DIVERSIFIED agro-products manufacturer United Refineries Limited (URL) says it continues to operate at between 40 and 50 percent of capacity due to low production of soya beans in the country and the ...
ZAMBIAN oil crushers are said to be pushing their government to ban soya bean exports to cushion themselves from tightening supplies, according to a report by Zimbabwe's Stockfeeds Manufacturers Assoc...
SEED manufacturer SeedCo has lost about 25 percent of its soya bean seed stock for the 2017/2018 season to a resurgent stem rot disease called sclerotinia, a senior executive has said. The company's g...
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor, John Mangudya, has urged local oil expressers to ensure a steady production of soya beans locally as the country was losing millions to the importation of soya...
The Government has suspended a moratorium banning the importation of soyabean into the country in an effort to ensure reliable supply of edible oil in the country, oil producers have confirmed.The Gov...
Oil producers have pledged to buy 150 000 tonnes of soya beans grown under Command Agriculture, but will negotiate for a buying price of between $400 and $500 per tonne.The arrangement will be simila...
Oil producers have agreed to buy soya bean produced locally at $500 per tonne as part of efforts to promote local production, Oil Expressers Association of Zimbabwe president Busisa Moyo said yesterda...
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries in conjunction with the Zimbabwe Economic Policy Analysis and Research Unit have begun a study on soya value chain that is expected to ascertain the linkages w...
GOVERNMENT has put in place measures to control soya bean imports to create a market for local producers of the raw material widely used in the production of edible oils.The move, which took effect la...
Cooking oil manufacturer Surface Investments has devised a new mechanism for funding contract farming that prevents side marketing, an official said on Tuesday.Surface chairman Narottam Somani told Ne...
ZSE-listed agricultural concern Aico Africa Limited has suspended contracting soya bean farmers after the company lost more than $1 million through side marketing, a company official has said.In...
CBZ Bank Limited has floated Agricultural Marketing Authority Bills in a bid to raise about $35 million to finance soya bean production in the coming cropping season.An official from the bank's Invest...