A well-managed maize farm can yield between 3 to 5 metric tons per hectare. With an average farm-gate price of maize ranging from N200,000 to N300,000 per ton, farmers can achieve substantial ...

Their ancestors began as foragers, then switched to agriculture, including the cultivation of maize, which helped fuel the flowering of Mogollon culture. The Mogollon, in turn, played a large role ...

Most smallholder maize farmers are at risk of facing food shortage this year due to premature maize harvesting (PMH) driven ...

The first of this year’s forage maize crops were drilled under plastic earlier this week. But it’s a commitment to a highly ...

Analysts predict a much better maize harvest this year in South Africa, as domestic maize prices have dropped in the past ...

Preliminary crop production estimates show that Malawi faces another maize deficit with data indicating that 2 962 620 metric ...

More information: Esther Shupel Ibrahim et al, Simulating and mapping the risks and impact of fall army worm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and white grub (Holotrichia serrata) in maize production ...

Wholesale and retail prices of maize have remained high so far in 2025, driven by sustained demand for feed from Bangladesh’s ...

The yields for all summer crops have been revised upward in the recently released second production forecast of the Crop Estimates Committee (CEC).