9 feb 2015

Romanian cattle farmers send 900,000 tons of milk to processors, 50% lower than allowed by the European Union to deliver so far. more

6 feb 2015

Adrian Porumboiu, the entrepreneur who spent the last twenty years building one of the largest Romanian farming businesses, is now looking for solutions to reduce exposure to the sector, which is more

5 feb 2015

NHR Agropartners, a company owned by Austria’s VA Intertrading and the local wholesaler of New Holland equipment, in 2014 sold 450 tractors in Romania, namely a 25% share of the market put at 1,800 more

29 ian 2015

Germany’s Agrarius, listed on the Frankfurt bourse and one of the largest agricultural producers of Timis, took over 500 hectares of arable land under lease and has come to hold a total of 4,700 more

27 ian 2015

Cold cuts producer Caroli Foods Group, held by the Lebanese El Solh family and by the Campofrio group, has started to generate electricity for its plant in Pitesti itself via a co-generation system more

21 ian 2015

Nidera, the trader controlled by China’s COFCO, buys, sells and exports 1 million tons of Romanian grain and oilseeds per season, according with market data. The volume is handled with just 30 more

16 ian 2015

Each of the 5.3 million hectares allocated to grain crops last year generated EUR717 in revenue on average for farmers, which puts Romania on the 17th place out of 25 grain producers in the EU in more

16 ian 2015

Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait acquired 43% of Romania’s 2014 barley harvest in a four-month interval (July-October) to secure raw material for purebred and race horse studs and for other animal more

12 ian 2015

Agriculture contributed EUR17 billion to Romania's economy in 2014, its third best result ever after the peaks of 2011 and 2013. more

6 ian 2015

Romanian agri-business integrator Brise Group, controlled by businessman Marius Bucur, bought 31 hectares of farming land in Amzacea, Constanta county, from Sira Agromar company owned by Italians more

30 dec 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

19 dec 2014

Chinese-held grain trader Nidera, one of the ten largest operating in Romania, has completed takeover of United Shipping Agency (USA), the owner of the biggest grain export terminal in the port of more

18 dec 2014

Farmers were close to having a perfect production year in agriculture, but the excess rainfall partially upset their plans. Warehouses and silos got filled up in summer and autumn, though, as corn, more

8 dec 2014

The billions of euros traded in the agri-business sector every year make giant multinationals fight to grab as big a slice of the Romanian market as possible. more

3 dec 2014

Norwegian-British investment fund North Bridge, little known to the public, bought in Romania 139 hectares of arable land and signed lease contracts for another 125 hectares in the past nine months, more

2 dec 2014

Romanian wheat ended the first half of the commercial season in agriculture on the leading position in Egypt’s acquisitions, with 900,000 tons delivered in six months by eight traders. more

25 nov 2014

Romanian farmers are regaining their interest in soy production and soy areas have expanded 72% in the past six years and reached almost 90,000 hectares. Conventional seeds are now used in production more

24 nov 2014

Robert Arsene, one of the best-known executives of the local agribusiness sector, will soon step down as general manager of the Agricover group. more

23 nov 2014

Culita Tarata, one of the best-known and influential Romanian farmers, died on Friday night, only two months and a half after his company TCE 3 Brazi went bankrupt, with debts of almost EUR30 million. more

14 nov 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

13 nov 2014

Fertilizer, pesticide and seed wholesaler Biochem, held by Chimisliu family of Constanta, registered Biochem Creditare IFN, an entity that will turn into the company’s lending unit and release EUR50 more

12 nov 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

12 nov 2014

Austria’s trader RWA Raiffeisen Ware, which has recently entered Romania’s grain trade field, will make a first stop in the region of Banat, where the company plans to acquire silos and grain more

11 nov 2014

Austrian trader RWA Raiffeisen Ware entered Romania’s grain trade field and plans to also set up a business in the field of fertilizer, pesticide and seed wholesale. more

31 oct 2014

Cerealcom Dolj, the company owned by Romanian entrepreneur Mihai Anghel, won seven international auctions organized by the government of Jordan to export 250,000 tons of wheat and another 100,000 tons more