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Ebonyi State Govt Denies Cattle Colony Land Donation, The Commissioner for Environment, Chief Donatus Njoku, yesterday refuted a trending report on the social media that Governor David Umahi had donated portions of land for the Federal Government’s proposed cattle colony in Ebonyi State. Briefing newsmen in Abakaliki, Njoku described the report as “absolute falsehood and […]
Kebbi Govt Provide Amenities Settlements, Gov Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, has pledged to expand the scope of development at the designated settlements for herdsmen to forestall clashes between farmers and herdsmen. READ MORE: Edo To Fully Roll Out Agriprenuer Programme, Targets 55,000 Youths In 2018 – Obaseki’s Aide Bagudu, made the statement during a visit to […]
A 50-year-old cattle dealer, Ahmed Abubakar, on Monday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for alleged N2 million fraud. Abubakar, whose address was not provided, is facing a charge of obtaining under false pretences. The Prosecutor, Insp. Akpan Ikem, told the court that the accused committed the offence on April 5, […]
Promote Agriculture, Tourism, The Lamdo Gashaka in Taraba, Alhaji Zubairu Hammangabdo, on Sunday urged the media to assist in promoting the tourism and agricultural potentials of his domain. Hammangabdo, a first class chief, made the plea at Gashaka when executives of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Taraba Chapter, paid him […]
Despite opposition by some civic groups, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA, said it is to carry out confined field trials, CFT, on genetically modified cassava. In a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, the Institute said it had received permission to carry out the research in collaboration with ETHZ Plant Biotechnology Laboratory […]
Global Corn Export Market, The U.S. Department of Agriculture sees U.S. corn and soybean exports generally increasing over the coming decade but the U.S. share of global sales will shrink as competition from South American producers heats up, the government said on Thursday. In the USDA’s annual long-term projections report, laying out its forecasts through […]
IITA Zero Hunger Forum, A team of researchers working on the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture-managed Cassava Weed Management Project (IITA-CWMP) have said findings from the 5-year project will respond and address the problems of weeds especially in cassava farming systems. The challenge of weeds on Nigeria’s agricultural productivity was brought to the fore at […]
Rain Needed For Southern Plains Wheat Crop, Intense drought conditions have encompassed the central southern Plains over the winter, bringing little to no precipitation since mid-October. The next two weeks could bring some precipitation for hopeful wheat farmers. “Over the winter, the Texas panhandle, much of Oklahoma, and southern Kansas have experienced the longest period […]
Economists See Risks In Trump Crop Insurance Cuts, Farm state members of Congress don’t support the Trump administration’s 2019 budget proposals for crop insurance, but ag economists take them seriously enough to analyze their effects on farmers and insurers. Last year, for example, Kansas State University economists Art Barnaby and Mykel Taylor looked at a […]
Trump Proposals Farm Bill Cuts, One of the truisms of Washington, repeated frequently by lawmakers, is that Congress – not the President – writes the farm bill. With that in mind, the largest U.S. farm group and the crop insurance industry say President Trump’s proposals to slash crop insurance funding and to deny farm payments […]
Commodity Price Slump Is Ending, USDA Says, When U.S. farmers bring their crops to market this year, they will see “the beginning of gradual price increases that are expected to continue through the decade,” ending the slump that began in 2013, said USDA projections. Prices for most crops will remain below their 10-year average, however, […]
Kebbi Daily Trust Agric Exhibition, The Kebbi State Government, in collaboration with Media Trust Limited, publishers of the Daily Trust newspapers, is to hold a one-day farmers interactive forum and exhibition with the theme ‘Agriculture As Solution to the Economic and Social Programmes of Nigeria.’ The event is expected to hold in Birnin Kebbi on […]
Iseyin Dam Irrigation activities are yet to reach their peak at the Ikere Gorge dam in Iseyin, Oyo State, about 36 years since the dam became operational. The dam, managed by the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority, was constructed to, among other things, provide water for irrigation activities in the Oke-Ogun area of Oyo State. […]
Maize Importation, Many farmers are forecasting a fall in the quantum of maize production this year for one reason: massive importation. They said this has led to a fall in the price of the locally produced variety. Cheap auction maize importation from the US, Ukraine and other countries has already taken a toll on Nigerian […]
Prof. Simon Irtwang, Chairman, Technical Committee on Yam Export, on Tuesday said yam exporters were finalising processes to export another consignment of yam in the first quarter. Irtwang told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the consignment would also be for the United Kingdom and United States of America. According to him, […]