maize

The European Commission has requested Romania to review the statistics in the past years regarding the cereals crops, mainly maize. As reported by ‘Romania Journal’ the figures are questioned given that they are higher than the ones in…

Romania has the best agricultural year in history, with record production of wheat and maize, which lead the agricultural turnover to almost EUR 8 billion, a KeysFin analysis released on Tuesday reads. The figures from Agriculture…

The President of the National Institute of Statistics (INS) Tudorel Andrei says Romania is first in the European Union on the area planted with maize and sunflower. “In Romania there are 3.6 million farms which represent some 30% of…

Romania's wheat output increased this year by 7 percent compared to 2015 to 8.413 million tons, recording an average of more than four tons per hectare, while the rape production reached 1.266 million tons, Achim Irimescu, Minister of…

Agriculture could record in 2016, the best results in the last decade, a total business of RON 24.5 billion, due to the favorable spring weather, investments, consumption recovery and price trends, a analysis of Dekalb, part of Monsanto,…

Romania has recorded surplus in agri-food products trade after the first three quarters of 2015, exports advancing by 7.6 percent compared to the same period in 2014, to EUR 4.2 billion, while imports totaled EUR 4.16 billion, a plus of…

Romania’s corn production will fall this year by about 35-40% due to drought, to about 7 million tons from 11 million tons last year, given that up to November 10, 2015 the harvested area exceeded 98% of the total surface with only 6.97…

Romania occupied the 1st place for the area cultivated with maize and the 2nd place for production, after France, due to an inferior yield, according to Eurostat provisional data. Otherwise, the maize yield achieved by Romania is the…

Romania’s exports of agri-food products stood to EUR 5.4 billion last year, up by 6.1 percent compared to 2013, exceeding imports by EUR 514 million, amounting to about EUR 4.9 billion. So, 2014 is the second year in a row with a positive…

Romania’s utilized agricultural area in 2013 decreased by nearly one million hectares compared to 2002, given that Romania is still the country with most agricultural holdings in the European Union, but with a low share of utilized…