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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 4:50am On Jul 18, 2021 |
matex97: Yes sir |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by RichieMichie: 8:41am On Jul 18, 2021 |
Dawson126: LOL. You major in Agricultural extension? Animal science here and final year too. Agronomy is one aspect of agriculture I don't really pay much attention to, but seeing as I plan to have an integrated farm, it's inevitable, especially growing maize . Kudos to the work. Seat collected |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Munzy14(m): 9:09am On Jul 18, 2021 |
Very Interesting thread...Keep the update coming....kudos! |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 12:40pm On Jul 18, 2021 |
RichieMichie: It is good that you really try to be OK at both. Na added advantage o. Agric full of business opportunities gan. Tell me any professional course of study that while they're in school, they can make money fully with what they've learnt while still in school? One thing I noticed, people out there don wan know what area of agriculture you're studying or you studied, all they know is that you're an agric graduate and should be able to do all that pertain to agric. Your school southwest, north, or east? |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 12:42pm On Jul 18, 2021 |
Munzy14: Thanks sir. 1 Like |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by RichieMichie: 2:46pm On Jul 18, 2021 |
Dawson126: In my own case, people mostly mistook my course for veterinary medicine. If I have the strength I explain the difference to them, if I don't, I agree, which isn't so much a big lie, after all, we're all concerned with animal welfare I school in the south south |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:13pm On Jul 18, 2021 |
RichieMichie: Lol. No time to check time but if you fit build yourself wella, you go still make money pass vet self. Because from the animal science courses I took, made me see some reasons for animal science than vet if the animal science stands wella. I took courses from vet for 2 sessions and all I dey see be say, he be medicine of all animals but animal science na livestock oriented and who keeps all animals here? We keep major livestocks and farm animals and that's where the money lies once one is well built. Imagine managing 5000 birds and more, imagine colonies, herd of livestock. Bro, I dey feel like make I just see money as I dey now, go collect like 5000 birds, get like 50 hectares, farm and crop it, stock my store(shop) to the brim. As in massive Agribusiness dey hungry me 1 Like |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by RichieMichie: 8:31am On Jul 19, 2021 |
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by RichieMichie: 8:31am On Jul 19, 2021 |
Dawson126:You took courses from vet.medicine? We never did The goal is to have a very big livestock farm, where most if not all the major livestock in Nigeria would be raised |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 2:55am On Jul 20, 2021 |
RichieMichie: Yes we did. Didn't you? That's it. Dream big |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:24am On Jul 26, 2021 |
I was not able to topdress the field last week due to my busy schedule. I was on the farm this morning to check the situation there. By God's grace. I'll be top dressing this week. At 5 weeks and some days, some stands are preparing to tarsel already. This would be better, as nitrogen availability is very important now. |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 7:41pm On Jul 26, 2021 |
I will post the pictures now. We just closed from my shop and I'm less busy now to post them 1 Like
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 7:50pm On Jul 26, 2021 |
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 8:11pm On Jul 26, 2021 |
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 6:17am On Jul 29, 2021 |
I got the fertilizer yesterday. 13.8kg of Urea + 7.2kg of NPK 20:10:10. I will be going for the second split fertilizer application today towards the evening because I gaz open shop today and wouldn't be chanced this morning cos I need attend to my goat with probable urinary calculi. More updates coming.....
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 4:59am On Jul 30, 2021 |
Done yesterday evening but just posting it now. Made the suggestion of evening towards night because of fertilizer volatilization especially sunny and dry period, considering the method of application, labour source and farm size. Can't buy 21kg of fertilizer and effective one that gets to the soil less than 10kg, that's wastage. There hasn't been rain for four days now but we should have today. I'm praying..... 1 Like
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 5:07am On Jul 30, 2021 |
I am currently having a very low outbreak of fall armyworm on my field and the emamectin I bought in preparation was still not used. I have been trying to look into the reasons of this God's goodness, despite it heavy infestation on other fields then I saw this phenomenon I can't identify this natural enemy but surely did contact IITA, but still expecting response and a prof of entomology at the Cornell University College of Agriculture, USA. If you can, would be appreciated 1 Like
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 5:08am On Jul 30, 2021 |
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by dragon2(m): 2:23pm On Jul 30, 2021 |
I was just about to ask about armyworms before I saw your last post. 1 Like |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 3:46am On Aug 01, 2021 |
This mid planting season lack of rain is just worrisome. My candid advice for any maize farmer now is to think of irrigation especially if one's crops are attaining fruiting stage. I did lot of cloud tracing and weather forecast readings for some days now and it has not been encouraging at all. The one it drizzled here was less than 1mm yesterday when forecast predicted 8mm. Both are still low. So far now, forecast is expecting 9mm on my farm location and it would even be once throughout this week, I couldn't imagine what the reality would be like except miracles happen. I already worked out an irrigation plan that would be cheap yet efficient moreso, relative humidity and albedo are encouraging for soil water conservation for now. I'll be sharing the updates today when on farm. 3 Likes |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dayo1988: 12:07pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
Not only u bross i planted 11/2hecter but no rain d same age with urs , I have turned to meteorologist 2 Likes |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by dragon2(m): 6:03pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
I also check my phone app for weather updates. Fingers crossed. Hopefully,the root zone water does not dry up before the rains return. 1 Like |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by alakara(m): 6:11pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
We're in July/ Aug break. |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 9:38pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
Dayo1988: Na die here. Almost two weeks no rain. Crops don dey fail here especially transplanted ones. We just dey pray to avert food crisis |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 9:40pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
dragon2: How many days of no rain now? Mulching might do o |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 9:43pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
alakara: July rain self reach? Even irrigation now is dependent on availability of water. Shey we go call this one climate change? |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 9:51pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
I picked those waste bottles, filled them with water, pricked it with a needle so the water could only drip, purged it at the top to allow air entrance, kept it inbetween the stands of maize, used something to support and balance it not to rest on the maize plants because if the soil became wet either through rainfall or after the irrigation water finished, the plant might become weak and susceptible to falling from excessive force of rest, then mulched it. 1 Like
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 9:57pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
Mulching done... One thing I thank God for is relative humidity is high and wind speed is low, interchangeable with good sun radiance . If these three extremes came up now with rain stop, na wahala.
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:01pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
The method was not fully compatible with single stands, we just had to water them enough singly then mulched them. Care must be taken if your local temperature is high as it could increase the temperature of the irrigation water in the plastics so better mulching to reduce this must be considered.
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:09pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
My partner and I just roasted some maize we brought from home after work. We dey chop the corn dey yab the rain, dey yab devil hin vex do like say hin wan fall but scatter again , drizzled small con dey blow cool breeze now meaning hin don fall somewhere close, ours do still fall here we know but yabbing continues tomorrow after irrigation 1 Like
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Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:20pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
One important lesson I learnt was soil compactness in relation to top soil water availability to maize use during drought. I noticed that most maize fields that failed were either planted on ridges with cassava or on a maximum tilled soil. My explanation: This created a semi top soil that is too loose and drained permitting water to easily drench through the soil layers or easily lost as intra layer evaporation. The failure was bearable on minimum or zero tillage soils majorly due to soil compactness. My conclusion: experience added If you're planting early late or late late maize, minimum or zero tillage would be good. And also used high planting density if the variety permits it so as to create a pseudo shade to reduce soil water loss. Otherwise if you're planting mid early maize with or without cassava. |
Re: Wet Season Maize Farm Diary Of An Agric Undergraduate Final Year Student by Dawson126: 10:22pm On Aug 01, 2021 |
My maize field so far 3 Likes
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