Nigeria targets N150 billion annual income from livestock exports
The Nigerian Export Promotion Council has said Nigeria can generate over ₦150 billion annually through livestock exports if it complies with international livestock market standards.
09.04.2025
09.04.2025
ILRI joins $27.4M Global Initiative to cut methane from livestock
The International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has announced that it is joining a new $27.4 million global initiative to reduce methane emissions from livestock by harnessing natural variation in how animals digest food.
09.04.2025
Oregon lawmakers punt on bill to prohibit new livestock farms in state’s most polluted areas
The biggest livestock farms could have been prohibited from building new or bigger facilities in some of Oregon’s most polluted groundwater regions under a state legislative bill environmental groups were backing. But it won’t happen this year.
08.04.2025
USA - Popular Illinois cover crop program faces cut
The executive director of the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts says farmers across the state are speaking out about a proposed cut to a popular cover crop program.
08.04.2025
Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa
When Mariam Hamzat was an undergraduate in Nigeria studying environmental biology, she saw farmers from surrounding areas sell their produce, but at a fraction of its value.
08.04.2025
African Development Bank seeks $2.2 billion to support Nigeria's agriculture
The African Development Bank is mobilising $2.2 billion to develop agricultural processing zones in 28 states in Nigeria to boost food security and create jobs, the bank's president Akinwumi Adesina said on Tuesday.
08.04.2025
India’s Aquaconnect to invest USD 4.5 million in aquaculture biological solutions
Indian aquaculture technology company Aquaconnect announced plans to invest USD 4.5 million (EUR 4.1 million) into the research and production of aquaculture biological solutions that should help the firm provide science-driven health innovations for shrimp and fish farmers.
08.04.2025
Bangladesh - Napier grass cultivation becomes boon for farmers, boosts livestock sector
Commercial cultivation of Napier grass has become a boon for many farmers and poor families, helping them achieve self-sufficiency, and boosting the district's livestock sector and milk production in recent years.
08.04.2025
Bezos Earth Fund, Global Methane Hub Launch $27.4M Global Program to Breed Low-Methane Livestock
The Bezos Earth Fund and Global Methane Hub have committed$27.4 millionto launch theGlobal Methane Genetics initiative, an ambitious international program to breed livestock that naturally emits less methane—without altering how animals are raised or fed.
07.04.2025
India - Unseasonal rains result in extensive crop loss in districts across Telangana
Unseasonal rains have led to extensive crop losses across different districts in the State. The districts of erstwhile Nizamabad, Mahabubnagar, Rangareddy and Nalgonda, especially, Yadadri Bhongir have borne the brunt of the sudden downpour.
07.04.2025
Azerbaijan offering crop insurance in effort to reassure strawberry growers
Azerbaijan has begun insuring strawberry crops as part of its ongoing state-supported agricultural insurance program for fruit orchards and berry plantations, the Ministry of Agriculture toldTrend.
07.04.2025
Australia - Moreton Bay oyster farm survives cyclone with help of wave wall innovation
The Moreton Bay islands of North Stradbroke (Minjerribah) and Moreton (Mulgumpin) played a crucial role in weakening Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it hurtled towards the south-east Queensland coast last month.
07.04.2025
UOB Vietnam backs NAVICO in green finance push for aquaculture
United Overseas Bank (UOB) Vietnam and Nam Viet Corporation (NAVICO) have signed a green trade finance agreement, marking a key step in their partnership to promote sustainable aquaculture in Vietnam in line with global standards.
07.04.2025
Moroccan MPs Push for Inquiry into Government Support for Livestock Importation
A group of Moroccan lawmakers has launched an initiative to form a parliamentary fact-finding committee to investigate government support for livestock imports and the livestock sector more broadly.
07.04.2025
USA - Nearly $311M available for crop losses
N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler announced April 1 that the Agricultural Disaster Crop Loss Program is open and accepting online applications through May 4.
06.04.2025
Canada - Improvements suggested for Manitoba beef sector
Shortening the breeding season, higher vaccine uptake, regular feed testing, and more use of implants are all ways that Manitoba cattle producers can improve the health and profitability of their herds.