Livestock
Cattle, goat, ram, and livestock market prices
FG Moves to Implement Animal Feed Policy
The Livestock Ministry has begun building an implementation plan for the National Feed and Fodder Policy, with feed making up about 70% of livestock production …
Shettima Forms Committee to Speed Farm Interventions
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee of federal ministries and agencies to fast-track interventions in wheat, other staple crops and livestock. …
Shettima Sets Up Committee on Wheat, Livestock
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee to fast-track federal interventions in wheat, other staple crops and livestock. Bank heads, seed and …
FG Sets Up Committee to Boost Wheat
Vice President Kashim Shettima has set up a technical committee to speed up wheat, staple crop and livestock production, pulling together three ministries and the …
Chick Delays, Deaths Squeeze Abuja Poultry Market
Poultry dealers in Abuja say day-old chicks now take three to four weeks to arrive, against under a week last year, and many die on …
FG Courts Private Investors for Livestock Processing
The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, has urged private investors to put money into dairy, meat processing, leather and fodder, saying livestock already contributes …
Swine Fever Crashes Ogun Pig Prices
An African Swine Fever outbreak in Ogun State has cut the price of live pigs from ₦2,000 to ₦2,500 per kg to ₦700 to ₦900 …
Livestock Minister Wants Single-Digit Farm Loans
Nigeria's livestock minister wants single-digit loans with at least 10 years to repay, as ranchers now borrow at 16% to 20% over three to four …
Nigeria Joins a Continental Livestock Pact
Nigeria has joined seven other African countries in a pledge to build regional livestock value chains, aiming to close a gap so wide that most …
Olam Moves Into Nigeria's Cattle Feed
Olam Agri has launched a range of cattle and dairy feed in Nigeria, its first move into ruminant nutrition in a market long dominated by …
Nigeria Plans a Livestock Hub for Each State
The Federal Government has unveiled a plan for species-specific Livestock Development Centres across Nigeria, built as commercial clusters rather than government farms. Each state would …
Nigeria Taps South Africa to Grade Its Beef
Nigeria has opened talks with South African institutions to overhaul its red-meat industry, from livestock genetics to meat grading and classification. The government sees a …
Nigeria Breeds a Better Backyard Chicken
Nigeria has approved MoorBeta, a home-grown meat chicken bred over more than a decade to thrive in the country's heat. It reaches about 2.8kg in …
Africa's Biggest Goat Herd Falls Short
Nigeria has the largest goat herd in Africa, and goat meat ranks among its most-eaten proteins. Yet the country still imports sheep and goat meat, …
Swine Fever Empties Plateau's Pig Pens
An outbreak of African Swine Fever has torn through Plateau State, killing thousands of pigs, shutting hundreds of farms and crashing pork prices to below …
Nigeria Owns the Goats, Imports the Meat
Nigeria keeps the largest goat and sheep herd in Africa, more than 70 million goats, yet still imports much of the meat it eats. Weak …
Africa's Pork Leader Battles Swine Fever
Nigeria is Africa's biggest pork producer, turning out more than 300,000 tonnes a year from a herd of over eight million pigs. Yet African Swine …
Nigeria Eyes Solar Panels Over Its Crops
Nigeria could power its future and feed itself from the same land. New research shows that placing solar panels over farms, a practice called agrivoltaics, …
Nigeria's Rabbit Meat Waits for Takers
Rabbit meat is cheap to produce, high in protein and low in fat, yet only a small slice of Nigerians raise or eat it. Experts …
Farm Antibiotics Seep Into Nigeria's Food
Experts warn that the unregulated use of antibiotics on Nigeria's poultry, fish and livestock farms is leaving drug residues in meat, eggs and milk and …