How to Start Cucumber Farming in Nigeria

How to Start Cucumber Farming in Nigeria

Cucumber farming is one venture that can actually surprise anyone who cares to go into it. While thousands of young men and women are busy pursuing higher degrees in education and hoping to get employed by one big firm or the other, those who saw the goldmine in...
How to Start a Small Farm Business

How to Start a Small Farm Business

If you want to start a small farm business, you may be wondering what step to take first. You might not even have land yet, but you are still thinking and planning for the time when you will make your move. And finding farmland is one important step in farming –...
Buckwheat Benefits Nature

Buckwheat Benefits Nature

Buckwheat is good for more than just pancakes. It is an old-time crop that was once very popular, but its benefits are more valuable today than ever. Buckwheat isn’t actually a type of wheat. It’s a plant related to the rhubarb, and it’s easy to grow and helpful in...
3 Ways Farmers Get Rid of Pests on the Farm

3 Ways Farmers Get Rid of Pests on the Farm

In the natural technique of farming, pest management is a lot more important than eliminating pests completely. To deal with pests, such as mealybugs or spider mites, most farmers use chemical pesticides which can impact health, pollute water supplies through runoff,...
Fall Armyworm in Corn

Fall Armyworm in Corn

Fall armyworm can be one of the more difficult insect pests to control in field corn. Late planted fields and later maturing hybrids are more likely to become infested. Fall armyworm causes serious leaf feeding damage as well as direct injury to the ear. While fall...