The estimated potato production is 87,000 tons, while apple’s production is around 13,000 tons and grapes production is 11,000 tons. In Salaj County, 5,075 hectares have been cultivated with wheat, for which production reached 13,702 tones (2,699 kg/hectare). Another 1,332 hectares were cultivated with triticales (3,596 tones), 5,100 hectares of oat (10,200 tones), 971 hectares of two-rowed barley ...

Corn is seen more and more as an industrial cereal in countries like Germany and United States. “A part of corn production is directed towards other sectors than for fodder and food and for that wheat price will dangle. Corn is becoming an industrial cereal and an important energy source”, Minister said. Corn is becoming an important source of ethanol, biogas and electric energy. However, corn ...

Production for this area went beyond 1.22 million tones. MARD estimates for this year a production of 10.82 million tons of corn from the total of 2.6 million hectares (4.1 tons per hectare). AGROROMANIA.RO presents more information regarding corn production estimates for year 2011 and corn price for September 2011. Experts consider that Romania and Ukraine corn exports can contribute in reducing the ...

“We have a good harvest this year and I think Romania will have 5 million tons of corn for exports. Global market is in good shape in present and is the first time when price of corn surpassed the price of wheat. It will be good for our producers to export and for Romania to mark its presence on international market”, said the Minister, according to Agerpres. He highlighted that 2011 corn harvest ...

The company went bankrupt on March 16, 2009, after its main shareholder, Ministry of Economy, agreed that Plafar was insolvent and soon Assistance Insolv SPRL was appointed judicial administrator. Representatives of Assistance Insolv SPRL said recently that Plafar could exit insolvency by the end of this year, according to NewsIn. A second chance for Plafar “Insolvency procedure could be closed ...