We have adequate seed stocks: Seed Co
Seed Co International has assured the market that it has adequate seed stocks to satisfy anticipated demand across markets and several new and improved seed varieties are being released in … Read More
Category: Agribusiness
El Niño effects threaten Seed Co margins, sales
One the country’s major hybrid seed processor, Seed Co Limited, anticipates reduced margins and sales volume at year-end due to the drought forecast, which has significantly slowed sales. The latest … Read More
Government moves in to curb livestock deaths
THE Government through the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development has moved with speed to partner with livestock sector players to provide stock feed and drill boreholes … Read More
Ama inputs package to support 0,5ha of cotton
THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) says a minimum area of 0,5 hectares of cotton will be supported with inputs per farmer owing to the normal to below normal projected rainfall … Read More
Govt earmarks us55m for compensation
Government has earmarked US$55 million for the compensation of white former commercial farmers in 2024 for improvements on land it acquired to resettle the landless black majority at the turn … Read More
Ama registers 2m farmers for inputs scheme
THE Agricultural Marketing Authority (Ama) has registered over two million farmers to benefit from government input and production schemes for the 2023/24 agricultural season, ahead of the looming El Niño … Read More
Treasury interventions to improve farmers’ profitability: FBC Securities
The upward review of the tax-exempt threshold on withholding tax for agricultural commodities will improve farmers’ profitability and earnings yield, according to In its 2024 national budget analysis, FBC added … Read More
FBC hails lower tax for farmers
FBC Securities has applauded the Government’s decision to review the tax exempt threshold on the withholding tax for agricultural commodities extended to smallholder farmers, announced by the Treasury last week … Read More
Southern Cotton targets cotton production boom
At the turn of the decade, coupled with economic headwinds, the cotton industry faced serious competition from tobacco with various farmers opting for the golden leaf where tobacco merchants dangled … Read More
Probe launched over contaminated wheat
An investigation has been launched into concerns raised by local grain millers over the quality of wheat reportedly produced from an improperly bred variety, it has been learnt. Alarmed by … Read More
