In a comment to Logos Press, Oleg Tirsyne, chairman of the Moldovan Walnut Growers’ Association, noted that managers of large walnut orchards are viewing the developing situation with great concern. At least one heavy rain shower is forecast for this week in many of Moldova’s walnut-growing regions. If the forecast proves accurate, the prospect of resuming the harvest will be problematic.
The Moldovan walnut industry currently has only three harvesters available, and these will certainly not be able to enter the orchards. Over 90 per cent of the crop is harvested by hand; however, even for manual labour in the orchards, a break of several days is required following rainfall.
According to the head of the industry association, it is still too early to claim that the rainfall will inevitably lead to a widespread decline in walnut quality due to excessive moisture. One of the positive characteristics of Candler walnuts – which are considered the ‘gold standard’ on the global walnut market – is their ability to maintain kernel quality even when harvested from damp soil.
On the eve of the harvest, industry operators estimated Moldova’s 2026 walnut crop to be on a par with last year’s – around 18–20 thousand tonnes (nuts in hard shells).
This story was translated with the assistance of artificial intelligence.The translation was also reviewed by the Logos Press editorial team.
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