Live cattle exports extended for one year

Value-added grass: Live cattle exports offered another route to returns for local farmers
Value-added grass: Live cattle exports offered another route to returns for local farmers

Government has extended the live cattle export dispensation by another 12 months to December next year, BusinessWeek has learnt.

Live cattle sales had temporarily been opened up from October 2020 as a way of giving farmers alternative income streams outside of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC), which has been the sole institution statutorily allowed to export beef products in the country.

Under the dispensation, farmers were allowed to export live cattle and export meat products.

Editor's Comment
BDP primaries leave a lot to be desired

The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...

Have a Story? Send Us a tip
arrow up