ZAMBIA EXPECTED TO RECORD BUMPER HARVEST MAIZE AND SOYA
Zambia has recorded a 69 percent increase in maize production during the 2019/2020 agricultural season from the 2,004,389 metric tonnes (MT) that were produced...
LOCAL CURRENCY MARKET- KWACHA POST SOME POSITIVES
Calm returned to the FX market yesterday as the kwacha traded completely unchanged to the US dollar. The local unit was pegged at K18.1500/18.200...
GOVT SHOULD CONSIDER TAX REBATE FOR E-COMMERCE FIRMS’
BENGALURU: Currently, there is a lot of uncertainty and chaos as there is no immediate solution to coronavirus. A few policies by the government...
GOVERNMENT INCREASES GRAINS AND SOYA BEANS PRODUCER PRICES IN ZIMBABWE
In a bid to encourage farmers to bring their 2019/2020 season produce to the Grain Marketing Board, the government has reviewed maize, traditional grains...
WORLD REACTION TO U.S BIRD FLU MUTED
Most U.S. trading partners have reacted to an outbreak of bird flu with narrow bans on South Carolina poultry, responding much differently than they...
SOUTH AFRICA RAISES POULTRY-IMPORT TARIFFS, DRAWING U.S. IRE
Local producers sought protection from flood of cheap imports, Tariffs increase to 62% for bone-in, 42% for boneless chicken. South Africa raised...
CORONAVIRUS REROUTES U.S. CHICKEN SHIPMENTS BOUND FOR CHINA
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Ships carrying refrigerated cargo containers of chicken from the United States to China are being diverted to ports in Hong Kong,...
MAIZE PRICES UP DESPITE EASING OF IMPORTS
Market watchers said non-GM maize is not available from most producing countries, except Ukraine. The government in June this year allowed the import of...
ZIMBABWE: PRIVATE GRAIN IMPORTS NOW LEGAL – GOVT
Zimbabwean government has lifted the ban on private grain sales and granted the nod to individuals and corporate with free funds to import quantities...
CHINA BUYS MORE SOYA BEANS FROM US AHEAD OF TRADE TALKS NEXT MONTH
WASHINGTON - China bought an additional 204,000 tonnes of American soya beans on Friday (Sept 13) – a day after Chinese buyers bought 600,000...