31 ian 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

25 ian 2012

Crowding and discontent, this was the atmosphere on Tuesday morning in front of the Fiscal Administration of Bucharest's 2nd district, where around 100 people were queuing up to submit the necessary more

23 ian 2012

Agricola Bacau, one of the largest players on the local poultry meat market, targets a 10% increase in turnover this year, half as much as 2011’s growth rate. more

17 ian 2012

Last fall’s drought has already compromised the better part of Romania's rapeseed crops and there is reason to worry about the wheat crop, too. more

15 ian 2012

The price of wheat rose 5% between December 21, 2011 and January 11, 2012 to EUR176/ton, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR). However, the current price is more

13 ian 2012

A real estate agency, a small plant for plastic packaging, a grocery store and a fertilizer distribution business are among the first ten companies started in the first day of this year by Romanian more

11 ian 2012

The agricultural sector contributed almost EUR19 billion to the Romanian gross domestic product in 2011, according to the estimates of Raiffeisen Bank’s research unit based on preliminary data from more

22 dec 2011

Romanian farmers will have to “fight” around 40 weeds in order to avoid fines of up to EUR100/hectare, according to the latest emergency ordinance draft aimed at fining owners who don’t remove more

21 dec 2011

Meda Prod 98, one of the top 20 cold cuts producers in Romania set 101 million lei (EUR23.4 million) as its revenue target in 2011, the same as last year. Costs will increase, though, bringing the more

25 nov 2011

Romania is too poor a country, too much in need of infrastructure, new homes, administrative buildings and even office and retail spaces not to see the real estate market return to growth over the more

24 nov 2011

The edible oil unit of Cargill, the largest grain trader on the local market, posted revenue of EUR34.2 million in the first half, almost 70% more than in the same interval of 2010. more

24 nov 2011

Dutch-held DSM, one of the largest makers of feed additives in the world, bought the plant of Fatrom Aditivi Furajeri (Fatrom Feed Additives) in Ilfov county (near Bucharest). The deal amounts to EUR5 more

17 nov 2011

Romanian transport companies gained up to EUR25 million higher contracts from August through October, as grain traders had to use trucks after their barges got stuck on the Danube because of the more

15 nov 2011

Investment fund Phemus Corporation, registered at the same address as Harvard Management Company, a subsidiary of Harvard University – the largest foreign owner of forest on the Romanian market – more

14 nov 2011

Cold cut exports exceeded the value recorded for the whole of last year, but they cannot be considered real exports, says Valentin Soneriu, general manager of CarmOlimp, a top-15 company in the meat more

7 nov 2011

Cold cuts exports went up 50% between January and July 2011 compared with the same period last year and reached EUR34 million, EUR4 million more than exports recorded by the industry throughout 2010. more

1 nov 2011

The more than 13 million hectares of farming land in Romania are worth over EUR25 billion, considering the average price per hectare is almost EUR2,000. The local farming land price is among the more

26 oct 2011

The record agricultural year has encouraged Romanian farmers to invest in grain storage to avoid selling wheat or corn soon after harvesting it for one third of the prices charged in winter or spring. more

19 oct 2011

The number of new companies in the Romanian agricultural sector went up by 130% in the first nine months of this year compared with the same time in 2010. This means the number of companies in this more

10 oct 2011

The economic growth will be saved in the third quarter by the best farming year of the decade. Agricultural production will exceed EUR12 billion, an increase of 20% on 2010. more

7 oct 2011

After the wave of foreclosures and real estate development bankruptcies in the last two years, local banks have come to hold office buildings, apartments and plots valued at nearly EUR1 billion in more

6 oct 2011

In its Wednesday meeting, the Romanian government discussed granting aids to farmers worth a total of EUR185 million this year and in 2012. more

5 oct 2011

U.S. irrigation systems maker Toro, with $1.7 billion in sales worldwide, starts manufacturing of irrigation systems in its factory in Ploiesti on Wednesday. The company has exports to Ukraine and more

4 oct 2011

Marex Braila, with food industry and farming operations, is set to see turnover rise by 5% this year, to EUR153 million, according to Marin Moraru, the general manager and a stakeholder in the group. more

30 sep 2011

Mihai Anghel, owner of Cerealcom Dolj and Oltyre, agricultural businesses worth EUR60 million and EUR11.4 million respectively, got a EUR2.5 million loan from BCR bank to buy land. more