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- SundayMail
- March 8, 2026
- 119 views
Govt cracks whip on idle merchants to improve tobacco prices
THE Government, through the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB), has directed licensed tobacco merchants who are yet to participate in the 2026 marketing season to start buying within two…
- SundayMail
- March 8, 2026
- 68 views
Tobacco on the scales: Will the price match the sweat?
Theseus Shambare-Features Writer THE auction floors lie quiet, but anticipation hangs heavy in the air as thousands of farmers arrive with months of toil bundled in bales to mark the…
- Manicapost
- March 6, 2026
- 57 views
Erratic rains expose fragility of rain-fed agriculture
Lovemore Kadzura Post Reporter ZIMBABWE is confronting a deepening agricultural and water security crisis as erratic rainfall and climate change tighten their grip on the country’s farming heartlands. Farmers and…
- Herald
- March 4, 2026
- 78 views
Tobacco season opens
Martin Kadzere The 2026 tobacco marketing season officially opened today at the Tobacco Sales Floor (TSF). It commenced with the season’s first bale fetching US4.60 per kg, a slight decrease…
- Herald
- March 4, 2026
- 66 views
Record growth in dairy, horticultural products
Zvamaida Murwira-Senior Reporter Volumes of livestock, dairy, and horticultural products continue to grow as the Government’s initiative to accelerate climate-proofing agriculture at household and national levels, through the Pfumvudza/Intwasa initiative,…
- Herald
- March 4, 2026
- 168 views
Tobacco marketing season begins today
Precious Manomano-Zimpapers Correspondent The 2026 tobacco marketing season officially commences today at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare, with industry players anticipating a bumper harvest and the implementation of faster…
- Herald
- March 4, 2026
- 82 views
Zim leads in climate-smart farming revolution
Theseus Shambare-Features Writer THE sun has barely risen over Shinga Ward 4 in Mudzi, Mashonaland East Province, yet already the heat drapes itself over the cracked earth like a suffocating…
- Herald
- March 4, 2026
- 46 views
‘Market saturation will not suppress charm of quality tobacco’
Obert Chifamba-Agri-Insight RECENT dour price forecasts and grim export reports seem to have sent tobacco farmers’ high optimism for viable prices this season tripping with most of them seemingly forgetting…
- Herald
- March 3, 2026
- 145 views
TIMB bars five contractors as tobacco marketing season opens
Theseus Shambare and Precious Manomano FIVE tobacco contracting firms have been barred from participating in the 2026 marketing season after failing to secure licences from the Tobacco Industry and Marketing…
- Herald
- March 2, 2026
- 189 views
Digital system cuts tobacco payment time to 30 minutes
Theseus Shambare-Herald Correspondent TOBACCO farmers will receive payment for their golden leaf within 30 minutes of concluding sales when the 2026 marketing season officially opens on Wednesday, in what Government…