Rural Life
A public official in Romania is alleged to have used his position to convince farmers to enter a subsidy fraud scheme.
News
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has filed an indictment against three individuals in Bucharest (Romania).
Agri-Business
Four suspects, including three public officials, were before a court in Romania for a criminal fraud scheme with a value of €2.2 million
The EPPO in Romania has conducted two searches and seized €500,000 in assets as part of an ongoing investigation into a €850,000 fraud.
The commission has approved a €400m scheme to compensate Romanian farmers for damages suffered due to severe drought.
An illegal trading scheme in counterfeit and banned pesticides and fertilisers has been scuppered by authorities.
Tillage
Crop reports from the Black Sea region are confirming the impact that even small variations in rainfall can have on grain and oilseed...
The key challenge facing tillage farmers around the world right now is the non-alignment of crop input costs and grain prices.
The EU Commission has confirmed temporary restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports to five countries due to concerns about domestic markets.
Very heavy rains, preceded by heavy snow, have brought spring planting in northern Romania and Ukraine to a halt.
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs Henryk Kowalczyk announced that he would step down from his post at a press conference yesterday.
The EU Commission is proposing to allocate €56 million to compensate farmers impacted by increased imports of grain from Ukraine.
Pig/Poultry
As an exporting nation, a case of African Swine Fever would devastate the Irish pig industry overnight, IFA Pig Chair Roy Gallie has said.
Initial reports are indicating that wheat yields in Romania have fallen by 43%, year-on-year. The prospects for corn are equally devastating
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €500 million Romanian scheme to support the growth of new forests.
The European Commission has approved a €300 million scheme to support the agri-food sector in Romania recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Tillage News
It has been reported that farmers in Ukraine have cut back significantly on the acreage of grain maize and soya they are growing this year.
The port of Constanta on Romania’s Black Sea coast has, increasingly, been used as a location for grain exports from across Eastern Europe.
Grain and oilseed growers in western Ukraine will start cropping for the 2022 season in the very near future.
The potential impact of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine on Irish farming was the focus of the most recent edition of the Tillage Edge podcast.
Restricted fertiliser availability is encouraging rotational change on Romanian tillage farms and fertiliser price is also an issue.
Co. Kildare man Jim McCarthy quickly found out that improving soil quality is critical in developing a successful tillage operation in Romania.
The podcast features a discussion between Teagasc’s Michael Hennessy and Kildare man Jim McCarthy, now farming in Romania.
