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Rising meat prices make Romanian farmers slaughter 20% more cows and pigs
The rising levels of cow and pig slaughtering in the first two months of this year, by 10-20%, might indicate agriculture growth in the first quarter. In 2010, agriculture declined by 0.9% in the first quarter against the same period of 2009. In 2009, the decl...
Major Romanian farmers: Let's start cultivating the 3.5 million hectares where weeds are growing now
Adrian Porumboiu, Mihai Anghel, Culita Tarata and Stefan Poienaru, four of the biggest agricultural producers, say Romania's chance in the current global context, where prices of agricultura...
Biggest players in agriculture: Weather, farmers' sole ally this year
After the elimination of state aid, starting January, farmers have also faced falling grain prices, with wheat currently trading 10% below the level of the first half of 2009, 106 euros (540...
34m euros wasted on subsidies for inexistent cows
Over 4,200 farmers, who used to own 136,000 cows, received 34 million euros in EU subsidies via the Romanian state, although they had sold their livestock.
One million farmers will no longer get money from state because they are not registered
Only 18,000 farmers of the around 1.1 million on the Romanian market are registered as sole traders, family ventures, or trading companies, while the rest, who farm nearly five million hecta...
Ciolos: Farmer of 2020: commuter into the city, partner of organisations in villages
In ten years' time, Romania will have fewer farmers, but they will be more competitive, having become partners in organisations that will handle the collection and sale of products, and who...
Peasants not registered as business entities will no longer receive any financial aid
Farmers who are not registered with the Trade Registry as sole traders, individual enterprises or as a family enterprise, will not receive financial aid from the state as of this year, accor...
Culcescu: Vegetable and fruit production will be down 50% next year if state does not help farmers
Horia Culcescu, godson of Gigi Becali, owner of Steaua football team, and one of the biggest vegetables and fruit farmers on the Romanian market, says production will halve next year, and fa...
Smithfield bets on small farmers
Smithfield Ferme, the farm division of the US-based Smithfield group, which posted turnover worth 100 million euros last year, will seal partnerships with small farmers in Timis county and n...