26 mar 2013

Romanian agricultural producers are set to harvest a total wheat production of 6.1 million tons this summer, up 22% on the preceding season, show March estimates of Cocereal, a European organization more

29 ian 2013

Chicken producer Ave Impex Satu Mare sees exports generate 25% of its annual revenue in 2013 compared with 11% three years ago, general manager and founder Gheorghe Bodea said. more

23 ian 2013

The decline of agricultural output last year made all players in the sector be more cautious, considering that the drought also affected connected sectors such as the seeds, fertilizers and pesticides more

9 ian 2013

Agriculture, a sector that accounts for about 6% to 7% of Romania’s gross domestic product every year, contributed EUR15 billion to the economy last year, down 16% from the peak year 2011, according more

8 ian 2013

EuroAvi group of Romanian farmers, which owns 11 poultry farms, a slaughterhouse and sells chicken as “Pui de Baragan” (“Baragan Chicken, named after the southeastern region of Romania where it more

11 dec 2012

Investments funds Mintridge International (UK), Agriinvest (Denmark) and AL+M (Switzerland) own about 27,000 hectares of arable land in Romania, as much as some of the major Romanian farmers. more

5 dec 2012

Romanian farmers and agricultural product traders have built silos and storehouses with a capacity of 2.6 million tons over the past four years. This means EUR260 million investments, according to ZF more

23 nov 2012

Ioan Niculae, who controls the InterAgro group, expects revenues of EUR55 million this year from bioethanol, which is processed from corn and added to gasoline, and from livestock fodder. more

8 aug 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

25 iun 2012

The investors who had nothing to do with farming three or four years ago are now rushing to start a business in the sector, attracted by the high prices of agricultural raw materials that generate more

1 iun 2012

Khaled El Solh, one of the founders of cold cuts producer Caroli Foods Group, who has been running the company since the second half of last year, intends to bring the company back to growth after two more

29 mai 2012

Combine harvester and tractor maker Claas saw higher sales of agricultural machinery in Romania last year than it did in Spain and Italy, countries with a larger area of farming land, which accounts more

22 mai 2012

Alfred C. Toepfer International, the second leading agricultural raw materials trader on the Romanian market, with more than EUR400 million in revenues a year, is building an 18,000-ton silo in more

17 mai 2012

Agricultural seeds producer KWS, a company with EUR0.9 billion in revenues from worldwide operations, has already run out of the corn seed stock allotted for this year’s farming season in Romania as more

1 mai 2012

Adrian Porumboiu, one of the top ten agricultural producers in Romania, has this year increased the areas cultivated with sunflower and corn by up to 83%, out of an overall area of 27,000 hectares of more

10 apr 2012

Exports of agri-food products will exceed imports only in 2014, when exports of processed products are expected to rise, while the current bet is on exports to Asian markets, where local producers do more

5 apr 2012

Dutch bank Rabobank is one of the most aggressive investors in farmland on the local market, having bought land worth EUR20 million in the last sixteen months, or 10,000 to 15,000 hectares, according more

20 feb 2012

Radu Timis managed in 20 years to turn CrisTim into one of the top ten cold cuts producers in Romania, after failing in his first attempts in business. The entrepreneur lost everything on several more

11 ian 2012

Romania’s economic growth over the next 40 years will be comparable to that of Brazil, Russia or Turkey, according to a research of HSBC, one of the largest banks in Europe. So, in 2050 the Romanian more

31 dec 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

21 dec 2011

Romania’s grain output is estimated at 11.4 million tons, up 27% on last year, according to the data of Cocereal, an European organization of grain traders. The traders’ estimate is one million more

21 dec 2011

Romania had its best agricultural year of the last five years, and grain traders moved fast consolidating their business through acquisitions. Next year looks like it will be difficult because of the more

14 dec 2011

The Agriculture Ministry has EUR3.5 billion available for next year and 90% of this amount should go to farmers as state aid, direct payments for farming land and as European financing. more

7 dec 2011

The crisis forced Scandia Foods, one of the largest companies on the local canned food market to redefine its strategy. The producer of the Bucegi pate, facing low consumption on the local market, more

24 aug 2011

Romania ranks second in terms of wheat production increase in 2011 among countries bordering the Black Sea. more