THE Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) plans to put a minimum of 100 000 hectares across the country under commercial cotton farming with the sector poised to generate a minimum of US$1 billion annua...
By Staff reporter | Published: 30 April 2019
Tobacco and cotton growers will be paid 20 percent of their produce in foreign currency in the next marketing season while the Government will retain the remainder to help meet imports of essential co...
By Business Weekly | Published: 07 December 2018
COTTON farmers in Gokwe are smiling all the way to the bank after the producer price of the crop rose to 52 cents per kilogramme from 49 cents.Addressing cotton farmers in Nyanje area in Gokwe South o...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2018
Zimbabwe's major cotton seed producer Quton, has released new cotton hybrid seed with a higher yield potential compared to current non hybrid varieties, in a move that is set to revive the country's c...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 April 2018
Cotton lint exports are projected to reach 67 890 tonnes in 2018 from 45 000 tonnes this year due to higher seed cotton production and favourable international prices in 2017, a report has shown. Acco...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 December 2017
AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has threatened to bring all cotton marketing activities under Government control to prevent smuggling and side marketing by p...
By Staff reporter | Published: 24 August 2017
Zimbabwe's cotton output will be lower than expected this year due to a number of factors including excessive rains, which have made crop management and pest control a challenge.The country was expect...
By Staff reporter | Published: 01 August 2017
The Cotton Ginners Association of Zimbabwe (CGAZ) has welcomed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) decision to provide $40 cash to seed cotton growers for each bale of cotton they deliver to the Cott...
By Staff reporter | Published: 18 July 2017
THE prevailing cash shortages have given rise to massive side-marketing of cotton contracted by the Government with private buyers paying spot cash to entice farmers.While the Government is entitled t...
By Staff reporter | Published: 05 July 2017
Farmers and ginners are today expected to hold a final meeting to decide on the producer price of cotton for the 2014 marketing season.The negotiations between the two parties have been opened as a wa...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014
Zimbabwe's cotton production is estimated to increase by 31 percent this year due to the good rains received in most parts of the country, the growers' association said yesterday. Output for the seaso...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 May 2014
Ginners and farmer organisations have opened negotiations for viable cotton prices to lure back farmers who had abandoned the crop.Most cotton farmers abandoned the crop because of poor prices and are...
By Staff reporter | Published: 13 March 2014
Cotton side marketing and viability challenges are likely to dominate discussions when stakeholders meet today to deliberate on issues affecting the sector. The indaba, co-ordinated by the Agricultura...
By Staff reporter | Published: 21 August 2013
A sharp decline in local cotton output is projected this year while concerns abound that crop funding by merchants for the next season may be lower than the previous year. It is understood that some ...
By Business reporter | Published: 19 August 2013
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