THE Millers Association of Zambia (MAZ) says millers have started purchasing maize at roughly K200 per 50 kg bag, insisting that authorities should release the crop forecast survey report as the month is coming to an end. Meanwhile, MAZ has projected that the country will produce slightly above 4.1 million metric tonnes of maize in the 2026/2027 marketing season. Speaking when he featured on ZNBC’s Sunday Interview, MAZ president Andrew Chintala said millers were purchasing maize in areas where the moisture content had reached acceptable levels of 12.5 and 13 percent. “We’ve started buying maize. As I respond to that question, I would like to take advantage of this question and appeal to those responsible for releasing the statistics. This...