After the high results of 2015, Moldavian farmers decreased sunflower sowing area for the new harvest of 2016/2017, but not because of the lowering interest in this crop. The reason for the lower area was essential increase in sowing material prices after high crop losses in 2015/2016, which also preconditioned the necessity to import expensive seeds.
Still, despite the decreased sowing area for the new crop (-10% compared with 2015/2016), Moldavian farmers have all the chances to harvest quite a high sunflower crop, which can be the second largest that they have ever gathered before. (UkrAgroConsult/Business World Magazine)
