12.02.2022

With a crop of 9.18 million tons of wheat harvested from 2.1 million hectares Romania placed fourth in the European Union (EU) in 2022, data from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European more

06.28.2022

For the third month in a row, the European Commission is revising its forecast downwards for Romania's winter crops, including the grain production, while increasing at the same time its forecast for 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

05.05.2015

Five counties in the south and east of Romania are the top performers in the country’s agricultural sector, forming a local version of Midwestern United States’ Corn Belt. 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

04.16.2014

Agriculture has reached its extensive growth ceiling and will direct the EUR8 billion in EU funds made available to it in 2014-2020 to intensive production and processing systems in the next seven more

12.25.2013

Foreign investors in Romania's agricultural sector focused on grain and technical crops, livestock farming and food processing this year. more

10.11.2013

Romanian farmers are planting more wheat now that the corn and sunflower have been rendered riskier investments after a EU ban on a certain type of pesticides. 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

09.23.2013

Local farmers have harvested 1.9 million tons of sunflower seeds this fall, a record high amount, 60% higher than last season’s. more

06.21.2013

Farmers in Romania will start harvesting rapeseed in a few days, a winter cover crop that disappointed last year but should contribute EUR170 million to the country’s economy in 2013. more

01.11.2013

Signs so far show 2013 will be a good year for farmers, when they may see record results similar to 2011, a year regarded as one of the best in decades. This is what Victor Chivu, a farmer that works more

09.20.2012

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

09.12.2012

Romania may lose EUR800 million due to the poor crop registered in 2012, while half of this loss could have been prevented should farmers have proper irrigation systems to fight bad weather, Sorin more

07.05.2012

The wheat harvest will be lower but better this year because of the high temperatures of the last few weeks, says Adrian Porumboiu. The former football referee turned entrepreneur owns the Racova Pan more

01.17.2012

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

01.15.2012

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

11.10.2011

The Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB.RO) on Thursday launches a wheat futures contract that will offer farmers a reference for the price of wheat, which they can use to sell their crop. more

09.05.2011

The Romanian wine industry is forward to this year’s solid wine crop, after the 20 largest companies saw their turnover drop by more than 6% in 2010, according to ZF calculations based on Finance more