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Cattle fattening in 90 days
CATTLE fattening is a method of raising livestock that minimises animal mobility, allowing them to gain weight more quickly. Larger animals produce more meat, which can be sold for more money ...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:34hrs | | by Chipo Tachiona
Chiwenga praises Boustead Beef
BOUSTEAD Beef, a firm that is currently undertaking the revival of the Cold Storage Company (CSC), has so far pumped in US$24 million into the business, which is a complete violation of the Livestock ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga shoots first beast in the resuscitation of CSC
THE revamped Cold Storage Company(CSC)-Boustead Beef factory, which resumed operations yesterday after 22 years of closure, will never be allowed to collapse again as its re-opening is anchored on ren...Published: 19 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prominent farmer urges govt to establish rural feedlots
PROMINENT Beitbridge commercial farmer Robert Park has urged the government to establish livestock feedlots in drought-prone areas to save the national herd.Zimbabwe has over the years lost a ...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
CSC investor starts abattoir refurbishment
UNITED Kingdom-based Cold Storage Commission (CSC) investor, Boustead Beef Limited, last week began refurbishing the company's abattoir in preparation for its re-opening, Southern Eye can reveal....Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Ncube for Vice Presidency
Gone are the days when leadership was based on qualities, qualifications and to some extent anointing. Leadership came with a responsibility of protecting the interests of those being led. The recent ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 10:06hrs | | by Mthabisi Mathuthu
Mohadi hails agri-business
Vice President Kembo Mohadi has commended exhibitors at the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, particularly on agriculture innovations, which he said would go a long way in improving the country's ...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
CSC in massive solar project
COLD Storage Company (CSC)-Boustead Beef Zimbabwe has entered into a strategic partnership with Econet's subsidiary, Distributed Power Africa (DPA), which will see all of the country's meat processor ...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High yielding pedigree bulls distributed in Matabeleland North
A NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation, Linkages for the Economic Advancement of the Disadvantaged (Lead) has distributed high yielding pedigree bulls and goats in Lupane District, Matabeleland North Provinc...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: White family's traditional home in Zimbabwe
See how Allan Savory, and his wife Jody, live in Zimbabwe, in traditional thatch-roofed mud huts, entirely off-grid with solar cells, LED lanterns, and solar hot water heater. He also goes everywh...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 08:53hrs | | by youtube
45,000 cattle under threat due to drought
ABOUT 45 000 cattle in Masvingo are under threat due to a shortage of pastures, a development that has resulted in cattle prices falling to as low as $50 from about $250.Masvingo Beef Farmers'...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Walter Mswazie
Govt bans cattle movement
Government has banned the movement of cattle for grazing, fattening, marketing and breeding purposes to contain foot-and- mouth disease (FMD) and cut on vaccination costs, a senior Government offi...Published: 18 May 2016 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Drought threatens over 500,000 cattle in Mat North
MORE than 500,000 cattle in Matabeleland North Province are likely to succumb to drought this year if no mitigatory measures are put in place as a matter of urgency after the livestock production depa...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 05:19hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
BMC raises prices to boost throughput
The Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) has decided to adjust purchase prices of higher grade beef in a bid to increase sales for the lucrative EU market. On Monday, the abattoir issued an announcement sta...Published: 29 Jun 2015 at 16:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Investors feast on CSC carcass
Private investors have been swooping on some of the firm's assets.Recently, Trek Petroleum, which has a much more visible footprint in the fuel sector, began leasing one of CSC's seven far...Published: 09 Jun 2015 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Nhema blocks $1.2 billion investment in Matabeleland South
An international consortium of investors has said it was suspending R10 billion (approximately $1,2 billion) investment in southern Zimbabwe, apparently because of pervasive corruption and demands ...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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