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FAO has raised its forecast for global cereal production in 2018 to 2 601 million tonnes, primarily due to higher estimates for wheat production in Canada and China. Nonetheless, the new forecast remains 2.1 percent below the record level achieved in 2017. Global rice output this year is expected to surpass last year’s all-time high […]
On Gerrid Gust’s farm in Saskatchewan, favorable weather this year brought a bumper crop of high-protein durum wheat, the best in the past few years. The grain used to make spaghetti isn’t fetching the usual premium price, though. It’s stuck in storage because of restrictions on pasta by Italy, the world’s top consumer, and popular […]
International food commodity prices dipped in October, as falling dairy, meat and vegetable oils prices more than offset a surge in sugar prices, the United Nations said today. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities, averaged 163.5 points in October, down 0.9 […]
Warm and dry weather in the United States and Ukraine allows to speed up the harvesting of corn. The U.S. over the past week caught up with the backlog in cleaning and threshed 63% of the area that corresponds to the average 5-year average. However, the rainfall next week may slow the rate of harvest. In Ukraine, […]
From Balarabe Alkassim, Bauchi The Bauchi office of FADAMA II additional financing project has distributed empowerment and food items to 1000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. The state project manager Professor Ali Garba while addressing the IDPs during the distribution, said the FADAMA Additional Financing Project II was designed to address some of […]
The demand for American wheat has hit an eight-year low, according to recent data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “The decrease to Mexico, our biggest wheat importer last year, was 22 percent, which equals the largest year-to-year reduction in exports that we’ve seen over the past seven years,” said Anton Bekkerman, professor […]
[FILE PHOTO] Foods on display Despite the destruction of over 122,653 hectares of farmlands across states by flood, the National President of All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Kabir Ibrahim has assured that there will be no food crisis. While speaking to journalists in Abuja, Ibrahim said AFAN rather expects bumper harvest this year, and […]
Fisheries The Federal Government has been urged to improve fisheries management systems, infrastructure, value chain investments, and encourage private sector investment to increase the availability and quality of sea fish. At the Workshop on Review of National Fisheries and Aquaculture Policies for Coherence /Alignment with the Policy Framework and Reform Strategy (PFRS) for Fisheries and […]
Dr. Rufus Ebegba A National Biosafety Mainstreaming Strategy has been reviewed and validated to strengthen the biosafety regulatory regime and its inclusion in various sectors of the economy. According to a statement from NBMA, the document developed by the agency was presented, reviewed and validated by representatives of the MDAs, at an awareness seminar for […]
Pupils of Estate Primary School, Ogba, display their garden produce at the Harvest Fair. Five months after the flag-off of the school garden sites in government primary schools and communities in Ikeja Local Council Area of Lagos State, the Harvest Fair has held, where garden produce from nine public primary schools were displayed. The project, […]
Flooded rice farm Unless drastic steps are taken to cushion effects of this year’s massive flooding of farmlands, there is fear of food shortage across the country. Currently, farmers who are devastated by the havoc are already counting their losses, as most crops for this planting season have been destroyed. According to the National Emergency […]
Bunge, the 200-year-old grain and oilseeds trader, is planning to establish a board committee to explore a sale of the company, in a deal with two activist shareholders including an agricultural investor with an even older grain trading pedigree. New York-listed Bunge was on Tuesday finalising settlements with the Continental Grain company and DE Shaw, […]
AUSTRALIAN wheat production estimates have been slashed considerably in recent weeks, according to a number of reports. Both the Rabobank winter crop outlook and International Grains Council October report have scaled back production to below 30 million tonnes for the season. Rabobank’s forecast for Australian winter crop production was set at 29.3 million tonnes, while […]
A continuing lack of rain in Europe has slowed sugar beet harvesting as farmers struggle to lift the crop from parched soil, which could further shrink yields this year. An unusually warm and dry start to autumn has exacerbated summer drought conditions in parts of Europe and has dashed hopes in some crop belts that […]
Overhead costs for soybean farmers in Brazil’s largest growing state rose 1.8% versus 2017, as higher domestic freight costs and a recent strengthening in the real drove prices higher, Mato Grosso’s agricultural economic institute (IMEA) said late Monday. Overheads came in at BRL3,168.89/ha ($844.3/ha), up 1.8% on the year, while variable costs came down 0.7% […]