The production costs of domestic tomatoes and cucumbers have increased by several dozen percent. The sale price of cucumbers, however, has decreased, and initially high tomato prices have returned to last year’s level. Even if producers want to increase prices, they can’t, as consumers wouldn’t be able to afford them anymore. Parnu County’s Voiste Aiand…
Lithuania was a dairy powerhouse before the Second World War. One family from Panevezys is now trying to bring that heritage back to life. There were almost 300 dairy plants in Lithuania in the 1930s, and about 2,000 more milk-skimming stations, according to Alfredas Bumblauskas, history professor at Vilnius University. They processed about 500 million…
Ukraine has stockpiled the necessary food products, but due to the ongoing war and the inability to export Ukrainian agricultural products, issues may arise in a number of countries. That’s according to a Minister of the Cabinet of Ministers, Oleh Nemchynov, who spoke at a national telethon. “We have repeatedly said that Ukraine has stocks…
Representatives of a company from Turkey have shown interest in apples produced in Moldova. Members of the Moldova Fruct Association, apple producers, last week were visited by representatives of Turkish company, which owned one of the biggest areas of orchards in Moldova (850 hectares) and sold apples in India, Middle East and Russia. “The company…
“More and more external factors emerge and strike at the food industry. This industry is in a state of crisis. Food is becoming more expensive, and our local farmers and manufacturers are becoming weaker on domestic and international markets. The crisis has grown and the future is looking rather grim,” warns director general of Latvian…
The bid prices for corn decreased in the Ukrainian ports of the Danube (Reni and Izmail) last week. High supply on the domestic market that exceeded the demand as well as limited capacity of ports and overloaded logistics pressured the prices. The bid prices of corn decreased to $215-235/ton CPT-port and $280-285/ton FOB in the…
Apples produced in the Republic of Moldova were exported to 18 destinations in April, the Moldova Fruit Association reported. The producers managed to sell in the previous month more than 25 thousand tons of apples, compared to 20 thousand tons sold in the same period last year. Moldovan fruits have reached the Russian Federation, Romania,…