USDA Launches New Database on Product Nutrition of More Than 80,000 Brand Names

USDA Branded Food Products

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today officially launched the USDA Branded Food Products, a free online resource for families, the food industry and researchers containing nutrition details on more than 80,000 name brand prepared and packaged foods available at restaurants and grocery stores.

US Beef Sector Well-Poised To Increase Exports On The Rebound Of The World Economic Climate

Beef sector

Director of the Livestock Marketing Information Center Jim Robb recently spoke with Radio Oklahoma Farm Director Ron Hays about current trends happening on the stage of international trade.

Wheat Prices Falling as Grain Pipeline Starting to Clog, What are Farmers to Do?

Wheat

The old cliché that too much of anything is not a good thing is certainly proving true for wheat growers trying to turn a profit.

OSUN YOUTH TO BOOST FOOD PRODUCTION

Governor Aregbesola

The youths in Osun State who just completed training on agricultural production have promised to make a huge impact in the agriculture and general food production sector of the country. The 20 youths who were sponsored to Germany by the state government, gave this assurance on their return to Osogbo after their two month trip abroad.

Wednesday, 14 September 2016 | MYT 4:33 PM Irrigation turns drought to cash for Cameroon's vegetable farmers

Cameroon

Farmers in this poverty-mired region of northwest Cameroon used to watch their vegetable patches dry up and die in drought periods, even though nearby rivers and streams offered a steady flow of water.

Agric enterprises: IFAD, FG, seven states to leverage over 100million dollar

 IFAD

The spirited effort of President Mohammadu Buhari to diversify the economy through agriculture received a boost as the International Fund for Agricultural Development ( IFAD) and Government of Nigeria have concluded arrangement to inject 100 million dollar towards commencing a Climate Change Adaption and Agricultural Support Programme (CASP)  in seven states of the north, and it is slated to be officially launched in September.

Audu Innocent Ogbeh

The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, on Saturday distributed improved variety of cassava stems to farmers in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue state.

Mambila tea farmers lament over Price

Dr Abinbola Ogunwusi, Presenting seed to Adam Danjuma Buba, Representative Mambila tea farmers

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The Association of the Mambila Tea Famers from the Sardauna local government area of Taraba has lamented what it called ridiculous prices at which tea is bought saying this might deter its production if something positive is not done by Mambilla Beverage Limited.

AfDB harps on agric processing to end $35bn yearly import

AfDB

Beside low food production that hallmarked the continent’s agrarian economy, post-harvest losses have become the major challenge besetting the quest for food security.

Ndokwa Women In Delta State Seek Land For Mechanised Farming

Women in Ndokwa

Women in Ndokwa area of Delta State in southern Nigeria have approached the State government with a request for hectares of land that would be used for mechanized farming.