Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Maize hectarage rises by 137pc Herald 13/1/2021 Dr John Basera Elita Chikwati Senior Reporter Farmers have planted 1,4 million hectares of maize, representing a 137 percent rise in the area planted compared to the same period last year, mainly attributed to good rainfall forecast and early distribution of inputs. The Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, …
Panic as villagers mistake cheetahs for lions Chronicle 13/1/2021 Zimparks officials and Blondie Letham of Bubye Valley Conservancy tranquilising a problem cheetah in Beitbridge East around Goda area today-Picture by Thupeyo Muleya Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau There was panic in the Goda area in Beitbridge’s Ward 5 when some villagers mistook two cheetahs for …
‘Good rains continue to fall, crops in condition’ Chronicle 13/1/2021 Harare Bureau Good rains continue to fall with significantly higher rainfall throughout the country with crops in good condition and most areas already surpassing 300 millimetres, says the Meteorological Services Department mid-season outlook with normal to above normal rains expected over the next three …
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Armyworm mystery deepens in Union Herald 12/1/2021 Rhodesia Herald, January 4, 1929 THE Rhodesian “armyworm” (Laphygma exempta Wik), or “army mystery worm” as it is sometimes termed in the South African Union, has put in an appearance in numbers in at least two districts, namely Hartley, including Gatooma sub-district, and Shamva. Considerable damage to …
It’s time TIMB deals with errant contractors Herald 12/1/2021 TIMB may have taken it for granted that all was going well between contractors and their clients yet the opposite was going down Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight THE recent discovery by the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) that contractors were preying on unsuspecting farmers to …
Incessant rains destroy roads Herald 12/1/2021 Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau Heavy rains pounding most parts of the country have destroyed Makonde District’s road network, affecting the distribution of agricultural inputs in the process. Most roads in Makonde and Mhangura constituencies have become inaccessible. The roads were already in bad shape following years on …
GMB pays off wheat farmers Herald 12/1/2021 GMB Silos Elita chikwati Agriculture Reporter The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has fully paid farmers who delivered wheat to its depots during the 2020-21 marketing season. Farmers delivered 157 000 tonnes of wheat this season, 3 000 tonnes shy of the targeted 160 000. This is an increase …
Farmers eye bumper harvest Herald 12/1/2021 Victor Maphosa in Concession Farmers in the Mazowe area expect a bumper harvest this season following good rains that have been received across the country. In an interview at Nhangura Farm in Concession yesterday, Mr Daniel Raisi, an A1 farmer, said he was expecting a huge yield this …
State acts on armyworm Herald 10/1/2021 army worm Agriculture Reporter Chemicals to fight the African armyworm are available and some have already been dispatched to areas at high risk of outbreaks, the Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Services Institute (PQPPSI) has said. The institute said farmers must continue scouting for pests to reduce losses. …
Fake Covid-19 drug hits the streets Chronicle 9/1/2021 Acting director general of MCAZ Mr Richard Rukwata Patrick Chitumba, Midlands Bureau Chief AUTHORITIES are clamping down on the dispensing of ivermectin — a drug used to kill parasites in animals – but which is baselessly being touted as a treatment for Covid-19. The Medicines Control …