Challenging Issues of Export Market

Most of the challenging issues of export market start at the production stage where farmers fail to meet the standards required in the international market. The challenging issues are but not limited to: Minimum Residual Level (MRL) of chemicals: Unsafe and Improper...

BUSINESS LESSONS OF TURTLES

A new business is a lot like a baby turtle. Turtles usually return to the same island they have nested before, year after year. However, with numbers dwindling and other beaches becoming over crowded, they change track. When an entrepreneur realizes the way things are...

BIOSECURITY IN POULTRY

“Biosecurity” is derived from “Biological Security”. It simply means “what do we have to do to keep diseases from entering a poultry farm”. In commercial poultry farms, the risk of disease outbreaks is high and can result in significant economic loss for the farmer. A...

POULTRY DISEASES, PREVENTION AND CONTROL

As we are approach the rainy season in Nigeria, let us have a look at the diseases that can hit poultry. Diseases can be defined as any abnormality in the functions and in tissues of the animal body. It results in ill health and hinders the animal in giving its...

Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Hay is fodder conserved by drying to reduce the water content so that it can be stored without rotting or becoming moldy (reducing moisture content stops microbial growth). The moisture content should be reduced to about 15%. The grasses that are very suitable for hay...
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