Agriculture secretary is a “very big deal” for President-elect Donald Trump, and, as with other cabinet positions, he wants to make sure he is “getting the right person” for USDA, says spokesperson Jason Miller. Agriculture is the last cabinet position other than Veterans Affairs that Trump hasn’t filled. Tom Vilsack was announced as President Obama’s […]
A strong start to the wheat complex this week quickly ran out of steam, and markets weakened into the end of the week. A sharply higher dollar, Southern Hemisphere harvest, bitter cold in the U.S., and record ethanol profits supporting corn are combining to keep wheat prices moving in a choppy, uncertain direction. Demand has […]
As the National Assembly warehouses the 2017 budget proposals of the Federal Government for deliberations and approvals in the new year, there are indications that it may be of immense benefits to the operators of the small and medium enterprises, SMEs. The budget is presenting some opportunities for the sector especially those involved in farming […]
Sentera is partnering with RDO Equipment Co., which will give its customers access to a variety of Sentera’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions including quadcopter UAVs, precision sensors, and AgVault software. “Sentera’s complete, easy-to-use, and affordable UAV solutions are a natural fit with the RDO Equipment Company product portfolio. The offering fills a need for […]
• Open the barn door for the public. It’s transparency to the max for visitors of Fair Oaks Farms in northwest Indiana. They see inside the day-to-day operations of large dairy and swine farms. Now a new feature, the WinField Crop Adventure, does the same for crops. Using interactive displays, medium-heavy science, and enough gadgets […]
The federal ministry of agriculture and rural development has refuted allegations linking it to the promoters of CAPFIS program. In a statement signed by the ministry’s director of Information, Tony Ohiare and made available to LEADERSHIP on Friday, it said “The ministry wishes to inform the general public, that it does not know the promoters […]
Senator Emmanuel Onwe, a lawyer, human rights activist and former newspaper columnist is the Ebonyi State Commissioner for Information. He had an engaging interaction with Vanguard’s editors during a visit to the Lagos headquarters of Vanguard Newspapers, recently. He spoke on the emergence of the home grown Ebonyi Rice as a better alternative to foreign […]
The Federal Government and farmers, under the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, also called West African Farmers Network, WAFN, yesterday, resolved to proffer solution to incessant herdsmen/farmers clash in the sub-region. This was made known during a courtesy visit by WAFN delegation led by its President, Mamadou Cissokho, to the Minister of Agriculture […]
Market Commodity Wholesale Retail Last Week Variance Measure Price(N) Measure Price(N) P/Kg(N) W(N) R(N) W(N) R(N) Aba Main Market, Abia State. Garri (White) 100Kg 17,000 Paint Bucket 550 190 16,750 525 250 25 Groundnut (Edible) 100Kg 48,000 Paint Bucket 1,500 490 48,000 1,500 0 0 […]
Oxfam Global Ambassador, Djimon Hounsou, has called on the international community to support efforts of different non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in the North-East of Nigeria. Djimon Hounsou made the call after he visited the region to assess the humanitarian crisis that resulted from Boko Haram insurgency. He said there was need to get enough food and […]
The Lagos State Government, yesterday, explained that the Lake Rice scheduled to be released on December 15 to residents at N13,000 per 50 kg towards the Yuletide celebrations will soon be available for sales. This came as prospective buyers and residents stormed various Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs, in search of […]
Cattle rustlers have killed four people in Niger State, leaving several others injured and no fewer than 700 cattle and unspecified numbers of goats stolen. The incidence took place in Gbaka village, Shiroro Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the rustlers used guns, cutlasses, bows and arrows. They were said to […]
Key stakeholders at the ongoing 2nd Daily Trust Agriculture Conference and Expo are of the opinion that the present budgetary allocation to the agricultural sector by the federal government can not address the many challenges facing the sector. Those who spoke at the confab’s interactive session particularly frowned at the 2017 budgetary allocation, which they […]
The president of the Federation of Agricultural Commodity Associations of Nigeria (FACAN), Dr. Victor Iyama, has attributed the continued decline in cocoa production in Nigeria to the long period it takes to mature as well as impatience among Nigerian youth, who are expected to embrace its production. Iyama, who spoke in Abuja, yesterday, at the […]
Dried fruits and vegetables are a strange though very lucrative business that is slowly gaining ground in Nigeria. Blossom Natural Food Industries is solely engaged in the selling of dried fruits and vegetables. The fruits and vegetables showcased include pawpaw, pineapple, apple, lemon, orange, mango, banana and many more. According to the representative of Blossom […]