Farmers eye higher BMC prices
Friday, January 28, 2011
Producer prices rose by an average of 52 percent last year, with prices at the Lobatse abattoir in particular rising by 36 percent. Last year marked two years in a row that producer prices rose, with farmers earning an extra 11 percent on average in 2008.
Farmers participating in the Direct Purchase Scheme (DPS) benefited the most because the initiative targets young animals most favoured by export markets.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...