatives of AGCO international group of companies discussed the agro-technological policy of the Republic of Moldova with MAIA Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry Ludmila Catlabuga during their visit to Moldova.
The prolonged sowing campaign of spring crops in 2026 may have a negative impact on yields. This was caused by a cold spring, as well as excessive soil overwatering in March – after significant snow cover in winter, strong winds and drying/overconsolidation of the sowing layer of soil. All this significantly shifted the timing of field work.
Apricot production this year in Europe is expected to be 505 thousand tons. That is, about 6% more compared to last year’s figure (476 thousand tons). However, the 2026 crop will probably be lower than in 2024 (563 thousand tons).
The management of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) held a meeting with a group of 31 students – graduates of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Technical University of Moldova (UTM). The meeting was timed to coincide with the start of the internship in the territorial units of the agency in the regions of the country.
Azerbaijan has expressed interest in using Moldovan advanced technologies and know-how in viticulture and winemaking, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ilhama Gadimova said.
The first cherries have appeared in Romanian retailers. The price per kilogram is 80-100 RON/kg.
UPDATED. Sergiu Gherciu, Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry, is currently in the Republic of Azerbaijan, where he is taking part in the 19th International Agricultural Exhibition ‘Caspian Agri-Week’ and the 31st International Food Industry Exhibition ‘InterFood Azerbaijan’.
In order to prevent the degradation of flora and soil fertility and to ensure the sustainable use of these resources, the Moldovan Government approved the Regulation on the use of lands for pastures, hayfields and hayfields.
Shortly after arriving in Canada in the early 2000s, after initially settling in Toronto, Ontario, Alex Bodishtian and his wife Lilia made their first trip to Niagara to see the Niagara-on-the-Lake wine region. What they saw reminded them a lot of their homeland.
The Moldovan forestry sector is facing serious difficulties in the context of a protracted crisis. Equipment is outdated, innovative technologies are practically not applied, and production processes are still dominated by manual labor.
At the end of April – beginning of May, one outbreak of African swine fever and three outbreaks of rabies were registered on the territory of the Republic of Moldova.
The National Bureau of Statistics reports that (wholesale) producer prices (large farms – 50 ha or more) for agricultural products in January-March 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 decreased by 4.7% overall. Specifically, prices for plant products decreased by an average of 9.1%, while prices for livestock products increased by an average of 4.4%.
The strategy of long-term storage of apples in expectation of a higher price at the end of the season did not justify itself. The dynamics of the fruit market in Europe developed in the opposite direction – stagnation or decrease in prices for dessert and industrial apples. As a result, growers in Ukraine, Poland and Moldova, at best, gained nothing, and at worst – suffered financial losses.
Six investment projects with a grant component in the livestock sector in Moldova were selected as a result of the AGGRI project’s fourth phase competition.
