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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Australia’s grain producers have scoffed at a move by China to launch an anti-dumping investigation into billions of dollars in barley imports from Australia saying they fear it is politically motivated after Canberra signed security and infrastructure deals to counter Beijing’s influence in the Pacific. “Frankly, Australia wouldn’t be dumping barley in China because it’s […]
The International Sugar Organization on Thursday sharply reduced its forecast for an expected global sugar surplus for the 2018/19 season, cutting production outlooks for Brazil, India, Pakistan and the European Union. The inter-governmental body, in a quarterly report, forecast there would be a global surplus of 2.17 million tonnes in 2018/19 (October/September), down from a […]
Brazil’s record soy exports to China could grow further, an Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters, as the Asian nation’s trade war with the United States boosts its demand for South American beans. Odilson Ribeiro e Silva, vice minister of international affairs, traveled to China this month and said he hopes the high demand will also […]
With the country reeling under the massive financial and administrative cost of carryover wheat stocks — currently close to nine million tonnes — for the last few years, policymakers are coming under pressure to divert a part of the area under wheat cultivation to other crops like pulses, canola and sunflower to diversify the crop […]
The Fertiliser Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) has disclosed that the ban on the importation of all blends of the Nitrogen Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) fertilizers will save Nigeria $500 million annually. A statement made available to newsmen in Abuja quoted FEPSAN President, Mr Thomas Etuh, as saying the NPK fertiliser importation ban […]