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Mr. Jacob Temitope Ogunleye is an animal scientist based in Suleja, Niger State, breeding grasscutter and training farmers on other aspects of livestock farming. In this interview with Daily Trust at the just concluded Zuma FM Harvest Festival in Suleja on Saturday, he explained why farming grasscutter becomes an area of interest to farmers. “Grasscutters, […]
The Executive Director of the National Centre for Agricultural Mechanisation (NCAM), Ilorin, Dr Yomi Kasali, has advocated more empowerment of women population in the agricultural the sector. The post NCAM seeks women empowerment in agribusiness appeared first on – Nigeria and World News. Source link
WINTER crop harvest yields continue to rise above expectations in Western Australia where total tonnages exceed projections as more area is harvested. Despite the impact of recent storms, spot fires and rainfall events, the earlier impact of frosts, a dry September, and the confined strip of very dry conditions across the north and eastern Albany […]
An online platform called Livestock247 has said its goals are to bridge the gap in the trading of the livestock and mitigate the spread of animal diseases to humans. The aim of the new online space, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mr. Ibrahim Maigari, is to infuse technology into the livestock […]
The chairman Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Niger state chapter, Alhaji Mahmood El-Mahdiys has said the continuing reference to Kebbi and other states as the rice hub is a mere rhetoric. Speaking with North Central Trust in Minna, Alhaji Mahmood said Niger has unbeaten record as the largest rice producing state, even as he […]
Indonesia’s wheat flour imports declined by 40% in 2017-18 to 50,000 tonnes of wheat equivalent, according to a Dec. 4 Global Agricultural Information Network report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The decline is mainly due to the continued weakness of the rupiah against the U.S. dollar. “Domestic flour will continue to dominate the […]
It was a record breaking October for grain movement and export. October exports of all grains hit 4.737 million tonnes, up 14 percent over the same month in 2017. It is always tricky to write a column with a deadline just as major news-making events are evolving. American President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi […]
On December 6, Egypt purchased 350 KMT of milling wheat from Ukraine & Russia to be delivered on January 21 – 31, 2019 at an average price of USD 253.11/MT C&F. The price in the previous tender equaled USD 252.97/MT C&F, reports UkrAgroConsult. The purchase included the following: Quantity, KMT Origin Shipper FOB ($) Freight ($) […]
A soybean rally fueled by signs of easing U.S.-China trade tensions has added a wrinkle to the plans of some farmers to shift more acres to corn. On Tuesday, soybean futures closed at a premium of $5.375 a bushel to corn, the highest since June 18. The oilseed defied a slump in equities partly spurred […]
Soybean planting in Brazil is 89% complete, according to Curitiba consultancy AgRural. That’s well ahead of last year at 84% and the five-year average of 78%. Considering the current planting pace, soybean harvest could start as early as the second half of December in the South American country – the earliest ever. Typically, soybeans are […]
UkrAgroConsult continues preparation for the 16th International Conference ‘Black Sea Grain-2019’ and is glad to announce that Actava Trading DMCC became a General Sponsor of the Event. ‘Black Sea Grain-2019’ will take place on April 10-11, 2019 in InterContinental hotel, Kiev, Ukraine. Actava Trading is operating as a privately-owned, full service commodity brokerage house since […]
India’s wheat production could fall in 2019 from record output this year as lower moisture levels and higher temperatures in key growing regions are threatening yields of the winter-sown crop, farmers and analysts told. A drop in output could lift local wheat prices and force the world’s second-biggest producer to reduce import taxes on the […]
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development in Nigeria, Mr, Audu Ogbeh says good access roads in the country can boost agricultural production, open up business opportunities and further unite the Country. Mr. Ogbeh stated this in an interview with Journalist in Otukpo Local Government Area in Benue state after an inspection of Federal roads […]
That level would be much below last year’s crop when farmers harvested 300.2 m tons of grains. It said it lowered its forecast for the EU wheat crop from 129.9m tons to 128.6m tons, which would also be lower than the 141.9m tons reached in 2017. Coceral, which is the European association representing the trade in […]
The American Soybean Association (ASA) on Monday welcomed the “positive” outcome from the weekend meeting between the U.S. and Chinese leaders in Argentina, calling for repairing the “damage done to our trade relations with China.” “This is the first positive news we’ve seen after months of downturned prices and halted shipments,” said ASA president John […]