U.S. CORN CROP REACHES 81% PLANTED

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DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. corn planting pace and crop emergence catch up with average estimates, as the trade expected.

TRUMP: CHINA WILL BUY ‘PRACTICALLY AS MUCH AS OUR FARMERS CAN PRODUCE’

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In a pair of tweets on Monday, President Trump touted a potential trade deal with China that would mean massive Chinese purchases of U.S. farm exports, “practically as much as our Farmers can produce.”

HOUSE SETS NEW VOTE ON FARM BILL

HOUSE SETS NEW VOTE ON FARM BILL

*ATTEMPT TO REVIVE FARM BILL IS DELAYED.

WASHINGTON - The House quietly delayed Speaker Paul Ryan’s attempt to revive the farm bill until June 22, with GOP leaders intending to remove conservative opposition to the bill by holding a vote on immigration control in the interim.

Fisheries: FG, Worldfish team set to upscale

Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, Heineken Lokpobiri

In view of 3.1 million metric tons of fisheries requirement in the country for local consumption, the Federal Government (FG) and Worldfish research centre have come up with a proactive strategy to scale up production through sea captures and aquaculture using improved technologies.

FARMERS AND RANCHERS WELCOME PERDUE TO NEW MEXICO, COLORADO, WYOMING, AND NEBRASKA

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“They are very proud producers. They’re resilient. They’re hardy, but they’re hurting. And that’s the message I’m taking back to the president.

Growing Curious: How GMOs Benefit Farmers

Ex-President Obasanjo support biotech in agribusiness for nourishment generation

Ex-President Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Wednesday, announced that unless imaginative advances, for example, biotechnology are accomplished in agribusiness, worldwide endeavors at closure appetite would remain a delusion.

Pictures speak at the official Commissioning of the Uyo Zonal office for the implementation of the Nigeria-Agricbusines and agro industry Initiative (NAADI) today

Representative of the Gov. of Akwa-Ibom, Udom Emmanuel, Dr . Moses Ekpo in blue kafta and blue cap, Permanent Sec. FMITI, Deacon Edet Sunday Akpan  , Coordinator Federation of Agricultural Commodities (FACAN)  Akwa- Ibom Chapter, Mr. Harward Usen in black cap, at the  the official Commissioning of the Uyo Zonal office for the implementation of the Nigeria-Agricbusines and agro industry Initiative (NAADI) by the PS of the FMITI.

Antibiotic-resistant genes are being spread all over the world in animal feed, scientists discover

A Government-commissioned report estimated the rise of ‘superbugs’ could kill as many as 10 million people a year worldwide by 2050 Rex

Ten million people could die every year by 2050 if the rise of superbugs is not checked, experts have warned.

KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LEAP AHEAD OF AVERAGE CORN, SOYBEAN PLANTING PACE

KANSAS AND NEBRASKA LEAP AHEAD OF AVERAGE CORN, SOYBEAN PLANTING PACE

After a productive week in the fields farmers in Nebraska and Kansas are at or ahead of average planting pace for both corn and soybeans according to the USDA Crop Progress Report released Monday, May 21, 2018.