Agenda – Agri Trade Summit 2026

AGENDA

February 26, 2026 · ROMEXPO, Pavilion C2 · Bucharest

08:00 – 09:10 Registration

Kick-off

09:10 – 09:20

Opening remarks and 2026 edition context.

AGRI TRADE SUMMIT 2026

Official Opening & Key Messages

09:25 – 09:40

Victor NEGRESCU

Vice-President of the European Parliament

Topic: European context, policies, and impact on Romanian agribusiness

European Parliament
09:40 – 09:50

Adrian CHESNOIU

Director General, AFIR

Geopolitical influences on agriculture and the food industry

AFIR
09:50 – 10:00

Sergii KHARIN

Country Leader Romania & Republic of Moldova

Pioneer, a Pillar of Innovation in Romanian Agriculture

CORTEVA / PIONEER

Romania by the Numbers – realities and outlook

Strategic analysis by AGRIColumn · 20 min

10:00 – 10:20
  • Crop output by category 2025–2026
  • Exports by category YTD
  • Profitability
  • Value by commodity category
  • 1930–2020 comparison: farm fragmentation
AGRIColumn

CORTEVA

10:20 – 10:30

Maria CÎRJĂ

Marketing Manager Romania & Republic of Moldova

Excellence and performance for Romanian farmers with Pioneer hybrids

CORTEVA

Wheat – the volume commodity in 2025 and 2026

15 min

10:30 – 10:45

Iulian AVRAM · Continental Farms and Cezar GHEORGHE · AGRIColumn

  • 2025/2026 trend (Old Crop)
  • 2026/2027 trend (New Crop)
WHEAT

Rapeseed – the star of 2025. What comes next in 2026?

10 min

10:45 – 10:55

Mihai NICULAE

BUNGE

BUNGE
  • 2026/2027 outlook

Spring crops

10 min

10:55 – 11:05

Cezar GHEORGHE

AGRIColumn
  • Corn 2026/2027
  • Sunflower 2026/2027

Price Risk – protection solutions

11:05 – 11:15

Jaime Nolan MIRALES · StoneX

Price risk management tools and solutions

STONEX

ELICA

11:15 – 11:25

Radu GORUNESCU

Elica Processing

Farmers panel – technology and practices for financial returns

Duration: 25 min

11:25 – 12:00

Participants

  • Marcello DANILIUC
    Marcellino Impex
  • Răzvan AVRAM
    Greenagro Crop
  • Cătălin TUDOR
    ELIA
  • Alexander DEGIANSKI
    FOREST & BIOMASS
  • Marcu Adrian
    RIAGRO

Topics

  • Regenerative agriculture
  • Direct vs indirect costs and processing integration
  • Innovation and digitalization
  • Drones in agriculture

Farmers’ associations – role and direction

Duration: 30 min

12:00 – 12:30

Video message: Massimiliano GIANSANTI, President, Copa-Cogeca

Participants

  • Mircea BĂLUȚĂ
    UNCSV
  • Florian CIOLACU
    CFRO
  • Gabriel STOIAN
    CATA & PROFECO
  • Matei TITIANU
    LAPAR

Topics

  • Emerging programs and projects
  • Positioning and direction after the Mercosur agreement

ROMTEXTIL

12:30 – 12:40

Rodica CATA

Commercial Director

Excellence in BIG BAG and woven sack packaging solutions

ROMTEXTIL

INTER-BIO

12:40 – 12:50

Costin LIANU

President, INTER-BIO

Organic Agriculture – Strategy, Market Access and European Integration

INTER-BIO

Lunch Break

12:50 – 13:45

Lunch and expo visits.

What’s next?

13:45 – 14:00

Cezar GHEORGHE

AGRIColumn
  • Future outlook
  • Practical solutions and implementation
  • Costs vs. output
  • Financial and operational management
  • Farmer aggregation into operational and trading hubs

14:00 Networking