Everything starts today at the Tobacco Sales Floor in Harare for the new marketing season launch. Farmers have already placed their bales across the auction house floors, ready for buyers to begin making purchases. Staff members from TSF rush around, making final touches before the big kick-off ceremony begins. People keep arriving at the venue—both guests and crop growers want to see the first-day action unfold right before their eyes.
Farmers can hardly contain their excitement as they prepare to display what they worked hard to grow these past months. Many wonder about the prices their tobacco leaves might fetch when the bidding starts. The beginning of tobacco sales marks a huge deal for Zimbabwe because it brings much-needed foreign money into the country's economy. After gold, tobacco ranks as the second biggest money maker when it comes to bringing dollars into national coffers.
Farmers can hardly contain their excitement as they prepare to display what they worked hard to grow these past months. Many wonder about the prices their tobacco leaves might fetch when the bidding starts. The beginning of tobacco sales marks a huge deal for Zimbabwe because it brings much-needed foreign money into the country's economy. After gold, tobacco ranks as the second biggest money maker when it comes to bringing dollars into national coffers.
