Zimbabwe cattle
Zimbabwe’s struggle with cattle sales
For years it became normal that rural livestock owners in Zimbabwe would respond to a drought year by selling off cattle due to a lack of pastures as many could not afford to buy feed. Like many farming inputs, stock feed has not been spared the economic forces that[...]
Zimbabwe cattle auctions slow down, but the numbers need to grow
Cattle auctions have historically been big business in Zimbabwe's low rainfall southwest, where cattle ranching formed a large part of the country's agri-economy. Commercial farmers who thrived before the land reform programme, held regular cattle sales in different sites on the outskirts of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city. Large herds[...]