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Soybeans see fresh lows as trade turf persists

Soybean prices to a near decade low last Friday as United States president, Donald Trump expressed no signs of backing…

Nigeria’s largest rice producing state, Kebbi, targets price slash

One of the largest rice producing states, Kebbi, is set to achieve less than N10,000 drop in the prices of…

Corn prices make small price gain, rising 0.13% to $385.50

By Temitayo Ayetoto Corn prices made a slow start in early trading today rising 0.13% to $385.50. The commodity which…

Dangote inaugurates multi-billion naira rice processing plant in Jigawa

The Dangote Rice Out-grower Scheme in Jigawa State reached a turning point Thursday when Aliko Dangote, president of Dangote Group,…

Appetite for sushi, hummus boosts Nigeria sesame seed export

A burgeoning global demand for sesame seed for hummus, toppings on sushi, health foods and confectionery, is boosting output in…

Corn trouble ahead for Nigeria as imports, pest-threatened harvest set to fall by 750,000 metric tons

Nigeria faces corn harvest troubles in the 2017-2018 agriculture season as a result of increasing threats by pests and cheap imports…