emmaodet:


Thanks for your reply bro.
I have series of questions that I will like you to answer.
I am a practicing farmer albeit by proxy.
I rely most on the report and information of my farm manager most times.
I did 30 acres of groundnut last year and it was a disaster. Long story.
Lowered it to 10 acres this year and so far so good, I am not impressed with the report am getting.
I use tractor for my ploughing and harrowing but hire workers for planting, spraying, weeding and harvesting.
Questions-
Is it more advisable to have my own yearly paid farm workers with a manager? Or tractor just like I do with the regular stress of trying to hire, transport and feed workers for my farm activities?
2. Let’s start with a 10 acres farm. How many farm boys will be ideal to manage it with a farm manager included.
What is the average cost of farming maize and the average expected yield per acre?
3. How many bundles of cassava stem would be needed to plant 1 acre of farm and expected yield? Cost of one cabster of cassava ? How many cabster will I see in an acre?
Sorry for my questions.
I want to gauge the expected revenue and income to know if it is worth my time, energy and investment because I am also looking at other investments too.
Thanks

It's advisable you have your own workers
3 good workers are okay for 30acres farm
With 10 acres,2 workers are enough with a manager
Feeding them is easy if you do the necessary things
On an acre,you need 25 bundles of cassava stem.
Averagely,depending on management practices and location,15 tons is obtainable
To get more detailed and better information on this, kindly call +2349031147593.

Lesgupnigeria:

It's advisable you have your own workers
3 good workers are okay for 30acres farm
With 10 acres,2 workers are enough with a manager
Feeding them is easy if you do the necessary things
On an acre,you need 25 bundles of cassava stem.
Averagely,depending on management practices and location,15 tons is obtainable
To get more detailed and better information on this, kindly call +2349031147593.

Okay, i will chat you p on whatsapp.

emmaodet:


Okay, i will chat you p on whatsapp.

Okay

Never give up on your dream,it's valid
Keep working on it day and night
#mondaymotivation

If you want to get to where you want to be tomorrow
You have to do things that will get you there starting today.

You were told, invest in cashew,do oilpalm,farm cocoa etc but because it will take 5 years or more to start cashing out,you don't want to go there.

Whether you go there or not,5 years will come and you might look back with regrets while others are cashing out.

You are 30 today and you want to start that project or learn that skill that will take 5 years to complete which means you will be 35 by the time you are done.

You know what?
Whether you go for it or not,you will be 35 in 5 years.

Whether you start doing the things you really want or not,tomorrow will still come and you will regret not starting yesterday

If you are interested in a project or career but you feel because it would take a long time (maybe 5 years) to see results and you decide not to pursue it.
I have news for you
The 5 years will still come
And you will regret not starting 5 years earlier
The best time to plant an Iroko tree is 20 years ago
The next best time is NOW

You can acquire your farmland on any of our farm estates in ijebu-igbo, ogbomoso,ilorin or apomu.
Just a call away

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Feeding can take up to 60% of your cost of production.
That's why alternative cheap feeding regiment should be provided by a smart agropreneur

If your cost of feeding is 60%
Cost of medication and drug is 15%
Cost of Miscellaneous is 5%
Transport cost is maybe 5%
Insurance cost 5%
At the end of the day,you are left with 10% as revenue.
This may be okay for those involved with fattening. (You buy an animal and feed it with high nutritious food and then resell after it has gain weight)

This will be a great loss for those in breeding and breeding is where the money is.
It's not sustainable to incur heavy in feed for 6-7 months .
If you want to make good money, my advice is to change your cost to this
Cost of feeding 10%
Cost of medication and drug 15%
Cost of transportation 5%
Miscellaneous cost 5%
Insurance cost 5%
So at the end of the day,you are left with 60% as revenue
The big question is how do you reduce your cost of feeding?
I will show you in my next post

#happysunday

Quitters never win,winners never quit

During my early years as an agropreneur and farmer,I thought of given up and quit because of the challenges I faced during production

After sleeping over my thought,I decided not to throw in the towel.

Now,when I looked back,I thank God I didnot quit.

We are still facing it and you will still face it everyday but use it to grow ,develop and propel yourself into the next level.

Truly,quitters never win and winners never quit.

Have a great day

Our farm estate in ijebu-igbo, ogbomoso,ilorin,apomu offers the best location to acquire your farmland for your farm business.
Accessibility,security,good fertile soil,access to market are what make it unique for successful farm business.
Just a call away
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This happen in jigawa state where flood destroy lives,properties and farms.
I hope this farmer have insurance if not,it would have been disastrous
Millions would have gone down the drain .
This is always a reminder that insurance is a must for farmers and agroprenuers

#goodmorning

#nofarmernofoodnonation
#getinvolved

Crops you should seriously consider for both long term investment and short term crop
#soybeans
#groundnut
#cashew
#plantain
#beans

#happyweekending

One thing is certain,everybody eats everyday in this country in their millions so food is critical to our existence and it's a clear way to generate massive wealth.
#getinvolved

You see on this journey of life we are in,there will be many setback,learn from it to move closer to your destination.
There will be many successes as well but do not over jubilate to forget or slow down on reaching your destination.

There is always light at the end of the tunnel.

You might have lost huge sum of money from your enterprise,it's not time to give up,learn from the process and improve on it

You might have a good outing,enjoy the time and process but don't over-jubilate that you forget that your destination is still far ahead.

In everything that you do,never give up or give in till you reach the finished line.

#mondaymotivation

Funding sources to start or scale your farm business.

Funding is a principal thing you need to be successful in farm business because agriculture is a capital intensive venture.

Don't be deceived,if you don't have good financial resources,it will be difficult to go big and that's where the money is in agriculture.

1.friends and family

If you are just starting with little experience,I think this is the right place to source for money.

My first source of funding was from my brother where we form a partnership and pool funds together.
It's easy if you have good relationship with your family members who will want to support you and see you succeed.

You can raise maybe from N500k to N2m depending on the deep pocket of your friends/family

2. Maybe after sometime,you have grow a little bit ,gain little experience and want to expand or scale your farm,then the next option is to take advantage of government funding opportunities like Nirsal, anchor borrowers loan which has a very low interest rate and with training /networking opportunities with experts in the field.

You can get up to N10m depending on your farm project.

This stage of growing is not the time to go look for commercial loan from banks, financial institution
Over the years,I have seen many farm enterprise go down because they take loan with high interest rate from financial institution to start their business.
If you are starting,then it doesn't make sense to take loan from bank especially if you are new and doesn't have experience or an experience partner with you.

3. Once you have a predicted revenue sources from your farm,then it is time to approach commerical banks for loan to grow or scale your agribusiness.
In Nigeria,some banks do extend loan facilities to agribusiness; among whom are UBA, sterling bank,fidelity bank, and Access bank.
Some micro finance banks also does that.

You can get up to N10m -N100m depending on the scale of your project.

4. Crowdfunding
In Nigeria,as far as farm business is concerned, crowdfunding is not a sustainable option if you are looking at raising funds
You pull resources from people and then you use the resources to execute a farm project after which returns are shared in a particular ratio.
Crowdfunding has not really succeeded in Nigeria because of so many factors I am going to share later.

Crowdfunding has been regulated by the NSE and for you to crowdfund,you need to register with NSE


5.Joining a cooperative

This is the best alternative to taking commercial loans from banks because of the very low interest rate and also the support you get from the members for the success of your agribusiness.
It also comes with very flexible repayment plan
You can only access loan from cooperative only if you are a financial member and can access up to N15m.

One of the benefit you get from acquiring farmland any of our farm estates is access to market.
Once your produce is ready for harvest,we have standby buyers to take up your produce.
Interested,just a DM away

#goodmorning

#gogreen

Over the years,we have created farm estates where you have access to accessible, secured farmland, access to farm workers,access to machineries for farm operations,access to farm management services and most importantly access to markets
You enjoy this access when you acquire farmland on any of our farm estates
#waleagro

#getinvolved

Making good money in farm business is a game of number provided; you can not cultivate 1 acre and expect to have the same revenue from cultivation hundreds of acres.

Now,here you are with little resources to get started and you are stuck because you don't yet have the resources to cultivate 50,100 or more acres.

I can tell you that you are likely to never start anything while you waste years because the perfect condition would not come.

I started with leasing few acres of land somewhere around oke-odan village in Ogun state many years ago because I couldn't afford to even buy.

Now we are cultivating land in their hundreds of acres around five states in Nigeria

We are not there yet but we are not where we used to be.

The bottom line is start now and keep building until you reach the point where you have a sustainable level where good revenue starts flowing.

It's not going to be rosy.

You will run into issues that might want to derail you.
You will have challenges but don't flinch.
Keep going and keep working because every great thing you see today start from the scratch.

No matter the number of machineries you purchase for your farm,if you don't have dedicated,motivated farm workers,then you are not going to be successful.

If you have machineries and less motivated workers to operate them,then it's as useless as it is.

A hardworking,motivated laborer should be able to do some farm operations of  30 acres in a year cumulatively 

Worst case scenario,on the other hand,maybe 5 acres for the lazy type.

So it's important you get good ones.

Unfortunately,you cannot know which one is hardworking or not.

The strategy to turn the lazy one to hardworking one is to employ a farm manager that follow up with daily/weekly targets and pay their salary according to the target achieved for the month.

No farm can succeed with poor farm workers so it's important you get it right.

The good news is that those on our farm estates have access to farm laborers so you don't stress yourself looking for workers

#waleagro

#goodmorning

From 1961 to 2021,Nigeria didnot pop up among the top producers of banana in the world.

 How can we have abundant,fertile tropical lands and yet our production level is extremely low not to be among the top producers.


From tropical rain forests of south east,south south through to the rainforests in south west,are we saying it cannot be put to good use to generate revenue for the government,individuals or the private sector?

In 2019 alone,banana added 346 billion rupee (about 4.2 billion US dollar) to India economy.

At WaleAgro,we are taking the horn by the bull and believe we can put Nigeria on a map of one of the top producers of plantain generating revenue for Nigeria and Nigerians ready to be part of it.

Acquire your own farm on our banana farm estate in ijebu-igbo,ogun state to get started.

DM for details


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAp_HRpEiK0

#doagricitpays

I have seen many people who want to invest big into agriculture but they don't have the finances to carry out the required farm operations from the beginning to the end

Many years ago,I made the same mistake.
I wanted to invest in corn on about 50 Ha of land.

Having done my cost analysis and projections,I discover that the resources I have on ground will be able to finish up to the planting stage.

My thought was that before we get to the planting stage ,I should have mobilise some funds to finish up the project.

Unfortunately,my plan flop and I have to quickly restrategised,if not,i would have incur a huge loss.

I have seen few investors who conduct their farm enterprise on our various farm estates make this same mistake

When you don't have enough resources to finish up your farm operations,you end up wasting the ones you already expended on the project so therefore this is the mistake pit you need to avoid by all means.

Do your cost analysis and make sure you have enough resources to follow it through to the finish line.

#getinvolvednow
#theagricrevolutionishere
#onlysolutionforprosperity

This is another week.
This year is gradually coming to an end in few months time.
It's not finished until you win
What steps are you taking to accomplish your goals?
Remember you can only win by taking massive steps.
Good morning

Nigeria was the top producer of palm oil in the world from 1962-1970 according to FAO (food and agriculture organization) specialized agency of the UN that leads international effort to defeat hunger.

Between 1962-1967, Malaysia & Indonesia government sent representative to Nigeria to understudy the oilpalm production and took some seeds away.

By 1971, These countries has displaced Nigeria from the top of the list of top producer of palm oil in the world.

7.98 million hectares of cult -indonesia

Nigeria is just cultivating meagre 1.6 million hectares

This palm oil industry alone contribute huge 4.5% to the GDP

Not only does it contribute foreign exchange for the various governments as they hold 90% of the global supply but to their citizens 

Out of the 32 billionaires identified by Forbes magazine,14 are palm oil tycoon having accumulated their wealth from the industry.

Now bringing it back home,why is our production low?

No commercial cultivation of oilpalm except the ones being established by government during the 1960's and early 70's

Although there are few establishment like okomu,presco etc cultivating hundred of thousands of hectares but the production level still yet to meet the domestic, industrial and export demands for palm oil.

 And that's why at WaleAgro,we are agressively expanding our oilpalm plantation estates in ijebu-igbo,Ogun state.

Land clearing and preparation already commenced.

If you are interested in owning an oilpalm plantation as well,we are your surest plug

Kindly DM