FARMING
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Rapeseed To Overshoot EUR500/Ton Mark, Wheat Price Unlikely To Rise
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.
Agriculture Contributed EUR19B To 2011 GDP, 2012 Doesn’t Look Nearly As Good
The agricultural sector contributed almost EUR19 billion to the Romanian gross domestic product in 2011, according to the estimates of Raiffeisen Bank’s research unit based on preliminary da...
Agriculture Ministry Has EUR3.5B To Spend In 2012. Why Is Food Expensive Then?
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.
One Farmer Supplies 20% Of Potatoes Sold By Carrefour
Mihai Mucsi had been working for the Potato Research Center in Targu Secuiesc (central Romania) for 15 years and by 1994 he no longer found “enough satisfaction” in it so that he decided to...
Farming Land In Romania Worth EUR25B, One Fifth Of GDP
The more than 13 million hectares of farming land in Romania are worth over EUR25 billion, considering the average price per hectare is almost EUR2,000. The local farming land price is among...
Farmers Invest In Silos To Stop Selling Grain Cheap Right After Harvest
The record agricultural year has encouraged Romanian farmers to invest in grain storage to avoid selling wheat or corn soon after harvesting it for one third of the prices charged in winter...
Agriculture Sees Highest Rise In Number Of New Companies In First Nine Months
The number of new companies in the Romanian agricultural sector went up by 130% in the first nine months of this year compared with the same time in 2010. This means the number of companies...
EU Proposes Paying Small Farmers EUR500-1000 Per Year
The European Commission will propose paying an annual premium of EUR500-1000 to small farmers already registered in the system, starting in 2014, Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos s...
Romania To Grant EUR185 Mln To Farmers For Chicken, Pigs And Diesel Oil
In its Wednesday meeting, the Romanian government discussed granting aids to farmers worth a total of EUR185 million this year and in 2012.