Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Thieving maize transporters nabbed in Hurungwe – NewsDay Zimbabwe 15/7/2021 BY NHAU MANGIRAZI Police in Hurungwe have arrested five truck drivers caught while in a queue at Magunje Grain Marketing Board depot intending to sell maize without the knowledge of farmers. ‘‘The police have arrested five drivers at Magunje GMB depot. We have the same …
Veld fire destroys 120 tonnes of maize Herald 15/7/2021 Conrad Mupesa-Business Reporter AT least 120 tonnes of maize have been destroyed by veld fires and dozens of families from three farms in Zvimba District are now homeless as the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) calls on farmers to prioritise fireguards. The veld fires swept through …
Motorists bemoan police roadblocks Herald 15/7/2021 Motorists were on Tuesday stranded at Hunyani River bridge along Seke road Rutendo Jiri Correspondent Last month, President Mnangagwa announced the country’s Covid-19 Level 4 lockdown to curb the Delta variant, which was first detected in India and has found its way to Zimbabwe and other parts of …
US$700k boost for cotton farmers Herald 15/7/2021 Mr Manamike Herald Reporter Treasury has disbursed US$659 000 and $220 million for cotton delivered last season, a development that will come as a relief to cotton farmers. Farmers are owed $1,5 billion by Cottco from last year’s deliveries, which were done when the producer price was …
Curtain comes down on tobacco selling season Herald 15/7/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter The 2021 tobacco marketing seasons officially closed yesterday with auction floor operators calling for affordable funding for smallholder farmers if the auction system was to continue. While auction floors, which deal with less than 6,5 percent of the crop, have …
Zim irrigation tranformation charms Malawi Chronicle 15/7/2021 Prosper Ndlovu , Recently in Lilongwe, Malawi THE government of Malawi says it is inspired by Zimbabwe’s irrigation agriculture tranformation model and shares the view that regional food security could be achieved through adopting climate change responsive farming approaches. Guided by the National Development Strategy (NDS1) blueprint …
Farmers deliver $13,2bn worth of grain to GMB Chronicle 15/7/2021 Dr Anxious Masuka Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter FARMERS have so far delivered $13,2 billion worth of grain to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) with $8,3 billion having already been paid to the farmers. In a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services …
Dairibord, Tavistock deal under CTC radar – NewsDay Zimbabwe 14/7/2021 THE Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) is assessing a 2020 strategic alliance between Dairibord and Tavistock, its largest raw milk supplier. The transaction is one of the applications that the CTC was considering in the first quarter of this year, the regulator said in its …
Firms make farming implements parts locally Herald 14/7/2021 Elita Chikwati Senior Agriculture Reporter Local manufactures have started the production of farming implements worth US$13,5 million to be used as attachments to the tractors being imported under the John Deere and Belarus facilities. Last year, the country imported tractors under the John Deere and Belarus …
Team Zim off to Tokyo Olympics Herald 14/7/2021 Stephen Mudawarima Sports Reporter TEAM Zimbabwe members, for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, are set to start heading to Japan today. They will be travelling in batches, depending on their competition schedule. The Games will run from July 23 to August 8. Zimbabwe will field five …