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Zim to miss tobbaco production target January 22, 2015 Business Most of the tobacco crop is showing signs of distress due to excessive rains, raising fears that the country may not meet the 2015 target to produce 220 million kilograms.Total flue cured tobacco output last year amounted to 216 million kg, compared to 165,85 million kg …
Tongaat Hulett aims to double sugarcane output January 22, 2015 in Business HARARE—Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe expects to nearly double its cane production to 1,8 million tonnes in 2016, anchored by a programme to raise output by new farmers, its spokesperson said yeasterday as the firm eyes a corresponding jump in raw sugar output …
KwaZulu-Natal sugar industry hard hit by drought KWAZULU-NATAL has been hit by a severe drought that has disrupted business and reduced yields on farms, especially in the sugar sector, and could lead to job losses. The water shortage is expected to last for at least the next two months. Towns and rural areas have been …
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Chances of flooding low: Zinwa MARGARET CHINOWAITA, COMMUNITY AFFAIRS EDITOR • 19 JANUARY 2015 12:45PM • on twitter hare on facebook Share on google_plusone_shareSHARE ON PINTEREST_SHARE Share on emailMore Sharing Services0 HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) said chances of flooding in the flood-prone areas of Zimbabwe are very low at the moment …
FARMING: Are our farmers just moaners? by Harmony Agere | Sunday, Jan 18, 2015 | 470 views >> Farmers spend $1 000/ha, earn up to $6 000/ha >> Local inputs more expensive >> Govt need to subsidise The high costs of production in the agricultural sector are threatening to reverse the gains of the land reform programme, …
Farmers Facing Worst Nightmare 15 Jan 2015 ZIMBABWE’S 2014/2015 summer cropping season has presented the country’s farmers with one of their worst nightmares in years. The rains came three months behind their anticipated arrival. And when they finally came they were heavy. So heavy were the rains that they caused serious flooding and leeching, pushing …
SA hopes to renew meat sales to EU JOHANNESBURG – South Africa will know if it will regain its status as a meat and venison exporter to the European Union (EU) next month, after the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) meets in Paris to decide whether SA has complied with requirements to contain foot-and-mouth …
Regional offer contraction starts to balance export market INAC – Uruguay approves steer price reference indicator Brazilian beef exports keep good rhythm in December Major Argentine exporting packers close temporarily Lower Argentine exports to Russia and the EU in November US feedlot stocks grew for 2nd consecutive month Russia clears four Indian packers to export buffalo …
SA chicken imports to rise January 13, 2015 Business JOHANNESBURG. – Preliminary anti-dumping duties against imports of frozen bone-in chicken from three of South Africa’s trading partners in the European Union have lapsed in the new year, opening the way for increased inflows until the country completes an anti-dumping investigation. Although the lapsing of the duties …
Heavy downpours wreak havoc January 13, 2015 in Business HEAVY rains that pounded the country in the last two weeks have left many farmers counting heavy losses after their crops were washed away. MTHANDAZO NYONIOWN CORRESPONDENT The Meteorological Department said on January 3, Mvurwi recorded 166mm, Guruve 145mm and Mount Darwin 116mm. In an interview …