Agri Trends Feedlot Market Report 10 September 2020
Agri Trends Feedlot Market Report 10 September 2020
South African Grain Information Services Weekly Update 10 September 2020
South African Grain Information Services Weekly Update 10 September 2020
Zimbabwe hopes to increase maize yield
Zimbabwe hopes to increase maize yield Independent 11/9/2020 Wandile SihloboL: economist WILL Zimbabwe’s ambition to notably lift its maize domestic production in 2020/21 materialise, and if so, what will be the implications for SA maize exports? The Zimbabwean government made an important statement about its maize production ambitions last week, which if fulfilled, would have …
4 000ha winter maize target achieved
4 000ha winter maize target achieved Herald 11/9/2020 Minister Chadzamira George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The targeted 4 000 hectares of winter maize in the Lowveld has been achieved as sugar producer, Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe(THZ), fulfilled its pledge to help the nation achieve food security and cut imports. Tongaat gave the winter maize a major …
Wheat producer price reviewed
Wheat producer price reviewed Herald 11/9/2020 GMB Silos Herald Reporter Government has approved the upward review of the wheat producer price as the country expects a higher yield. Grain Marketing Board chief executive, Mr Rockie Mutenha, said the new price was with immediate effect. “Utility or ordinary wheat average price is now $43 778,84 …
Cost-effective sustainable methods boost farm spin-offs
Cost-effective sustainable methods boost farm spin-offs Herald 11/9/2020 Sifelani Tsiko Agric & Environment Editor The wider promotion of better farming practices which do not harm the environment could deliver substantial benefits for food and water security, as well as climate change mitigation and adaptation, according to the latest International Union for Conservation of Nature …
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Chilonga irrigation revival on course
Chilonga irrigation revival on course Herald 11/9/2020 Minister Chadzamira George Maponga Masvingo Bureau The revival of Chilonga Irrigation Scheme in southern Chiredzi is on course for completion before the October deadline, as the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa walks the talk on ensuring food security through rehabilitation of moribund irrigation schemes. Vice President Constantino …
Zesa seeks tariff review
Zesa seeks tariff review Herald 11/9/2020 Herald Reporter Zesa Holdings wants to raise its tariffs, saying the present tariffs were now sub-economic. Acting managing director for Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) Mr Lovemore Chinaka said this before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy and Power Development. He said the existing rate was …
Bank dispatches harvesters
Bank dispatches harvesters Herald 11/9/2020 Agriculture Deputy Minister Vangelis Haritatos (in black suit), Agribank executive director for retail banking and agricultural development Mr Francis Macheka (in green T-shirt) and Agriculture Ministry director of mechanisation Mr Rabson Gumbo witness the distribution of combine harvesters to provinces around the country under Agribank’s special facility in Hatcliffe, …
Suspected poacher arrested while skinning 6 kudus
Suspected poacher arrested while skinning 6 kudus Chronicle 11/9/2020 Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter A SUSPECTED poacher has been arrested while two others escaped after they were found skinning six kudus they allegedly trapped using wire snares in Kasibo area outside Hwange town. The trio is suspected to be part of poaching syndicates that …
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