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ADVERTISEMENT The Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA) has warned livestock farmers to avoid the use of antibiotics as feeds additives or growth boosters for their livestock. A statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Dr Gloria Daminabo, issued after its congress in Sokoto State, said the association was committed to the global efforts to curtail the […]
United States farmers finishing their harvests are facing a big problem – where to put the mountain of grain they cannot sell to Chinese buyers. For Louisiana farmer Richard Fontenot and his neighbours, the solution was a costly one: Let the crops rot. Mr Fontenot ploughed under 1,000 of his 1,700 soybean acres this fall, […]
Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has said that despite the increase in the local blending of fertilizer in the country, adulteration of the products continues without check. The Chairman of FEPSAN and Presidential Fertiliser Initiative (PFI), Thomas Etuh stated this on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting for developing and implementing regulations for […]
Vietnam is on course to smash estimates for its 2018 calendar year corn imports, as a recent spate of South American buying boosts a strong import programme from earlier in the year, according to data analysed by Agricensus. However, rumours that imports heading to Vietnam are feeding a smuggling route into China have been dismissed […]
Some groups of environmental activists have condemned the registration and commercial release of genetically modified (GM) cotton varieties across the country. According to the group, “the move by the Nigerian government to commercialise the transgenic cotton varieties opens the doors for more genetically modified products (including the GM cowpea) and represents nothing but disaster for […]
Audu Ogbeh THE Minister of Agricultural and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that the government is looking forward to changing the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and agribusinesses in Nigeria through the Public Private partnership PPP for wealth creation and food security. Chief Ogbeh gave this assurance in Abuja at the […]
According to the report released yesterday by the European Commission, after a sharp decline in exports of wheat last week, the EU has remained a net importer of grain in the current marketing year. The Total import of wheat, barley and corn for the first time since the beginning of the season exceeded exports due to […]
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it had set the minimum purchasing price for wheat in 2019 at 112 yuan ($16.14) per 50 kg, or 2,240 yuan a tonne. The price is down from this year’s 2,300 yuan per tonne and the second year in a row that the government has reduced its […]
THE Institute of Agricultural Researches and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, has trained farmers on how to make fortune from mushroom cultivation. During a training workshop which held at the Professor E.A Adebowale Hall, IAR&T, recently, the coordinator of the train ing workshop, Profesoor Mrs Lucia Ogunsumi, told the Nigerian Tribune that the training procedures present the […]
Rice farmers By Philomina Attah Women farmers under the umbrella of Small-Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON) have called for restoration of scrapped Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) scheme. They made the call at the end of a two-day annual national farmers forum for smallholder women farmers organised by Actionaid Nigeria, an NGO. In separate […]
The government has procured 16.51 million tonnes of rice so far in the current 2018-19 marketing year and the total quantity is likely to surpass the target, a senior Food Ministry official said Tuesday. The rice procurement target set for this year was 37 million tonnes. The government had procured 38.18 million tonnes during the […]
FEDERAL Government has indicated interest to partner with private investors in the area of irrigation in order to achieve food sufficiency in Nigeria. The Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this when he received a delegation of Future Pump Limited, led by the Managing Director, EuroBase Ltd, Mr. Don Ekesiobi […]
President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ trade policies have led to a 94 per cent cut in US soybean exports to China, forcing farmers in America’s midwest to stockpile crops and hope relief comes before the rot. After decades in which American soybean farmers were able to build considerable business by selling a huge share of […]
THE Maize Association of Nigeria (MAAN) have expressed displeasure over the recent move by a company, Grand Cereal Limited, to import Maize into the country for industrial purpose. Recently, Grand Cereal Limited had written to the National Biosafety Management Agency, (NBMA), requesting for a permit to import Maize into the country. Meanwhile, the when Nigerian […]
U.S. farmers already hurt by the tariffs spat with China are now contending with a big-time drop in how much they get for damaged soybeans after a wetter-than-usual harvest. Cargill Inc., Louis Dreyfus Co., Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. and CGB Enterprises have tightened guidelines on the quality of beans accepted at some grain elevators in the lower […]