Zimbabwe is moving to begin cultivating hard wheat varieties after local seed producers achieved a breakthrough in developing seed suitable for domestic production, a Cabinet minister has revealed.Th...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 December 2025
Zimbabwe is set to enjoy lower bread prices following a record-breaking wheat harvest of 640,000 tonnes, the largest in the country's history. The Government says the unprecedented yield will stabilis...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 November 2025
Zimbabwe has achieved its highest-ever wheat harvest, solidifying its status as one of Africa's few wheat self-sufficient nations. The country has recorded a historic 622 141 tonnes from the 2025 wint...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 November 2025
Zimbabwe has achieved its highest-ever wheat output, producing 578 059 tonnes during the 2025 season and surpassing last year's record harvest of 562 091 tonnes, Agriculture Minister Dr. Anxious Masuk...
By Staff reporter | Published: 29 October 2025
As Zimbabwe enters the rainy season, the Government has accelerated efforts to ensure farmers have timely access to combine harvesters to complete the winter wheat harvest before the end of October.T...
By Staff reporter | Published: 22 October 2025
Zimbabwe's wheat farmers are struggling to find buyers after producing a record-breaking harvest this season, raising concerns about market access and crop management in Africa's fast-growing agricu...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 October 2025
Zimbabwe is poised for a record-breaking wheat harvest of 600 000 tonnes this season - the highest output in the country's history - as it moves beyond self-sufficiency toward building strategic grai...
By Staff reporter | Published: 06 October 2025
A severe hailstorm swept through parts of Matebeleland South on Monday evening, causing widespread destruction to winter wheat and maize crops, with farmers at the Makwe Irrigation Scheme bearing the...
By Staff reporter | Published: 02 October 2025
Wheat has recorded its first trade on the Zimbabwe Mercantile Exchange (ZMX) weekly auction floor, with the crop fetching an average price of US$400 per tonne as harvesting of the 2025 crop begins.Ac...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 September 2025
The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has cleared all outstanding payments to wheat farmers and confirmed it already has funds in place to purchase this year's crop.GMB Chief Executive, Edson Badarai, annou...
By Staff reporter | Published: 15 September 2025
The government has vowed to pay all wheat farmers on time this season to secure grain supplies and help producers prepare for the next planting cycle.Lands and Agriculture Minister Dr Anxious Masuka s...
By Staff reporter | Published: 14 August 2025
WHEAT farmers have been urged to adopt best agronomic practices to meet a new government production target of 600,000 tonnes for the 2025 season, following a successful planting campaign that exceeded...
By Staff reporter | Published: 04 July 2025
A 47-year-old truck driver employed by MakMotors, Milton Muzanenhamo, was remanded in custody on Wednesday over charges of theft of trust property.Muzanenhamo appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Mo...
By Staff reporter | Published: 03 July 2025
In a strategic move to strengthen Zimbabwe's agricultural resilience, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) has ring-fenced 150 megawatts (MW) of electricity exclusive...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 June 2025
Farmers in Midlands have made impressive progress in the 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already planted and 824 hectares having germinated. This early momentum signals a p...
By Staff reporter | Published: 20 May 2025
Zimbabwe has positioned itself for a strong winter cropping season with an estimated 141,000 hectares available for wheat production following an extensive rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure....
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 May 2025
As early morning mists lift over Zimbabwe's farming belts, tractors roar to life and irrigation pivots sweep across golden fields, signaling the start of the 2025 winter wheat season. The Government b...
By Staff reporter | Published: 17 May 2025
Farmers in Zimbabwe's Midlands Province have made impressive strides in the ongoing 2025 winter wheat planting season, with over 1,000 hectares already sown and approximately 800 hectares having germi...
By Staff reporter | Published: 16 May 2025
Matebeleland South Province is ramping up preparations for the 2025 winter wheat season, with land preparation currently underway and a target of cultivating 2,300 hectares - a modest increase from la...
By Staff reporter | Published: 11 May 2025
Zimbabwe is aiming to produce 600,000 tonnes of wheat this year as part of a major push to sustain and expand its winter crop production. The country is stepping up preparations for a successful seaso...
By Staff reporter | Published: 25 April 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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