Article by: Doug McClymont With some of the excellent wheat crops around the country, one should now be concentrating on getting the most out of the situation. The question that every wheat grower has to answer for himself, is: “when do I stop irrigating?” To complete the season involves irrigating out the wheat, allowing it […]
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The Zimbabwe Tobacco Association recently held its 58th annual congress. Outgoing ZTA chairman, Steve Swanepoel, addressed the Congress and outlined major issues still affecting this sector as: Increased pressures on growers’ viability. Tobacco prices declined in real terms by 23.7% from 2013 to 2017 and have remained static this year. “Although the trade acknowledges a
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Salt and Cold Injury The thing about tobacco is that one season runs into the next and it’s not a crop for which you ever want to be caught playing catch up. Decisions and farm activities in February will be impacting your next crop a year later. The 2017/2018 season was one of extremes. Who
A Basic Guideline to Cold Chain Management Berries are one of the most delicate and highly perishable fruits. Their non-climacteric physiological characteristics dictate that they must be harvested in an essentially ripe condition. The quality of fresh berries depends on their maturity and appearance (red colour intensity and distribution, fruit size and shape, freedom from
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Flower exports used to be, at the height of production, one of Zimbabwe’s biggest forex earners. By 2001, Zimbabwean flower exports ranked as the second largest in Africa, only behind Kenya. Zimbabwe was also the fifth biggest exporter to the European Union. The flower growers and exporters in Zimbabwe were represented by a body protecting
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