Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Govt distributes free cotton inputs The Herald Herald Reporter Government has started rolling out free cotton inputs under the Presidential Inputs Scheme with thousands of families in Nembudziya, Gokwe, Midlands province collecting their allocation last Saturday. This comes as the distributing firm, Cottco, said it has this year doubled the tonnage of inputs to …
Be on the lookout for diseases, farmers warned The Herald Manicaland Correspondent FARMERS must be vigilant against fungal and bacterial disease attacks on winter crops if they are to realise profits, an Agritex official has said. Manicaland provincial agronomist Mr Thomas Sakuhuni said this recently in an interview with The Herald. “Despite the cold …
Embrace winter farming in armyworm fight The Herald Masvingo Correspondent A senior agronomist in Masvingo province has advised farmers to embrace winter ploughing to reduce effects of the menacing fall armyworm, which has affected crop yields since its invasion of Zimbabwe. According to the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement the pest has …
White commercial farmers hail ED The Herald Fortunate Gora Mash West Correspondent White commercial farmers in Zvimba South constituency have praised President Mnangagwa for his non-racial stance after embracing everyone in his development agenda regardless of race, colour or creed. This came out during an engagement organised by Zanu-PF Zvimba South National Assembly candidate …
Destroy tobacco stubs, growers urged The Herald Conrad Mupesa in Mhangura Tobacco farmers who leave stubs in their fields after harvesting risk possible arrest and a lengthy jail term for their negligence. Speaking to farmers at Binge Secondary School in Mhangura during The Doma Zonal Agricultural Show, Zimbabwe Progressive Tobacco Farmers Association national president Mr …
Govt urged to revive Chilonga irrigation The Herald Tawanda Mangoma in Chiredzi Villagers in Chiredzi South have appealed to Government to revive the 350-hectare Chilonga Irrigation Scheme urgently to boost household food security in the arid area. The scheme collapsed about 12 years ago due to a malfunctioning water pumping system and a river …
GMB stocks 1m tonnes of grain The Herald George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The Grain Marketing Board now has more than one million tonnes of grain in stock, amid hope that the figure will double by the end of August as farmers intensify deliveries to the national grain buyer following a successful 2017 /18 farming …
Wheat farmers send out equipment SOS The Herald Manicaland Correspondents Wheat farmers in Manicaland want authorities to assist them with equipment to harvest their crop, which is ripening, in order to reduce losses. Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) Manicaland provincial manager Mr Daniel Mungazi told The Herald that most of the early planted wheat crop …
Schweppes to venture in oranges production A man harvests oranges at a plantation recently The Herald Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterSchweppes Zimbabwe Ltd intends to venture into production of oranges as the company seeks to boost feedstock for its juice processing plant in Beitbridge, according to the group’s chief executive. Schweppes currently gets oranges …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: When age is nothing but just a number EDITOR — Godfrey Chipoyera (17) is an emerging entrepreneur who is into poultry farming. He rears different types of birds including broilers, guinea fowls, turkeys and free range indigenous chickens commonly referred to as ‘road runners.’ Chipoyera is a Lower Sixth student …