10.31.2014

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

10.22.2014

The appetite of Egyptians for the wheat or of Saudis for the barley harvested in Romania makes the country’s grain exports a thorn in the side of the European grain export leaders France and more

10.20.2014

Romania’s agri-food exports have increased seven-fold in the past decade and saw a surplus in 2013 for the first time in twenty years, but the country’s position on the international market more

09.26.2014

Romanian economy would benefit from value added if agriculture focused more on grain processing, Constantin Bratu, general manager of Romanian Brewers Association, stated Friday. more

08.29.2014

U.S. freight trader Cargill and Transport Trade Services (TTS), a company owned by Romanian entrepreneurs, completed a EUR15 million project to double the storage capacity of Canopus Star grain more

08.27.2014

Constanta harbor operators are readying investments in grain terminals and warehouses, as they expect agricultural product exports to rise, and also in a move to diversify beyond industrial raw more

08.20.2014

Grain and oilseeds traders exported 2.6 million tons through the Constanta harbor in July, a record high for the month in eight years. more

08.18.2014

Agricola Bacau, one of the four largest meat-processing businesses in Romania, is taking the first steps towards grain farming by working more than 2,000 hectares of farmland. more

08.06.2014

Grain trader Nidera, held by China’s COFCO, will take over 51% in harbor operator United Shipping Agency, owned by Romanian entrepreneurs Catalin Trandafir and Mihai Felescu. more

06.09.2014

Alfred Toepfer (US), Cargill (US), Ameropa (Switzerland), Glencore (Switzerland), CHS (US), Bunge (US), Nidera (China) and three more companies are calling the shots on the Romanian grain trading more

04.25.2014

Agribusiness company Biochem, controlled by Chimisliu family, acquired a 44,000-ton grain storage capacity in Dragalina, Calarasi county, from Piraeus Bank. The capacity had come to be owned by the more

02.28.2014

COFCO Corporation, China’s biggest agricultural raw material trader, a state-owned company, acquired 51% in stock of Dutch group Nidera, a company with a strong position in Romania's assets. more

02.17.2014

Last year’s gross domestic product growth of 3.5% was helped by the 10% rise in exports, which was fueled by Ford, with an estimated increase of EUR1.5 billion on 2012, and the grain traders, which more

01.10.2014

The farming sector contributed EUR18.5 billion to Romania’s economy last year, an all-time high and 28% more than in 2012, according to the latest Eurostat data. more

01.09.2014

Mihai Anghel, owner of agribusiness group Cerealcom, says he wants it to become the first Romanian producer to compete with international traders on equal footing in international grain tenders. more

12.31.2013

2013 was a roller-coaster ride for companies in the Romanian agri-business sector. more

11.14.2013

Grain traders exported 736,000 tons of Romanian wheat in August alone, which means they shipped 9.6% of the current harvest abroad. more

10.07.2013

Estimates regarding Romania’s grain production in 2013 have been revised up 10% in October to about 19.1 million tons, close to the record levels registered in 2004, 2005 and 2011, according to a more

08.22.2013

Romania’s antitrust authority said Thursday it carried out checkups at ten grain traders in an investigation concerning possible anti-competitive practices. more

07.22.2013

U.S. agri-food company Cargill and freight transport company Transport Trade Services (TTS) will invest EUR15 million in extending grain terminal Canopus Star in the Port of Constanta. more

07.05.2013

Farming and food industry group Racova, owned by businessman Adrian Porumboiu, will start building several silos with a total capacity of 50,000 tons, close to its farms in northeastern region of more

07.01.2013

Nidera, a Dutch-held grain trader, started construction of three grain collection facilities in Bailesti (Dolj County), Studina (Olt County) and Alexandria (Teleorman County) in southern Romania, more

06.24.2013

Romania’s grain production estimated at 17.4 million tons will be 3% higher than Italy’s this year, putting the country on the sixth place among European producers. more

04.15.2013

Alcedo, one of the largest distributors of plant protection products, fertilizers and certified seeds in Romania, is building grain storage silos in key agricultural counties like Braila, Timis and more

01.15.2013

TCE 3 Brazi, with turnover of around EUR100 million from agriculture, livestock farming and the wood industry, has completed a EUR8 million investment in a large-size silo with a capacity of 40,000 more