New Outgrower Scheme to Boost Capacity
ZIMBABWE - Pork processor, Colcom Holdings will increase its slaughter capacity from its current 32 per cent, with the start of its new outgrower scheme.

Pig Board Begins Building Stock
ZIMBABWE - The Pig Industry Board has started building the nation's breeding stock to reach a targeted 25,000 sows, enough to ensure pork production can satisfy export requirements.

Equatorial Guinea interested in importing Zimbabwe pork
ZIMBABWE - Equatorial Guinea is interested in importing Zimbabwean pork despite biting meat shortages in the southern African country, said state radio today.

Colcom expands pig out-grower scheme
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe’s major pork processor, Colcom Holdings, through its division Triple C Pigs, has expanded its pig out-grower scheme.

Commercial Farming could boost economic growth
ZIMBABWE - THE City of Harare and Premier Banking Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding to help fund the commercialisation of farms owned by the municipality. The units would include pig and poultry production along with dairy farms and...

Firm embarks on pig outgrower scheme
ZIMBABWE - A local pig company, Tripple C, has embarked on a pig outgrower programme aimed at increasing pig production in the country following years of continuous decline.

Pig Industry Board, Sirdc to Kick Start Fertilizer
ZIMBABWE - The Pig Industry Board and the Scientific and Industrial Research Centre joint-venture project to produce organic fertilizers and generate electricity from pig manure, is now expected to begin next year, an official said.

Pig Industry Calls for More Stockfeed
ZIMBABWE - THE Pig Industry Board (PIB) is lobbying for an increased availability of stockfeeds to increase the national pig herd, which was devastated by the drought four years ago.

Shortage of feed affects pork products in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE - Zimbabwe might soon experience a shortage of pork products because of a critical lack of stock feed, the Daily Mirror newspaper reported on Monday. Paul Ndiweni, director of the Pig Industry Board (PIB), was quoted as saying that "The...

Pig board sets up database
ZIMBABWE - The Pig Industry Board (PIB) has developed a database of all suppliers in the industry meant to assist farmers procure low cost inputs and enhance productivity, an official has said. The director, Dr Paul Ndiweni, said the database,...