12.31.2013

2013 was a roller-coaster ride for companies in the Romanian agri-business sector. more

11.14.2013

Grain traders exported 736,000 tons of Romanian wheat in August alone, which means they shipped 9.6% of the current harvest abroad. more

10.07.2013

Estimates regarding Romania’s grain production in 2013 have been revised up 10% in October to about 19.1 million tons, close to the record levels registered in 2004, 2005 and 2011, according to a more

08.22.2013

Romania’s antitrust authority said Thursday it carried out checkups at ten grain traders in an investigation concerning possible anti-competitive practices. more

07.22.2013

U.S. agri-food company Cargill and freight transport company Transport Trade Services (TTS) will invest EUR15 million in extending grain terminal Canopus Star in the Port of Constanta. more

07.05.2013

Farming and food industry group Racova, owned by businessman Adrian Porumboiu, will start building several silos with a total capacity of 50,000 tons, close to its farms in northeastern region of more

07.01.2013

Nidera, a Dutch-held grain trader, started construction of three grain collection facilities in Bailesti (Dolj County), Studina (Olt County) and Alexandria (Teleorman County) in southern Romania, more

06.24.2013

Romania’s grain production estimated at 17.4 million tons will be 3% higher than Italy’s this year, putting the country on the sixth place among European producers. more

04.15.2013

Alcedo, one of the largest distributors of plant protection products, fertilizers and certified seeds in Romania, is building grain storage silos in key agricultural counties like Braila, Timis and more

01.15.2013

TCE 3 Brazi, with turnover of around EUR100 million from agriculture, livestock farming and the wood industry, has completed a EUR8 million investment in a large-size silo with a capacity of 40,000 more

11.16.2012

Vegetable oil producer Expur, a EUR180-million business in Romania, is planning to build a 95,000-ton silo in the town of Slobozia (SE Romania), close to the plant it owns, say industry sources. more

08.24.2012

Exports of wheat, corn and barley made through the port of Constanta, the leading hub through which Romania sends grains abroad, reached 3.6 million tons after the first seven months of the year, more

08.21.2012

The drought made livestock feed up to 70% more expensive in farms, but the cost increase has not yet been seen in shelf prices. What will happen to the price of meat this autumn? more

08.20.2012

American company Bunge, which on the Romanian market is involved in the production of vegetable oil and in the trade of agricultural raw materials, is negotiating the takeover of two grain storage more

08.08.2012

Agricover, the fourth largest player on the grain trade market, with turnover of EUR217 million last year, bought silos of 33,000 tons and 16,000 tons respectively in Bihor county for EUR1.6 million, more

07.17.2012

Romanian farmers announce significant declines estimated at 30% to 35% for the corn production less than three months before harvesting time as a result of the high temperatures this spring and more

07.06.2012

US grain traders Cargill and Alfred C. Toepfer, the top two players on the local market of farming raw materials, last year managed to post turnover of EUR1.1 billion together, Trade Registry data more

06.26.2012

Brise Group SRL, a company based in Constanta (SE Romania) and held by Catalin Bucur, emerged as the largest grain trader owned by a Romanian entrepreneur last year. It posted EUR125 million in more

06.15.2012

Cargill, Romanian market’s number one grain trader, is not using a 47,000-ton silo and 16,000-ton grain collection facility in Giurgiu County (southern Romania) even though competition has made more

04.26.2012

Agricover, one of the top five grain traders on the domestic market, bought 24% in Danube Grain Services from two individual shareholders. The other owner of the company is Austria’s Voestalpine more

04.20.2012

Romanian grain traders were eliminated in February and March from two tenders for wheat in Iraq worth a total of EUR20 million as a result of “faulty” deliveries made by Lebanese trader GT Group, more

04.04.2012

United Grain Group, one of few grain traders built by a Romanian entrepreneur, plans to take the first step towards farming by acquiring 2,000 hectares of land and to expand throughout the entire more

02.08.2012

Alfred C. Toepfer, the second leading grain trader on the local market, will increase its grain storage capacity in Giurgiu (southern Romania) to 66,000 tons, said market sources. more

01.31.2012

Alfred C. Toepfer, one of the most powerful grain traders in Romania, is investing EUR6 million in Moldova Noua (SW of the country) where it will build its first greenfield project, a silo and a ship more

12.31.2011

The good weather conditions in 2011 helped wheat, corn, and sunflower crops increase by up to 30% to the highest level in five years. more