Browse Data and Analysis

This report provides an overview of agricultural and food legislation in Romania

EU-28 chicken meat production is expected to increase slightly again in 2019 driven by both domestic and export demand.

Drought conditions during late-summer and fall 2018 are negatively affecting the development of the winter crops across Romania.

New cases of African swine fever (ASF) were confirmed in Romania’s western region, including two counties which account for 18 percent of Romania’s total swine herd.

Romania’s total organic area increased by 14 percent in 2017, driven mostly by strong demand for organic grains and oilseeds.

Romania’s oilseed crop in marketing year (MY) 2017/18 will increase by 21 percent over last year, boosted by bumper sunflower production, as well as strong rapeseed and soybean crops.

Favorable weather, government subsidies, proper fertilizer management and disease prevention boosted Romanian winter and summer-crop production in 2017.

The total MY2017/18 EU-28 grain crop is revised up 2 MMT to 304 MMT, due to improved outlooks for both the wheat and corn crops.

In mid-November 2017 the Government of Romania (GOR) approved an emergency measure, imposing new rules for farm-gate grain procurement.