Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco Season Ends Staff Reporter 2 Jul 2015 Curtain for 2015 tobacco auction marketing season is expected to come down on July 15 THE curtain for 2015 tobacco auction marketing season is expected to come down on July 15 2015, with final deliveries being accepted on July 14 2015 and tobacco clean up sales will be …
Cotton Farmers Sing The Blues Tabitha Mutenga 2 Jul 2015 For decades, cotton has been a major success story for Zimbabwe, supporting livelihoods for thousands of smallholder farmers. IT has become the norm each year for cotton farmers and merchant to engage in bitter pricing disputes that have contributed to the demise of a once vibrant …
Fresh vegetables exports to EU up 269pc July 3, 2015 Business Business ReporterZimbabwe’s exports of fresh leguminous vegetables (peas and beans) to the European Union rose by 269 percent in the last five years, signalling the recovery of the local horticultural industry. According to figures from the ZimTrade, leguminous exports to the EU rose from $5,4 …
Winter potato farming begins July 3, 2015 Business Brighton Gumbo Business ReporterFARMERS in frost prone areas have started planting winter potatoes to curb the risk associated with frost on the crop’s output. Zimbabwe Farmers Union (ZFU) executive director, Paul Zakariya said farmers in the Lowveld had started planting the crop. He said those in other parts of …
Farmers deliver 14k tonnes of maize to GMB July 3, 2015 Business Minister Joseph Made Oliver Kazunga Senior Business ReporterAGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made says farmers have since the beginning of this year’s harvest season delivered 14,000 tonnes of maize to the Grain Marketing Board. Minister Made said this while responding to a question …
Livestock industry wants VAT on stockfeed scrapped July 3, 2015 in Business The livestock industry wants government to scrap value-added tax (VAT) on wheat and maize brans which are key raw materials in feed manufacture. BY TONDERAYI MUKEREDZI The industry says the two raw materials were not consumed directly in end-markets but used only as raw …
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Masvingo’s unique agric revolution July 2, 2015 Features, Opinion & Analysis George Maponga Senior WriterThe Lowveld area in southern Masvingo is notorious for its high temperatures, although it is endowed with fertile soils. Without irrigation, production of maize and other cereals is considered a dream in the districts of Chiredzi, Chikombedzi and parts of Mwenezi that receive …
8,000ha put under winter wheat July 2, 2015 Business Elita Chikwati Harare BureauFarmers have planted 8,000 hectares of wheat this winter season as production continues to decline due to several challenges affecting the farming industry. Zimbabwe Farmers Union executive director Paul Zakariya said last season farmers planted around 11,000 hectares of wheat. He said production was declining …
Farmers lament high transport, packaging costs July 2, 2015 Business Brighton Gumbo Business ReporterHIGH transport, branding and packaging costs are adversely affecting the viability of farmers, particularly small scale ones. Speaking at an event organised by Pro Africa Development Trust in Bulawayo at the Large City Hall on Friday, they highlighted the need of support in transport to …
GMB has 118k tonnes in grain reserve July 2, 2015 Business Elita Chikwati Harare BureauThe Grain Marketing Board has 118,000 tonnes of maize in its Strategic Grain Reserve (SGR), well below the 500,000 tonnes that the SGR should hold at any given time. The acting general manager, Lawrence Jasi, told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Monday that …