News about Agribusiness
On the eve of the new marketing season, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (MAIA) recalls the success of Moldovan fruits on the EU market.
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.
Global food prices in April reached the highest level in more than three years. The main driver of food inflation was a sharp rise in the price of vegetable oils triggered by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
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.
On May 6, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Moldova organized, on the platform of the Sectoral Entrepreneurship Committee, a public-private dialogue on the regulation of sugar production and import and the search for balanced solutions for the entire value chain in this sector.
The first cherries have appeared in Romanian retailers. The price per kilogram is 80-100 RON/kg.
At the end of April – beginning of May on the Moldovan grain market wheat became slightly cheaper, sunflower – sharply increased in price.
Farmers from the Republic of Moldova can benefit from a new financial support mechanism designed to facilitate the purchase of fertilizers in the context of the continuous rise in the price of this basic resource on the international market. The program is implemented by the Agency for Development and Modernization of Agriculture (ADMA).
The Kazkrahmal plant is under construction in the Turkestan region of Kazakhstan, which will be the country’s first and Central Asia’s largest complex for deep processing of corn.
In Moldova, the situation with meat is not as bad as it seems. It turns out that our country is on the 81st line of the global ranking (covering 101 countries of the world with a representative sample) of beef prices. The indicator of our country is $8.79/kg (loin or equivalent back of thigh, market prices). The line above was Peru ($9.01/kg), below – Kazakhstan ($8.70/kg). Thus, strangely enough, Moldova fell into the group of countries with the most democratic price for this product.
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.
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%.
About 1 thousand tons of table grapes were exported by Moldova in April 2026. The buyer is Iraq.
Starting from the third quarter of 2024, Moldova entered an unprecedented zone: food imports exceeded exports.
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.
