Wheat harvesting begins in Zimbabwe

Source: Wheat harvesting begins | The Herald Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Harvesting of wheat has begun, with the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) designating 18 collection depots as the country expects a bumper harvest owing to minimum interruption of power supply by Zesa, which allowed continuous irrigation. It is envisaged that by the end of October, the bulk of the crop would have been harvested. This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister, Monica Mutsvangwa, while addressing a post-Cabinet briefing yesterday. She said Cabinet considered and adopted the update report on the 2021 winter wheat production and summer crops marketing presented by Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development Minister, Dr Anxious Masuka. “The public is informed that wheat harvesting has commenced with 65 percent of the harvest expected by end of October 2021. “To control the reported cases of damage to wheat by quelea birds, the necessary chemical has now ...