LIVESTOCK-Cattle, hog futures turn up on short-covering

Livestock

livestock futures ticked higher on Thursday, boosted by short-covering and technical buying after prices probed new lows earlier this week, traders said.

Software helps cut Indian cows’ methane emissions

cows

A software tool developed by India’s National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is helping balance the diets of 2.4 million heads of Indian cattle leading to increased milk output and reduced methane emissions, an international livestock conference heard.

Rice prices seen stabilizing in Aug

Rice

Bad weather hampers NFA efforts to distribute more affordable rice across the country.

Palm oils extends losses to 1-week low over China-U.S. tariff threats

Palm oils

Malaysian palm oil futures fell for a third straight session on Thursday, hitting their lowest in a week as traders took a cautious stance over mounting China-U.S. trade war friction and on a lack of bullish news.

French wheat harvest underway as market weighs weather toll

wheat 

French farmers have started harvesting this year's wheat crop early after a recent heatwave, as traders await a clearer picture of weather damage in the European Union's biggest grain producer.

SAFFLOWER: RMRDC GIVES FARMERS SEEDS

FACAN Nat Sect, Dr. Bello Dogondanji Congratulating Safflower Nat President,  Alhaji Bashir Tanko after receiving seed from Dr. Ogunwusi of RMRDC

The Raw Material Research Development Research (RMRDC) in partnership with a Chinese company named Kong Associate Limited has given out some quantity of safflower seeds to farmers for mult-locational trials across the regions. This is part of the strategy towards making Nigeria a major producer of the oil seeds because of its industrial potentials to reduce import.

S/W 2018 REFILS: technologies transfer suffer in 2017

    Royal father advises youth on partnership

The Royal father of Alawowo of Awowo Owu Kingdom, Oba Abdul-Gafar Olasunkanmi Tijani  speaking to the stakeholders during the South-West 2018 Refils

The recently concluded Research Extension Farmers Input Linkage System (REFILS) under the coordination of Institute for Agricultural Research& Training (IAR&T) Moorplantation has revealed poor transfer of new improved technologies for enhanced productivity of farmers’ produce and other agro processors in the value chains of the crops, animals and livestock, even as the Royal father of Alawowo of Awowo Owu Kingdom, Oba Abdul-Gafar Olasunkanmi Tijani has advised the youths to explore business partnership in crops and animal productivity to create jobs without waiting for government for themselves.

Medical doctor advocates organic living

·       NICERT-ECOCERT hammers certification

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Afe Abayomi Farm estate and a medical practitioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi 

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO),Afe Abayomi Farm estate and a medical practitioner, Prof. Akin Abayomi has emphasized that Nigerians should embrace organic living so as to rescue lives and the environment from injurious self-inflicted toxic just as NICERT an indigenous organization in partnership with ECOCERT, also an international organization is hammering on certification before export to specific destination.

Indonesia Tests Rice Farming 'Digitalization' Program to Boost Output

Rice

Jakarta. The Indonesian government has launched a farming "digitization" project in West Java province, which may increase rice output by at least 20 percent, officials said on Monday (09/07).

Empowered women and an enriched community – the groundnut story of northern Nigeria

ICRISAT

Mrs. Hadja Talatu Idrissa of Bunkure, near Kano, Nigeria, is the leader of a 25-women group in groundnut production and processing. They began to get involved into the Tropical Legumes III (TL III) project four years ago with a small seed pack of 5 kg in their community farmland. From the harvest of this crop, they planted in a bigger farm plot the following year.