07.22.2024

Romania’s corn production will be about 7 milion tons in 2024, lower than the USDA and European Commission’s forecasts of 10.8 million tons and 10.6 million tons, analysts say, according to the more

01.24.2023

The corn starch factory in Medgidia, inaugurated last year by Turkey’s Tosmur Group, has grown to 230 employees, plus subcontractors, and ended 2022 with EUR65 million revenue, its officials said. more

12.23.2021

Phoenix Y, the producer of Gusto corn puffs, currently exports more than half of Baicoi plant production. more

08.26.2021

Seed producer and processor Agribusiness Germina plans to sell a corn processing facility in Vadeni (Braila County) to Rodbun Group, one of the leading agribusiness companies in Romania, at a price of more

05.31.2021

Agricultural seeds producer KWS Seminte, the Romanian division of German KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA Group, is investing EUR6 million in retrofitting and upgrading its corn processing and conditioning more

04.01.2021

With a harvest of 10.8 milion tons of corn in 2020, Romania lost the top spot among producers in the EU, after having held it in 2018 and 2019 with 17 million to 18 million ton production, National more

01.14.2019

Romania accounts for 27.8% of the corn production in the European Union, almost one third of the total, after having recorded its highest production ever, 18.9 million tons, in 2018. more

08.11.2015

Gusto corn puffs producer Phoenixy intends to boost exports of its plant in Baicoi (Prahova County, southern Romania) to new markets in Europe, US, and UAE, as well as the number of products shipped more

10.10.2014

Romanian corn harvest is now worth EUR1 billion or 40% less than last year, due to the price drop to a five-year low, while the volume stayed the same. Corn will generate EUR1.6 billion revenue for more

09.26.2014

Romania places first in the European Union in terms of areas cultivated with corn, but is far from holding the top spot when it comes to the yield per hectare, Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin more

09.22.2014

The price of corn dropped 28% in two weeks (August 27 – September 10) to EUR115/ton on the Romanian market, the lowest in four seasons, in response to the bumper crop forecasts for Romania, the more

09.09.2014

Romanian entrepreneur Tiberiu Nagy, who exploits several hundred hectares of arable land in Arad through Grey Bull company, expects to harvest 18 tons/hectare of corn in several weeks’ time, four more

07.25.2014

The farmers who bet on corn in the spring will get EUR1,000 per hectare in the fall, at a yield of 8 tons/hectare and an average price of EUR130 per ton, according to a ZF analysis. more

05.14.2014

Farmers have slashed areas cultivated with corn and switched to rapeseed amid the smaller weather risks and higher financial yields associated with oleaginous seed businesses, says Cosmin Chioreanu, more

01.15.2014

Romania ranks second in the European Union in terms of corn production and leads by sunseed output, but the yields are among the lowest in the region because of the uncertified seeds that farmers use more

01.10.2014

The farming sector contributed EUR18.5 billion to Romania’s economy last year, an all-time high and 28% more than in 2012, according to the latest Eurostat data. more

12.16.2013

The year 2013 gave farmers who bet on grain and oilseeds an almost 22 million ton harvest and 50% better results than the modest 2012. more

11.21.2013

Romania recorded bumper corn and sunflower crops this year thanks to favorable weather, Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said Thursday. more

09.09.2013

The demand for certified corn seed from farmers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has doubled over the last three years, pushing producers’ sales to $1.6 billion, said Jagresh Rana, Commercial more

09.06.2013

Grain trader Alfred Toepfer International, controlled by U.S. corporation ADM, sees Romania’s corn production at about 10 million tons in 2013, 83% higher on the year. more

07.25.2013

Romania will return to second place among corn producers in the European Union this year as its harvest is estimated at 11.3 million tons, leaving Italy (8 million tons) and Hungary (8.6 million tons) more

07.18.2013

Romania’s corn production this year is estimated at over 11.7 million tons, 2.4 times higher on the year. more

04.02.2013

The price of corn has fallen to 800 lei/ton (EUR180/ton) in Romania, 30% less than three months ago and the trend points to further declines in the coming period. more

11.23.2012

Ioan Niculae, who controls the InterAgro group, expects revenues of EUR55 million this year from bioethanol, which is processed from corn and added to gasoline, and from livestock fodder. more

09.28.2012

Romanian Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin Friday estimated the country’s corn production declined 60% to around 4.7 million tons in 2012, due to dry weather. more