Raising Pigs: Choosing a suitable system
There are three models of raising pigs. They are Intensive, Semi-Intensive and Extensive INTENSIVE The farmer confines all the pigs within a building and does not allow them to move out….
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Fall Armyworm: Recommended Pesticides and Controls
Fall armyworm invasion has necessitated a call to Ghana’s Parliament to declare an ‘agricultural state of emergency’. The invasion puts a GHC560m agricultural project (Planting For Food and Jobs) at…
Pigs Water Requirements : For Optimal Growth and Performance
Every pig operation must have a very reliable source of clean, uncontaminated water supply. Pigs need water for nutritional purposes as well as to regulate their body temperature. For pigs…
Maximising Swine Feed Conversion: Lysine, Methionine, L-Threonine, Tryptophan and other Amino Acids
In this day of science and technology, pig production; as many other human endeavours, is shifting away from the conventional practice. Most swine producing countries such as USA, South Africa,…
Nutrition Facts about Cocoyam Roots (Taro)
Cocoyam or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a starchy edible tuber and bears broad greenish leaves. It is grown in several places around the world. We usually consume the roots tubers or its leaves,…
Feeding Pigs: What Every Pig Farmer Must Know
The growth and development of weaned piglets, growers, finishers, pregnant sows, lactating sows and their nursing pigs is related to both the quality of the feed and the volume consumed…
Earthworm Benefits to Soil Fertility and Plants in Agriculture
Earthworm by its activities in the soil, add many immense benefits like enhancement of soil structure, nutrients increase, better drainage and much more. Read on to know more about the…
10 Simple and Easy Soil Tests
The secret to raising any healthy and productive crop is definitely a good soil. sure, but how can you tell if your soil has what your crops need? Soil tests. …
6 Basic Soil Problems and Recommended Solutions in Agriculture
Soil problems are a major cause of low production levels in many cropping ventures. Farmers with little or no knowledge of the basic soil problems, apply ineffective remedies raising the…
MyFarm Farmers Community - The Next Big Thing
MyFarm Farmers Community is the next big thing The young farmer needs help The interested ones do not know how to start. The experienced and capable ones want to share….
How to manage pests: Pod borer of Cowpea
According to the Pod borer, Resistant Cowpea Project by the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp) is considered the most important food grain legume in the…
22 Essential Health benefits of Cocoyam leaves (Kontomire)
Cocoyam or Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is a starchy edible tuber and bears broad greenish leaves. It is grown in several places around the world. We usually consume the roots tubers or its leaves,…