The largest beet cooperative in the Red River Valley earlier had considered reducing harvested acres by as much as 15 percent, because of high yields. Destroying some beets could help the company avoid processing losses in the spring, with accompanying bad smells and disposal costs. David Berg, Crystal's president and chief executive officer, said staff recently contacted growers to determine how many acres and tons of beets remained to be harvested. Last year, Crystal farmers were asked...

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This is particularly meant to cater for people in dry areas that are not conducive for agricultural production but with a thriving wildlife resource base. Dry areas urged to engage in wildlife farming Business Reporter ZIMBABWEANS in arid and semi-arid areas can benefit from engaging in sustainable wildlife management following the formulation of a wildlife land reform policy. Parks and Wildlife Management Authority public relations manager Retired Major Edward Mbewe told Herald Business...

While welcoming the broad findings in the Competition Commissions recent interim report, the Church argues that a wider debate is urgently needed on the effects of retailers extracting below cost supply agreements from farmers and their effect on a sustainable and flourishing agricultural sector. Making farmers pay for supermarkets own promotions is just one of a number of invisible and pernicious practices squeezing farm-gate prices. While welcoming the broad findings in the Competition...

Wheat requires less irrigation with the zero tillage method Sahar Majid 5 November 2007 Source: SciDev.net An agricultural technique known as 'zero tillage' has reduced the demand for water in rice and wheat farming on almost a million hectares of land in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Wheat requires less irrigation with the zero tillage method Sahar Majid 5 November 2007 Source: SciDev.net An agricultural technique known as 'zero tillage' has reduced the demand for water in rice and...