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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, […]
The Senate on Tuesday in Abuja urged the Federal Government to ban the importation of palm oil into the country in order to protect local production as well as encourage farmers.
Post-harvest Food Loss: The Nigeria Incentive-based Risk Sharing system for Agricultural Lending, (NIRSAL) and a German firm, RIELA Projects GNA LTD on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding to address concerns of the annual post-harvest loss of 51.3 million metric tons of food.
Agripreneurship: In its quest to tackle high rate of joblessness among youths, the Federal Government has kicked off 2018 development training for unemployed graduates and practicing farmers at the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, FECA.
Livestock Activities: The Kaduna State House of Assembly has passed the Bill For a Law to regulate the state Livestock Sector with the aim of regulating the activities of Livestock.
Following the drive for high non-oil exports the country has exported 1, 983 containers of hibiscus (Zobo) to Mexico alone, thereby generating $35 million within a short time in 2017.
Greenhouses Technology: Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah El Sisi stressed on Thursday that using greenhouses and modern cultivation techniques contribute to increasing agricultural production and rationalizing water consumption, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Radi said.
The World Bank Group on Tuesday in Abuja has said there is a need for governments to strengthen laws that govern the agricultural sector in the country.