Mihai Anghel, owner of Cerealcom Dolj and one of the largest farmers in Romania, with some 24,000 hectares of farming land, said he will continue to cultivate grain, even if he is aware of the fact that farming is becoming increasingly difficult, without support from the authorities and a coherent medium-term program for countering the […]
The government’s anti-drought strategy, which stipulates the supplementing of 200,000 more hectares of irrigated land and the free use of water is sharply criticized by businesspeople who participated in the agriculture panel of the Private Government project, who believe that this is a “demagogic plan,” “wishful thinking,” or plans “on paper” only, as crops are […]
Another two cases of contamination with the new flu virus AH1N1 were confirmed Wednesday evening in Bucharest, in initial testing, but the test will be redone, and the final result will be known Thursday, after which the samples will be sent to London, said health minister adviser Geza Molnar. Molnar said the two patients are […]
Last year, Romania exported fertilizers worth €500 million, four times higher than its imports. However, according to market analysts, producers will face difficult times this year, given that the state is not taking measures to support local agriculture and to deter imports.
Farmers presently feel that any measure taken by Minister of Agriculture Ilie Sarbu to combat the effects of a drought is too late, at least for wheat and barley, although losses might be limited in terms of other crops, such as corn. Sarbu is due to present an emergency strategy to the government on Wednesday, […]
Orkla Foods Romania (OFR), local subsidiary of the Norwegian Orkla Foods group, plans to close its southern Romanian unit in Craiova, relocating production to the group’s plant in Bucharest.
Businessman Mihai Anghel, who manages Oltyre-Cerealcom Dolj group, posted 9.7 million euros (41.3 million RON) in turnover in the first quarter of this year, down 63% on the same time last year. „Cereal prices fell to less than half, prompting a turnover decline. We sold part of last year’s crop, but the market was in […]
The Agricover group, the largest provider of agricultural products, services, technical consultancy and financing for farmers and the processing industry, is recruiting employees for middle management positions and specialist, such as farm chief, commercial manager, acquisition engineer, said the company’s Human Resource (HR) Manager, Simona Podgoreanu, told Business Standard. “I am ten times more careful […]
As of September, the Boromir group, controlled by the Boromiz family, will resume production at the Feleacul sweets factory, where it has kept only the halva line, due to high demand on the market, after Unirea Iasi was closed by the U.S. Bunge group, according to officials of Amylon Sibiu, part of the Boromir group.
The largest meat and venison producer, Stenyon, controlled by businessman Dumitru Stefanescu, has been looking for a buyer for a long time. The Deloitte advisory company is managing the entire operation.
