3 dec 2012

Mihai Anghel, owner of the Cerealcom Dolj group, has installed a high tech system to track his fleet of 40 combines and tractors by GPS, as well as the productivity or fuel, fertilizer and pesticide more

28 nov 2012

British investment fund Spearhead International, a very discreet player in the Romanian business world, has bought 3,000 ha of land in the southern Romanian county of Dolj, now owning a total of more

27 nov 2012

Ioan Niculae, owner of the InterAgro group, will open five Bif-branded gas stations next year in the town of Zimnicea, where the group’s headquarters is located. more

22 nov 2012

Swiss billionaire Andreas Henry Zivy, owner of the Ameropa group, was present this week in Bucharest for the 50-year anniversary of chemical fertilizers producer Azomures Targu-Mures (AZO.RO), which more

21 nov 2012

Gheorghe Boeru, the entrepreneur behind Romair Consulting, one of the leading consultancy companies in European Union’s funds, posts a turnover of EUR6-8 million a year on a “market” where more

16 nov 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

14 nov 2012

Agriculture, a sector that generates 6% of Romania’s’ gross domestic product (EUR10 billion to EUR11 billion) a year and made a significant contribution to the 2011 economic growth of 2.5%, more

9 nov 2012

US-based Cargill, the leading grain trader in Romania and one of the lowest-profile companies in its industry, intends to sell a silo and a grain handling facility in Giurgiu County (southern more

5 nov 2012

Bogdan Chiritoiu, president of the Competition Council, announced that the institution will next year conclude an investigation into agreements between retailers such as Metro, Billa and Selgros on more

5 nov 2012

Grain trader Ameropa, the fourth largest on the agricultural raw material market, won two tenders to supply wheat to Egypt in September and October. more

2 nov 2012

Sorin Minea, president of cold cuts producer Angst, said the company will end the year with losses, but with higher turnover. more

2 nov 2012

Sorin Minea, one of the best-known entrepreneurs on the Romanian cold cuts market, will take over full control of Angst business in 2013, buying the remaining stake from his Swiss partners. more

31 oct 2012

Major Romanian farmers are taking an interest in solar power, the next potential clean energy boom after wind power, and are preparing to convert tens of hectares of land into photovoltaic projects. more

29 oct 2012

Twenty kilometers south of Bucharest lies the dairy farm that belonged to Israeli dairy group Tnuva until recently. This used to be the most important raw material producer for the company’s plant more

16 oct 2012

Drought will also affect this autumn’s harvests of wheat and rapeseed after the high temperatures and lack of rain this summer led to a reduction of up to 40% in cereal productions, causing EUR1 more

27 sep 2012

Romanian farmers harvested 7 million tons of corn and 1.3 million tons of sunflower this fall, almost 40% less than record levels of 2011, according to the estimates of the European Commission. more

25 sep 2012

Agricultural traders Comfert and Popasul Trebes in Bacau, with cumulated turnovers of EUR150 million, are in talks to take over bread producer Pambac, according to market sources. The bread producer more

20 sep 2012

Romanian farmers planted a 20%-30% larger area with rapeseed this fall, covering 500,000 hectares, after more than two thirds of the crop was lost because of the drought this year. more

18 sep 2012

Romania’s cold cuts Marisan producer, owned by the Anghel family, owns two production plants, has a 125-store chain and a total annual turnover of EUR35 million after going into business 18 years more

17 sep 2012

Agricola Bacau, one of the largest companies in the Romanian poultry business, is pondering whether the targets set early in the year are still attainable after the drought sent prices of main farming more

13 sep 2012

The top ten companies on the meat products market in Romania can process about 260,000 tons of meat a year together, which is enough to cover one quarter of the country’s domestic consumption. more

12 sep 2012

The wheat price on the Romanian market overshot 1,100 lei (EUR245) per ton early in September, two months after the harvesting of the new crop, and is 60% higher than a year ago. more

24 aug 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

23 aug 2012

The Government needs to stop the faulty management at state-owned companies, by any means necessary– insolvency, privatization or private management. It is outrageous for companies with turnovers more

21 aug 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