LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe govt contracts more wheat farmers

GOVERNMENT is in the process of contracting more wheat farmers for the winter cropping season, an Agritex official has said. Manicaland Agritex Livestock and Crops officer Mr Cephas Mlambo said they w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 02 May 2019

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe wheat stuck in Mozambique

Aconsignment of 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat which was sourced from Lithuania by the Grain Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is stuck at Beira port in Mozambique after the Reserve Bank of Zimba...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 January 2019

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

RBZ releases $2,5m for wheat imports

Government has moved in to secure 30 000 metric tonnes of wheat worth $12,2 million with a 20 percent down payment following threats by an international supplier to cut off the deal citing Harare's de...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 January 2019

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

National Foods switches off wheat milling machines

ONE of the biggest millers in the country, National Foods Limited (NFL) says it will today switch off its wheat milling machines, citing non-payment of its foreign suppliers, with the country facing p...

By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Zimbabwe plunges into wheat crisis

ZIMBABWE was by yesterday left with less than a month of wheat stocks after a United Kingdom-based supplier held back a 30 000-tonne consignment at Mozambique's port of Beira until payment is confirme...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 September 2018

INDUSTRIALS & ENERGY

Millers turn to wheat reserves

TWO of the country's biggest milling companies, National Foods Limited and Blue Ribbon Foods, have resorted to using reserve stocks of wheat due to severe shortages on the market, Standardbusiness has...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

RBZ release $20 million for wheat imports

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday released the $20 million requested by millers to import part of the 200 000 metric tonnes of wheat from Canada and Germany to avert a bread shortage.The 200 000 ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 June 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat import bill to drop

Government is expected to save $100 million through substituting a significant portion of wheat imports as it forecasts to produce between 180 000 metric tonnes (MT) and 200 000 (MT), which is half th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Millers import Canadian wheat

ZIMBABWE will in two weeks complete a deal with Canadian wheat suppliers for 290 000 metric tonnes of wheat from the North American country up to December 2019.The deal followed a recent visit to Cana...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

'Zim left with wheat reserves for 90 days'

GRAIN Millers' Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) will next week send a 12-member delegation to Canada to sign a 200 000-tonne wheat deal, amid reports that the country's granary is depleting.Addressing j...

By Staff reporter | Published: 04 May 2018

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Govt targets 350,000t of wheat

GOVERNMENT is targeting 350 000 tonnes of wheat in the next three years to guarantee sufficient domestic wheat supplies and to reduce reliance on imports. Zimbabwe needs about 400 000 tonnes of wheat ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 December 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat tonnage expected to reach 200 000 tonnes

WHEAT farmers have so far delivered around 40 000 metric tonnes of wheat, with the Treasury targeting to pay all deliveries by year end. This year's wheat is expected to reach 200 000 tonnes from 65 0...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 December 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Command wheat could save country $100m

Zimbabwe could save over $100 million in foreign currency if it achieves wheat output of 200 000 tonnes this year, up from 65 000 tonnes attained last year. The expected rise in tonnage comes after Go...

By Staff reporter | Published: 30 November 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

$15 000 Command wheat up in smoke

A Command Agriculture wheat crop worth an estimated $15 000 was last week razed by fire, suspected to have been started by illegal settlers, who are angling to take over Amalinda Farm in Murombedzi, M...

By Staff reporter | Published: 19 October 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Govt may approach private sector over wheat storage

Government is considering approaching the private sector to assist with storage facilities for wheat as the country's silos will filled with grain harvested during the 2016/17 summer cropping season, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 September 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Winter wheat output to rise

ZIMBABWE will this year import about 345 000 tonnes of wheat as preliminary data indicates that the 2017 winter crop will produce an estimated 105 000 tonnes.The Grain and Feed Annual Report (GFAR) fo...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 September 2017

BUSINESS NEWS

Arda Transau expects bumper wheat harvest

EIGHTY-SIX families resettled at ARDA Transau from Chiadzwa in 2010 are expecting a bumper wheat harvest from 40 hectares of land which they planted under Government's Command Wheat programme.Chairper...

By Staff reporter | Published: 28 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat board pushes for new pricing system

NEWLY formed Zimbabwe Wheat Board (ZWB) is pushing for the introduction of a pricing structure in the sector, which will cater for different wheat varieties this coming marketing season.The goal is to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat board pleads with govt over rising costs

THE Zimbabwe Wheat Board (ZWB) has pleaded with government to intervene over the soaring costs of wheat production.The ZWB yesterday met acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa (pictured), where they plea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 August 2017

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Wheat contract farming arrangement in limbo

The contract farming arrangement between the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe and the Bakers Association has failed due to "poor long-term commitment".GMAZ president Tafadzwa Musarara told the in...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 March 2014

LANDS & AGRICULTURE

Natfoods profitability hit by expensive wheat

In a trading update the National Foods Limited CEO, Mr. Jerome Brookes highlighted that the first four months of trading has shown that turnover was up on prior year but profitability was lower due t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 November 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Bakers to purchase 75% local wheat

LOCAL millers and bakers are today signed a Memorandum of Understanding for buying flour.Under the agreement, bakers will purchase 75% of monthly flour requirements from local millers. This a move exp...

By Business reporter | Published: 08 August 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Wheat hectarage in drastic decline

Zimbabwe's winter wheat hectarage drastically declined from the anticipated 26 000 hectares to 3 000 hectares for the 2013 season because government was pre-occupied with funding electoral process hen...

By Business reporter | Published: 05 August 2013
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