Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe
Farmers and veld fire preparedness The Herald Veld fires have become one of Zimbabwe’s greatest environmental challenges for the past decade, mostly affecting the farming community. These are blazes that get out of control and in the process destroy extensive tracts of forests, grasslands, animals, people and their properties. This burning has negative impacts …
DA urges stakeholders to utilise Manyuchi Dam The Herald Martha Leboho Herald Correspondent Government and development partners have been urged to fully exploit the underutilised Manyuchi Dam for irrigation development to end chronic food shortages caused by recurrent droughts in the arid Mwenezi District. The dam, built in the late 1980s, has largely remained …
Diversify into small grains, farmers urged The Herald Victor Maphosa Mash East Correspondent Farmers should embrace diversity and not rely on a single type of crop every season, Agribank’s head of strategy, marketing and business development Mr Joseph Mverecha has said. Mr Mverecha made the remarks while officially opening the Mashonaland East Provincial Agriculture …
Beitbridge firm to process 25k tonnes of oranges The Herald From Kudzanai Sharara in Beitbridge Fruit and allied products processor Beitbridge Juicing Private Limited, is targeting to process 25,500 tonnes of oranges at its Beitbridge plant by 2018 year end. If met, this year’s output will be 59 percent higher than the 16 000 …
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575 exhibitors for Harare Agricultural Show The Herald Africa Moyo Business Reporter The annual Harare Agricultural Show, which roars to life on Monday next week, has attracted 575 exhibitors, representing a 14 percent jump from last year’s figures. This was revealed by Zimbabwe Agricultural Society (ZAS) chief executive officer Dr Anxious Masuka yesterday. “The …
Tobacco mop-up sales end after record season Elita Chikwati and Mary Muradzikwa, Harare BureauTobacco mop-up sales were conducted yesterday, marking the final closure of the 2018 marketing season which recorded the highest volumes in the history of Zimbabwe. The auction floors officially closed on July 26 although farmers under contract farming continued to deliver their …
‘Poachers’ lace oranges with cyanide Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls ReporterTWO Victoria Falls men have appeared in court after they allegedly laced 68 oranges with cyanide and strategically placed them in the Zambezi National Park to kill elephants. The arrest follows a shootout between Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority rangers and six suspected poachers …
Tobacco deliveries hit 249 million kg CUMULATIVE tobacco deliveries at the country’s three auction floors yesterday hit 249,1 million kilogrammes on day 100 of the sales period, with revenue reaching $728,75 million during mop-up sales. By Garikai Tunhira In the comparable period last year, 184,8 million kilogrammes of the golden leaf worth $548,7 million …
Veld fires consume vast tracts of land The Herald Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau Large tracts of land have already gone up in smoke in the Midlands with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA) battling to contain fire outbreaks in the province. According to EMA, the fire season in Zimbabwe used to start on July 31 …
10 farms quarantined over FMD outbreak fears The Herald Conrad Mupesa in Mhangura At least 10 farms here have been quarantined amid fears of a foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak, with preliminary cases picked at three farms. The move seeks to curb the spread of the highly contagious livestock disease which can wipe out entire …