Agriculture

The latest news on all things agriculture, rural news, and information on farming.

Price of day-old chicks rises as farmers target Xmas

In Jos, the capital of Plateau State, the price of day-old chicks has risen to N900 per chick as poultry farmers target December when thousands of Nig

Kano rice farmers count losses over poor yield

Rice farmers in Kano State are lamenting the current shortage of rain, which is affecting their crops across various parts of the state. This is comin

Insecurity: Livestock farmers losing animals to quacks in Kaduna – Commissioner

The Commissioner for Agriculture in Kaduna State, Alhaji Murtala Dabo, has disclosed that due to the challenge of insecurity, many livestock farmers h

Middlemen sometimes create artificial scarcity – Edo Poultry chairman

Imasuen Kingsley is the chairman Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Edo State chapter. In this interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, he speaks on t

Cross breeding of palm fruits produces best quality, quantity of oil – Expert

An agribusiness expert, Mazi Nze Durugo, from Imo State, has disclosed that cross- breeding of species of palm fruits guarantees better quality and ev