Stallion expands rice milling capacity

A statement from the company said the mill produces a premium variety of rice from local paddy, being marketed under the names ‘Royal Stallion Shinkafa’ and ‘Super Champion’ which it said “are now the most popular locally produced made-in-Nigeria brands of rice.”“Stallion owns and operates the country’s largest integrated rice milling facility and has formed […]

A statement from the company said the mill produces a premium variety of rice from local paddy, being marketed under the names ‘Royal Stallion Shinkafa’ and ‘Super Champion’ which it said “are now the most popular locally produced made-in-Nigeria brands of rice.”
“Stallion owns and operates the country’s largest integrated rice milling facility and has formed Popular Progressive Farmers Association that is working tirelessly to improve farm yields and bring in sustainable and scalable growth to farmers,” it said.
“The group has fully backward integrated rice value chain viz. production, procurement through collection center, association with co-operatives and farmers, logistic and post-harvest services, marketing and acting as a catalyst toward sustainable growth.”
The company said its focus is to strengthen the local farming community and their know-how of rice farming so as to increase the area under cultivation as well as to transform rice farming and rice business.
Stallion said it now has a dedicated team of agric professionals spread across various centers, including in the states, in order to ensure consistent supply of quality seeds in various rice producing states.
“As a part of these initiatives, the company is also extending assured buy-back of harvested paddy from the farmers for its processing facilities,” it said.
The collection centers established are spread across rice producing states of Adamawa, Taraba, Benue, Niger, Jigawa, Sokoto and Kano.
Stallion said it now has “a direct approach to more than 5,000 farmers and almost 20 various cooperatives, which ensure that farmers become scalable into their approach and farm income becomes lucrative.
“Understanding the local irrigation system and source of irrigation and further scaling up this has been a crucial part of farmers success. Dry rice farming with sustainable rice productivity has been the key factor where the company’s efforts have been yielding good results.”
The company commended the Federal Government for focusing and strengthening its agricultural transformation under the Agric Minister Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.
It said “the current impetus provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, large-scale private sector investments have fuelled growth in local production at commercial levels.”