08.10.2021

Romania’s grain production could reach 34.16 million tons in the 2021 farming year, four times higher than in 2007, when the country joined the EU, says Cezar Gheorghe, founder of agribusiness more

07.22.2021

Preliminary estimates point to Romania’s wheat production reaching a record high of 12 million tons or EUR2.3 billion, with high yields in the west of the country and good harvests in the other 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

09.23.2020

Romania ranked first in the European Union by area of land allocated to sunflower crops and production, 3.4 million in 2019, but farmers expect production to shrink by 30% to 2.4 million tons this more

09.01.2016

Romania’s potato harvest will be about 15% lower this year, after humidity in the spring helped the diseases specific to this crop develop, and also because of the drought, says Gheorghe Botoman, more

11.04.2015

The rise in soil moisture and the change of conditions in which tractors and harvesters have to operate are causing the local agricultural machinery market to shift to more expensive products. more

07.31.2015

Agricultural production reached the highest of the decade at the end of last year, but 2015 is turning out to be a rather bad year due to the drought that has already lasted for weeks and the more

03.25.2015

Romanian wheat yield is estimated at 3.26 tons/hectare in March, 10% higher than forecast in the same time last year, according to the first European Commission 2015 estimate recently published. more

12.30.2014

The sugar beet market posted the highest growth in value among the most important agriculture sector segments, 36% to EUR53.6 million, as a result of the rise in prices and the higher farm yield. more

11.14.2014

Romanian farmers harvested 25.1 million tons of grain and oilseeds this summer and autumn, one of the best harvests ever. This was not because of radical changes in this sector but because of an more

11.12.2014

Romanian farmers harvested 221,000 tons of soy this season, 47% more than last year, which means this was the biggest harvest in nine years. The bumper crop was made possible by the increase in the 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

09.22.2014

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

08.21.2014

This year’s sunflower harvest in Romania, estimated at 2.1 million tons, is down 1.6% from the all-time high reached last year, while the 1.9 tons/hectare yield is within EU average. However, the more

08.20.2014

Romania has harvested a record rape crop this year, of roughly 1.1 million tons, despite poor weather conditions in the second quarter, Agriculture Minister Daniel Contantin said Wednesday. 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

07.23.2014

The wheat price fell to less than EUR150/ton in mid-July, the lowest price for this time of the year in four years due to the bumper crops in Romania and in the EU countries. more

07.08.2014

The 1 million ton rapeseed harvest, the highest in Romania’s history, will generate EUR300 million revenue in the next few months when farmers sell it to processors and traders. more

06.23.2014

Farmers will harvest 750,000 tons of rapeseed in a few weeks, 9.6% more than in 2013 and the highest amount in four years, but the yield will be 2.15 tons per hectare, down 5% on last season. more

06.05.2014

Romanian farmers will harvest 8.3 million tons of wheat in less than one month, which is the highest production in the last 27 years, according to the available data, and also 12% higher than in more

05.16.2014

The new-crop wheat to be harvested in mid-July will go on sale starting from an upper threshold of 850 lei (EUR192) per ton. The summer price will then go down as a result of abundant harvests in the more

11.21.2013

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

10.02.2013

Romanian farmers are getting ready to plant the seeds for next year’s wheat crop and the rain in the last few days is a breath of fresh air to them since the best time for sowing is mid October. more

08.09.2013

Romania this year reaped its biggest wheat and rye crop since 2005 and the second-largest one in over four decades, Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin said Friday. more

06.05.2013

Farmers will harvest barley, which makes a EUR150 million to EUR200 million market a year, in just a few weeks and production estimates show the harvest should be somewhere around 1 million tons, more