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/ 30 April 2008

Zim farmers hold tobacco crop in price stalemate

Zimbabwe’s tobacco selling season was called off for the second time in as many weeks on Wednesday after farmers withdrew their crop from the auctions citing low prices. The auction floors in Harare, ranked among the continent’s largest, were supposed to open at 7.30am, but after around 80 bales went under the hammer, farmers started ripping off the price tags in protest.