Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Difficult times demand command management March 13, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis VP Mnangagwa Takunda Maodza Assistant News EditorIT took President Mugabe’s remarks one day during a meeting with senior officials “tosvika riiniko tichitenga chigabe?” to jostle officials across State bureaucracy to think Command Agriculture. That was sometime around August 2016. It was then that a …
Preparing for bumper harvest March 13, 2017 Business John Basera and Dr. Gorden Mabuyaye Bumper HarvestSeveral studies have shown that grain storage loss can cost farmers 25 percent-30 percent of their yield for the season in most cases due to high moisture, pest damage, fungal/bacterial infections, and rodent damage. In other words, it means out of …
Farmers urged to open bank accounts ahead of harvesting March 13, 2017 Business Minister Joseph Made Prosper Ndlovu, Business EditorAGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Dr Joseph Made has called on farmers across the country to open bank accounts ahead of harvesting to ensure smooth payment for grain deliveries to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Zimbabwe expects …
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Ingwizi, Antelope estates to produce 20 000t maize March 13, 2017 Business Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa inspects maize at ARDA Ingwizi Estate last Thursday Prosper Ndlovu/Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Business ReportersTHE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) is working on expanding the area under maize at its Antelope and Ingwizi estates to 2 000 hectares by year-end. This will …
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Fall armyworm starts attacking SA soya bean crops Mar 10 2017 05:02 A farm owner shows the armyworm on a leaf of corn crop on a farm in Onderstepoort just north of Pretoria. (Gulshan Khan, AFP) RELATED ARTICLES ‘Pest group’ to tackle armyworm invasion – govt UN meeting warns of ‘huge’ armyworm threat Armyworm invading …
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Poultry industry records 1% slump March 10, 2017 in Business THE poultry industry in Zimbabwe recorded a 1% slump in 2016 after producing 74,8 million broiler day old chicks, an industry official has said. BY MTHANDAZO NYONI Zimbabwe Poultry Association chairperson, Solomon Zawe, revealed in an industry update that sales and retentions of day old chicks in …
Crop and livestock market update March 10, 2017 Features, Opinion & Analysis Crop SectorDespite the late rains and the Fall armyworm which will negatively affect yields, maize production for the 2016 /2017 season is anticipated to be substantially higher than in 2016 and preliminary forecasts are that the harvest may be between 1,2 – 1,4 million …
Cotton farmers appeal to Govt for help March 10, 2017 Business Most cotton farmers have expressed displeasure with the poor and inadequate input package being provided by their contractors Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterSEVERAL cotton farmers contracted by Parrogate in the Lowveld and Manicaland areas have expressed displeasure with the poor and inadequate input package being provided …
Zimbabwe stores sufficient reserves, suspends grain imports March 10, 2017 Headlines, Top Stories Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa By Prosper Ndlovu in MaphisaTHE Government has suspended grain imports as the country has enough strategic grain reserves with more deliveries from the anticipated bumper harvest expected to boost food security, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Increased yields are …
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Government plans US$140m wheat programme Companies & Markets March 9, 2017By Own Correspondent Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Joseph Made THE government’s special maize production programme, which planned 400 000 hectares of the staple crop, only saw about 38 percent of that target planted by the second week of February, Agriculture Minister Joseph Made told Parliament on …