Category: Newspaper Articles

‘Grain overpriced’ . . . Move to trigger mealie-meal, beer, stockfeed price increases August 15, 2014 Business Grain buyers are saying the new producer price for maize and sorghum is too high, arguing that farmers can still be viable at lesser prices Business ReportersPRIVATE grain traders are set to mount a legal challenge on the constitutionality …

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Farmers welcome new grain prices August 15, 2014 Business Agriculture ReporterFarmers have welcomed the new grain prices set by Government saying the new prices will bring viability to grain production.Statutory Instrument 122 of 2014 gazetted last week sets the price of maize and sorghum at $390 per tonne.  The new prices are with effect from April …

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Methyl bromide to be phased out Posted on August 13, 2014 by ZimSitRep_M —  via Methyl bromide to be phased out | The Zimbabwean 13 August 2014 by Sofia Mapuranga Zimbabwe has successfully phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) while methyl bromide is set to be phased out by 2030. Addressing participants at a workshop on strategies towards the preservation and …

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Grain millers in crisis meet over grain control August 13th, 2014   EMMERSON NJANJAMANGEZI – The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (Gmaz) has called for an urgent meeting of its members Wednesday, to deliberate over a new government regulation criminalising the purchase of maize grain below this year’s producer price of $390 per tonne. This follows …

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Harare Agric Show preps at advanced stage August 14, 2014 Local News Herald ReportersPreparations for the 2014 Harare Agricultural Show are at an advanced stage, with more 780 exhibitors expected to showcase their products from August 20 to August 30.Zimbabwe Agricultural Society public relations officer Ms Heather Madombwe said the show dates which were re-scheduled from …

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