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The Primary Industry and Regions SA (PIRSA) crop and pasture report for spring has been released and the results are saddening for our local farmers. After a year filled with drought like conditions and with some areas thriving, the health of crops and pastures across the state is a varied result. The 2018-19 harvest has […]
Broilers Chicken production is a serious business in Nigeria and all over the world. More people are becoming conscious of the need to consume lean rather than red meat for health reasons, and it is projected that the consumption will increase as the world population moves upward. The annual consumption of chickens in Nigeria is […]
[FIL PHOTO] Community Meeting : FADAMA III AF II distribution of farm inputs The Federal Government, through the Fadama Additional Financing (AF) II, has commenced a review of the food security and livelihood support project activities of the six north-east states of Nigeria ravaged by the Boko Haram insurgency. The Federal Government had, in 2016, […]
Sugar production in the European Union could drop sharply in 2019/2020 as farmers consider slashing plantings and switching to other crops amid depressed prices. European producers are not planting extra beet area and some are turning to other crops offering better returns, Martin Todd, managing director at LMC International, told the International Sugar Organization’s annual […]
Armed bandits that were flushed out after they terrorised villagers in some farming communities in Katsina State are gradually returning to the area, Daily Trust reports. Our correspondent in the area reports that normalcy was restored about five months ago following security measures adopted against the bandits. This made it possible for the villagers to […]
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange (NCX) and the New Nigeria Commodity Marketing Company (NNCMC) have entered into partnership to facilitate trading in commercially viable agricultural commodities in the country. The arrangement, our correspondents learnt, might be the beginning of liquidity on the Exchange. Daily Trust reports that NNCMC was primarily established to improve the sale of […]
Farmers under the auspices of Coffee/Tea Association of Nigeria have cried out to the federal government to tackle the many challenges confronting the tea and coffee subsector in the country. Speaking with Daily Trust in Nguroje, in Sarduana area of Taraba State recently, the Secretary-General of the association, Dr Usman Hassan, lamented that both the […]
The National Agricultural Seeds Council (NASC) has warned that one year imprisonment or one million naira fine awaits anyone who sold adulterated sells to farmers in the country. Dr Olusegun Ojo, NASC Director-General, gave the warning at the 2018 AgraInnovate Conference and Exhibition in Lagos. He said that NASC was the governmental agency responsible for […]
As another week passes, the U.S. corn and soybean harvests inch toward completion, with southern row crops also making some inroads, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress report, which covers progress through November 25. The 2018/19 winter wheat crop is nearly planted, meantime, with the pace of emergence not far behind. Corn harvest […]
Brazil sugar production between April 1 and November 16 would reach 25,13 million tonnes, decreasing 27% year on year. That would be the lowest for the period in 10 years, since the 2008-09 crop. The amount of sugarcane crushed in the first half of November in Brazil’s key Center-South region was expected to be 21,1 […]
Mauritius reduced its forecast for sugar output this year for the third time as weather patterns aren’t favorable to sucrose formation. The Indian Ocean island nation will probably produce 320,000 tonnes of sugar this year, the Mauritius Chamber of Agriculture said in an e-mailed statement. Its initial forecast for the year was for 350,000 tonnes, […]
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The South American nation has risen to become the top buyer of U.S. beans in the last three months as China looks elsewhere in an escalating trade war with the Trump administration. Almost 1.3 million metric tons of U.S. oilseed have been inspected for export to Argentina from Sept. 1 through Nov. 22, according to […]
MAIZE plantings are significantly down this season as the crop competes with alternative options, such as cotton, for limited irrigation water allocations. Instead of the more usual 450,000 to 550,000 tonnes of production, Lachlan Commodities managing director, Tony Cogswell, Forbes, NSW, expects production will be back to 200,000-240,000t this season. Mr Cogswell said in the […]
The member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have warned Pakistan of initiating dispute settlement proceedings under the WTO over payment of subsidy on the export of wheat. The government has recently allowed export of 0.5 million tons wheat. Officials told The Express Tribune that WTO member countries had voiced serious concerns over the […]