A green field of corn on a summer day with a timber in the background Hopefully, 2023 won’t herald the start of an era of lava lamps, leisure suits, and double-digit inflation faced by your parents and grandparents in the late 1970s. Still, the price farmers pay for 2023 seed will be higher than in past years. Here are some ideas how to navigate seed buying in an inflationary atmosphere. 1. Corn looks good… Farmers like growing corn, corn, and more corn. April 2022 calculations by Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz, U of I agricultural economists,…
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Data analytics used by the video streaming industry comes to corn breeding. Remember the 1985 movie classic Back to the Future? That theme could sum up what farmers will face for 2023 crop input prices that include seed. The 1970s lava lamps and leisure suits of your parent’s and grandparent’s day may not return, but the inflated prices they faced are here. Granted, the prices farmers pay for 2023 corn and soybean seed will vary between hybrids and varieties, but they likely will pay more for corn and soybean seed than in years past. “Inflation is on everyone’s mind,” adds…
Corteva Agriscience has announced today new advancements in its portfolio of above-ground pest control products in corn. PowerCore Enlist corn is a comprehensive trait package designed for season-long insect protection and weed control and will be introduced as an integrated refuge offering: PowerCore Enlist Refuge Advanced (RA) corn. Additionally, when commercially available, new PowerCore Ultra Enlist corn is expected to deliver an extra mode of action for geographies that need added protection and also will be available with integrated refuge as PowerCore Ultra Enlist Refuge Advanced corn. “We’re excited to bring forward advancements in our PowerCore trait technology, designed to…
By DSP Sanisu Abubakar Operation puff adder foiled hoodlums attack, some suspects arrested in connection with various offences. The shift from traditional policing practices to employment of the recently reviewed crime fighting strategies by Sokoto State Police Command under the leadership of CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel FIPMA, psc has begun yielding positive results during the last two weeks. Some of these achievements are as follows: Criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and Causing hurt: on 09/07/2022 at about 1630hrs, one Mamuda Mande ‘m’ of Badawo village of Wamakko LGA Sokoto, reported at Wamakko police station that on 07/07/2022 at about 0252hrs, unknown…
By ASP Sani Kamilu Muhammed This press briefing is in line with our tradition of keeping the press updated with timely and accurate information on happenings in our time of duty towards promoting necessary awareness for security of lives and property in Borno State. We therefore find it pertinent to keep you abreast of the great success the command has recently recorded. We shall continue to reiterate the fact that, Borno state Police Command, is working hard to ensure that the state is not a safe heaven for criminals/ unscrupulous elements. However, During the period under review, the Command has…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele has said that the Monetary Policy Committee will chart a new course for an improved monetary policy and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) that will provide direction for monetary policy in Nigeria. The governor said this at a Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) Strategic Retreat in Lakowe, Ibeju-Lekki in Lagos on Friday. The retreat has “Monetary Policy Implementation in a Digitally-Evolving Developing Economy’’, as its theme. Emefiele said that technology and innovation was playing a major role in output growth and economic development in Nigeria, hence the need to explore new…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group on Friday, approved a grant of $5.39 million to the Central African Republic. The grant will assist the production of an additional 32,000 tonnes of foodstuffs and enhance food security for 100,000 people. It will also help the Central African Republic to implement an emergency food programme to tackle the surge in food prices exacerbated by the war between Russia and Ukraine. The grant will help increase agricultural productivity and production in the Central African Republic, especially rice, maize and cassava. The project will have a positive impact on…
The African Development Bank Group has released a new report providing a snapshot of results of regional operations financed by its concessional lending window, the African Development Fund (ADF), over the last decade. Download document: https://bit.ly/3uIw68z The report, “Crossing Borders, Connecting Communities, Changing Lives,” reviews and documents the impacts of the regional operations envelope since ADF-13 (the 13th replenishment of the ADF). Contributing more than 80 active regional projects and programs, the ADF’s regional operations envelope provides vital support to Africa’s 37 low-income countries, 16 of which are landlocked. By supplementing these countries’ resources, the envelope makes it possible for…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) Group has approved a €63 million loan to Kenya to significantly boost cereals and oil seeds production by over 1.5 million metric tonnes over the next two years. The production increase will help bolster national food security and economic resilience. The loan is part of the African Development Bank’s $1.5 billion African Emergency Food Production Facility, an Africa-wide initiative to avert a looming food crisis exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. The loan will support the country’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives (MoALFC). It will enable the government…
The African Development Bank (ADB) Group and the Gabonese government held national consultations from 20-23 June, on the Country Diagnostic Note and the 2016-2022 Country Strategy Paper. Discussions were held between a delegation led by Bank Country Manager for Gabon, Nouridine Kane Dia, and a government delegation headed by the Minister of Economy and Recovery and Governor of the Bank for Gabon, Ms. Jeanine Lydie Roboty. Representatives of the main ministries and technical departments involved also participated. The African Development Bank Group’s Managing Director for Central Africa, Souleymane Koné, welcomed “this consultation process which should lead to the adoption of…