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Soyabeans shortage hits stockfeed sector – The Financial Gazette Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor 4/10/2018   Most of the soya bean produced in Zimbabwe is, primarily used in oil expression. THE cost of soyabeans has gone up and is affecting the competitiveness of the stockfeed sector, the Stockfeed Manufacturing Association (SMA) has said. The sector is importing …

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Zimbabwe’s major forex earner under threat – The Financial Gazette Tabitha Mutenga Features Editor 4/10/2018 Zimbabwe’s tobacco output is expected to increase from the current 252 million kilogrammes based on the increase in hectarage and registered growers. TOBACCO, Zimbabwe’s largest foreign currency earner, is under threat as uncontrollable pests and diseases have invaded fields, Dahlia …

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Hippo Valley assures of sweet times ahead – NewsDay Zimbabwe   5/10/2018 Sugar milling company Hippo Valley achieved an operating profit of $17 million for the year ended March 31, 2018, up from $13,4 million in the prior year. Sydney Mutsambiwa This was buoyed by continued growth in local market sales assisted by the refineries …

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Govt to fund cattle farmers     The Herald 5/10/2018 Manicaland Correspondent CATTLE farmers in Manicaland will soon receive funding from Government to acquire beasts for breeding under the Command Livestock programme. For the past two years, farmers in the province have only taken up crops such as maize, wheat and soya bean under the …

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Chisema laments land degradation     The Herald 5/10/2018 Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Chiredzi district administrator Mr Lovemore Chisema has lamented rampant land degradation in resettlement areas across the district and attributed it to poor farming methods. Mr Chisema said land degradation was fuelling siltation of rivers and dams in the district where irrigation was …

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