Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Tobacco sales fetch US$23,3m Herald 16/4/2021 Business Reporter Zimbabwe has so far raked in US$23,3 million from the sale of 9,5 million kg of tobacco in five days, a 152 percent improvement compared with last year’s US$9,2 million from 3,9 million kg, statistics released by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) show. An …
Tanganda eyes ZSE return after 14-year hiatus Herald 16/4/2021 Tanganda plantations Enacy Mapakame Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s largest producer, packer and distributor of tea and other beverages – Tanganda Tea Company Limited, is expected to re-list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) after over a decade of absence. This will follow its unbundling from parent …
Farmers owe Zinwa $1,9bn Herald 16/4/2021 Participants at a Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) winter cropping stakeholders indaba held in Harare yesterday Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter Water users, principally irrigation farmers, owe the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) $1,9 billion, and Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Minister Dr Anxious Masuka has directed …
2021 winter wheat target to ensure national self sufficiency Herald 16/4/2021 Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter A target of 340 000 tonnes of wheat has been set for the coming winter cropping season, the first time since commercial wheat farming started in the 1960s. Targeted tonnage is going to meet national requirements and rule out …
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Minister sets record straight over alleged CSC involvement Chronicle 16/4/2021 Dr Anxious Masuka THE Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement, Dr Anxious Masuka, has clarified the appointment of Mr Ngoni Kudenga as rescue manager for the Cold Storage Company (CSC) and dismissed as false, allegations of any conflicted involvement. Responding to …
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Levy on cheese imports to fund milk herd growth Chronicle 16/4/2021 Minister Dr Sekai Nzenza Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT has proposed a voluntary levy on cheese and butter imports to finance growth of the dairy industry, but players in the sector want more measures to be put in place if the milk herd is to …
Govt unveils 2021 crop producer prices – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/4/2021 BY CHIEDZA KOWO GOVERNMENT has announced new producer prices for commercial crops for the 2021/22 marketing season. Sugar beans will be sold at $90 000 per metric tonne, groundnuts ($40 000), sunflower ($40 000), nyimo ($50 000), popcorn ($42 000), cow peas $32 500 and …
Macadamia production steady Herald 15/4/2021 Martin Kadzere Zimbabwe macadamia output is expected to remain steady this year after substantial amount of the nuts fell off the trees due heavy cyclone winds, an official has said. Macadamia has only in recent years been produced on fairly bigger scale mainly in Chipinge and Chimanimani districts in …
Massive project to open up irrigation greenbelt Herald 15/4/2021 Dr Masuka Farirai Machivenyika-Senior Reporter Another 350 000 hectares will be opened for irrigation over the next three years to climate proof Zimbabwe’s farming, Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Resettlement Dr Anxious Masuka told the National Assembly yesterday. “Government has plans to …
Cotton farmers warned against cheating Herald 15/4/2021 Fungai Lupande-Mash Central Bureau As the cotton marketing season draws near, the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) has warned cotton farmers to desist from soaking their cotton bales in water, place stones or pumpkins to increase weight as this was a criminal offence. Speaking at a field day …