The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry will provide by 20 hens to the flood victims when they return home or to the newly built houses. About 7,000 hens will be offered overall, Minister of Agriculture Valeriu Cosarciuc said in a news conference, quoted by Info-Prim Neo. Speaking about the impact of the floods on the farmland, the minister said that after the floodwaters recede, a special commission will assess the inflicted damage. “The Ministry will provide its reserve diesel fuel if some of the fields need to be resown. The Government of Austria made a donation of €100,000 that will also be used to help the flood victims,” Valeriu Cosarciuc said. In the same conference, the minister said the harvesting of rape is close to an end. The autumn barley was 35% collected, while the wheat only started to be reaped. A center operating at the Ministry coordinates the reaping works. “We ordered that the four large elevators in which the state owns major holdings provide free services for companies, including cereal dehydration and storage services,” the minister said. “The farmers should not sell their wheat now, but when the prices are higher.” The state will purchase the necessary quantities in order to renew the strategic reserves, including of food wheat.