FarmTech:
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What do u mean by proper housing? U mean a closed house?
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Do u also think that crossing a livestock from the north, with a tse tse resistant livestock from the south, will make the offspring to be resistant to the fly?

the only place i know tse tse fly attack people even at home is the delta region. just a open house will be okay,( but if the cases of tse tse fly arise , you can alway use a net to cover the pens) similar to the one provide below, it is good the do not stand on the ground in wet regions, because more disease are transferred that way.( foot and mouth disease and respiratory diseases) goats love dryness. crossing the the northern goats for example sokoto red with a nigerian dwarf will help with easier adaptation and hybrid vigour.northern goats do not do well in the south because of poor housing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJnL73h9wSs

@ felixzo1:Sure you still have lots of things that could benefit us. Please, lets hear you. Cheers.

Starting a goat farm

This strategy will work for a person staying in a small town or in a village or, anyone who has access to natural pastures and a good security around his farm/house. This method is stall feeding / semi intensive. A first of all the area of 1 acre should be fence to prevent thieves and intruders, (bad belle people and saboteur) if blocks are used for the fence it will be more expensive, wooden fence or a wire mesh fence will work out cheaper. The capacity of the goat house should will vary, according to your stocking capacity, (bear in mind that in 2 years each goat will have 6 kids at least) so when you are starting with 10 matured doe (female goats) you should build a structure capable of housing 60 goats, so as not to have to build a new structure every year. The structure should have a platform especially if you stay in high rainfall areas. (See attached photos for samples) the idea is to gradually upgrade the genetic of our local breed to standard size goats (crossbreeding) for profitability. Bear in mind keeping only local goat will not be profitable in a commercial goat farm (cost of maintenance, management, feeding, housing) the strategy involves get a matured female local goats (Nigerian dwarf, sokoto red etc) that has kidded at least twice and has reached a fully matured body size and weight (this is to prevent kidding problems due to huge kids) and crossing it with a buck (male goat) of 50%boargoat/local breed. The offspring of your local goats will be 25%boargoats/75% boar goats. (This crosses breeding will be done systematically until you reach pure breed status which is above 6 years. Contact me for more information on this if interested) for example if you started with 10 local female goats and one crossbred male goat( upgrading accordingly, keeping all the female goats and selling the males only and always using higher genetics for each offspring) by the 7th or 8th year under good management. You will have more than 500 pure exotic breed goats capable of weighing a 100kg ( selling above 50,000 each) each. Please note that success comes with planning, patience and focus. ( this is a challenge to all the unemployed youths, you can start with just 5 female goats and grow)
Questions and comments are welcome. If will give more information if asked. My next write up will be on feeding in stall fed goats and management. And how to get a loan from bank of Agriculture for your start up a farm.

felixzo1: the only place i know tse tse fly attack people even at home is the delta region. just a open house will be okay,( but if the cases of tse tse fly arise , you can alway use a net to cover the pens) similar to the one provide below, it is good the do not stand on the ground in wet regions, because more disease are transferred that way.( foot and mouth disease and respiratory diseases) goats love dryness. crossing the the northern goats for example sokoto red with a nigerian dwarf will help with easier adaptation and hybrid vigour.northern goats do not do well in the south because of poor housing

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Thanks man.

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A starter should not dream of the farm or cattles shown on this thread . Start small and grow rapidly. Am not saying its not all true but ??
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Go through this
https://www.nairaland.com/1796428/livestock-farming-biz-cattle-sheep

felixzo1: [center]Starting a goat farm
This strategy will work for a person staying in a small town or in a village or, anyone who has access to natural pastures and a good security around his farm/house. This method is stall feeding / semi intensive. A first of all the area of 1 acre should be fence to prevent thieves and intruders, (bad belle people and saboteur) if blocks are used for the fence it will be more expensive, wooden fence or a wire mesh fence will work out cheaper. The capacity of the goat house should will vary, according to your stocking capacity, (bear in mind that in 2 years each goat will have 6 kids at least) so when you are starting with 10 matured doe (female goats) you should build a structure capable of housing 60 goats, so as not to have to build a new structure every year. The structure should have a platform especially if you stay in high rainfall areas. (See attached photos for samples) the idea is to gradually upgrade the genetic of our local breed to standard size goats (crossbreeding) for profitability. Bear in mind keeping only local goat will not be profitable in a commercial goat farm (cost of maintenance, management, feeding, housing) the strategy involves get a matured female local goats (Nigerian dwarf, sokoto red etc) that has kidded at least twice and has reached a fully matured body size and weight (this is to prevent kidding problems due to huge kids) and crossing it with a buck (male goat) of 50%boargoat/local breed. The offspring of your local goats will be 25%boargoats/75% boar goats. (This crosses breeding will be done systematically until you reach pure breed status which is above 6 years. Contact me for more information on this if interested) for example if you started with 10 local female goats and one crossbred male goat( upgrading accordingly, keeping all the female goats and selling the males only and always using higher genetics for each offspring) by the 7th or 8th year under good management. You will have more than 500 pure exotic breed goats capable of weighing a 100kg ( selling above 50,000 each) each. Please note that success comes with planning, patience and focus. ( this is a challenge to all the unemployed youths, you can start with just 5 female goats and grow)
Questions and comments are welcome. If will give more information if asked. My next write up will be on feeding in stall fed goats and management. And how to get a loan from bank of Agriculture for your start up a farm.
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nice,but i think the easiest will be local dwarf bucks to either pure boers doe or 50% boer/50% local dwarf doe probably through AI.There might be kidding problem for the dwarf doe if you crossbreed boer buck with a dwarf doe.What do you think?.

Davedavy:


nice,but i think the easiest will be local dwarf bucks to either pure boers doe or 50% boer/50% local dwarf doe probably through AI.There might be kidding problem for the dwarf doe if you crossbreed boer buck with a dwarf doe.What do you think?.

the aim of cross breeding is to improve the genes of our local goats by mating them with superior genes,by using a 50%boar cross buck, on a matured local does, the incident of problems with kidding will not arise. therefore a lot of local does can be mated with just one 50%boar buck passing the genes to numerous kids( a 50% boar buck is a little bigger the the local doe, but not as big as the the pure boar buck)artificial insemination has nothing to do with kidding problems, kidding problems arise as result of the size of the kids born by the local doe when crossbred with a pure breed goat.moreover local does are cheaper to buy compare to a pure boar doe which cost nothing less than N65000, with that amount you can buy 5 local does and then just buy one 50%boar cross

felixzo1:
the aim of cross breeding is to improve the genes of our local goats by mating them with superior genes,by using a 50%boar cross buck, on a matured local does, the incident of problems with kidding will not arise. therefore a lot of local does can be mated with just one 50%boar buck passing the genes to numerous kids( a 50% boar buck is a little bigger the the local doe, but not as big as the the pure boar buck)artificial insemination has nothing to do with kidding problems, kidding problems arise as result of the size of the kids born by the local doe when crossbred with a pure breed goat.moreover local does are cheaper to buy compare to a pure boar doe which cost nothing less than N65000, with that amount you can buy 5 local does and then just buy one 50%boar cross

Thanks a lot for the explanation.I am really interested in this,it is a nice concept.Are 50% boer buck readily available in Nigeria?
And please don't forget to discuss the feeding and management as promised.

wil be updating soon

Davedavy:

Thanks a lot for the explanation.I am really interested in this,it is a nice concept.Are 50% boer buck readily available in Nigeria?
And please don't forget to discuss the feeding and management as promised.

i know sebore farms has the pure boer breed, for cross breeds i have to ask them first, some comercial goat farms in the north too we have, it is a matter of investigating

dailytrust.com.ng/daily/agriculture/30513-east-s-african-livestock-systems-better-than-nigeria-

farmers and other stakeholders in the cattle
value chain from mainly east and southern
African countries at the just concluded
conference on financing for revolutionising
agriculture in Africa revealed that those
countries have better and functional cattle
value chains than Nigeria.
Several presentations made by cattle farmers
from east and southern African countries
indicate that cattle fattening and dairy are
mainly businesses conducted by smallholder
farmers with the support of financial
institutions and covered by insurance.
In Tanzania for example, a pilot scheme named
‘More Milk in Tanzania’ was launched in 2012
targeted at reducing poverty and sourcing for
jobs for the poor.
In Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa,
cattle rearing for dairy and fattening are
popular businesses that a large number of the
population practice and proceeds from local
sales and export contribute greatly to the
country’s GDP.
But in Nigeria, cattle rearing for both fattening
and dairy at the level of smallholder farmers
does not lead to distinction among the cow as
a cow serves for milking and the provision of
meat.
Alhaji Buba Abubakar Kumo, leader of Fulani
cattle dealers in Edo State said he is not aware
of any Fulani cattle herder in Nigeria that has
benefitted from any bank loan or financial
support from government.
“Some of the Fulani herders you see own the
cows they are rearing while others are only
taking care of other people’s cows. They are
paid in different ways. Every female cow you
see us with is used for milking and all cows
are used for meat. If government can assist us
with the technology of separating cows for
dairy different from those for meat, I am sure
that will increase

Did you know that snails are the most
prolific livestock animal producing
morethan 150 eggs at a time in one clutch?
It’s also the livestock that requires less
stress in breeding them. You can buy a
baby snail for less than N30 and make more
than N200 as profit on such snail when it
reaches table size.
The prolific aspect is that you can decide to
breed 4 snails and before a year runs out
you will have more than a thousand snails
in your snail farm. Though their is a kind of
spechie that produce this amount of eggs
at a time twice in a year. It is called Achtina
achatina, capable of producing 300 eggs in
a clutch.
If you can produce at least 30, 000 snails
that sells @N50 each (whole sale price)
table size you will be making N1,500,000 in
one season.
Snail also does not require money to buy
their foods as it is naturally available.
You may be wondering how you are going
to setup the business. Pls read the full
report here: http://
www.wealthmeans..com/2013/06/wealth-in-snail-farming-business.html

Africans sef. To us everything foreign is superior to local content. Look, these foreign breeds have been intensively geneticaly modified via boitech and therefore cannot be classified as pure. Rather its our local breeds that are organic and pure. Its not normal for a cow to produce 45 litres of milk a day. Does a calf need that much milk? That's a genetic disorder. The mammary gland inhibitors have been silenced this allows the over production of milk.

fayahsoul: Africans sef. To us everything foreign is superior to local content. Look, these foreign breeds have been intensively geneticaly modified via boitech and therefore cannot be classified as pure. Rather its our local breeds that are organic and pure. Its not normal for a cow to produce 45 litres of milk a day. Does a calf need that much milk? That's a genetic disorder. The mammary gland inhibitors have been silenced this allows the over production of milk.

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As the world populatn rises, we have to meet food demand.

fayahsoul: Africans sef. To us everything foreign is superior to local content. Look, these foreign breeds have been intensively geneticaly modified via boitech and therefore cannot be classified as pure. Rather its our local breeds that are organic and pure. Its not normal for a cow to produce 45 litres of milk a day. Does a calf need that much milk? That's a genetic disorder. The mammary gland inhibitors have been silenced this allows the over production of milk.

i am not surprise at your response, i believe you do not know what genetic modification is.it is only in africa we do not carry out any research or invest money on research. this cows have been able to produce this amonth of milk dues to hundred of years of crossbreeding with different cattle breeds selecting the best triats of dairy cattle.i will tell you in the next 50 yrs a cow will produce 100liters of milk.they genes have not been modified in any way.this breeds are develop breeds through research and cross breeding.100 of years have been put into getting this breeds.if you want continue using hoe and cutless to farm while others use tractors and combined harvesters to farm.

felixzo1: i am not surprise at your response, i believe you do not know what genetic modification is.it is only in africa we do not carry out any research or invest money on research. this cows have been able to produce this amonth of milk dues to hundred of years of crossbreeding with different cattle breeds selecting the best triats of dairy cattle.i will tell you in the next 50 yrs a cow will produce 100liters of milk.they genes have not been modified in any way.this breeds are develop breeds through research and cross breeding.100 of years have been put into getting this breeds.if you want continue using hoe and cutless to farm while others use tractors and combined harvesters to farm.

The potential of cross breeding is much more limited than genetic modification. In the so called "developed countries" almost every agric produce has been geneticaly modified to meet one condition or the other e.g Fish genes have been tranplanted into tomatoe to boost tolerance to cold temp. Cross breeding uses what is already naturaly available but genetic modification can produce an anomaly. A freak of nature for lack of a better word. A cow that produces 45 litres of milk has been geneticaly modified because nature cannot allow such. Organic food always tastes better than genetic hybrids because the soul of the organism is lost during the process of genetic manipulation. Mechanized farming and genetic modification are unrelated so your reference to it is irrelevant.

FarmTech:
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As the world populatn rises, we have to meet food demand.

Actualy theres enough food to go around is just that some people take more than their fair share. Greed is a global problem.

fayahsoul:
The potential of cross breeding is much more limited than genetic modification. In the so called "developed countries" almost every agric produce has been geneticaly modified to meet one condition or the other e.g Fish genes have been tranplanted into tomatoe to boost tolerance to cold temp. Cross breeding uses what is already naturaly available but genetic modification can produce an anomaly. A freak of nature for lack of a better word. A cow that produces 45 litres of milk has been geneticaly modified because nature cannot allow such. Organic food always tastes better than genetic hybrids because the soul of the organism is lost during the process of genetic manipulation. Mechanized farming and genetic modification .

I admire your angle of argument. You are stating your points intelligently. That not withstanding, Even in nature there is natural selection (survival of the fittest) it is a form of natural genetic modification. Only animals or plants with certain traits and pest and disease resistance can survival and reproduce.soo change is invertible, natural or artificial, people are just afraid of changes. There are a lot of natural freaks without man intervention. For example certain people are genetically immune against the AIDS virus. If only such people reproduce, the aids epidemic will not be a challenge to them. A hybrid is simple a crossbreed of related specie/breed. This can happen naturally or artificially. There is a lot of advantages’ to this,
Hybrid vigor, expansion of gene pool, creation of a new breed or variety, disease resistance, higher yields. For example our African oil palm Dura palm has been crossbreed with the pisifera palm of South America to produce a unique breed (tenera palm) which is more productive than either of the parents. Capable of producing 40 liters of palm oil a year against the 10 liters of our local palm
The breed producing 45 liters of milk a day is more than a 100 yrs old cattle breed, milk yield from the cow have increase over the years by mating them with similar dairy breeds to obtain a unique breed,( a dairy breed is a cow that can produce more milk than the calf can consume, and has a long lactation period) such a cow may have a genetic information of 3 different cattle breed ( 3 way cross) or just two distinct cattle breeds. Just as there are advantages to it there are certain disadvantages
Lost of old breed, infertility in new breed, disease issues and the unforeseen which people like you are afraid of.
Inbreeding (maintaining 100 percent genetic purity of a breed) has more disadvantages in the long run; most notable is disease and retarded growth and poor yields, genetic disorders
Some natural plants taste better than hybrids but hybrid yield more (some traits are lost through crossbreeding) for example local palm oil taste better than the tenera variety
Organic food are grow without use of pesticides or fertilizers, and is not possible in agricultural mechanization (commercial agriculture)

felixzo1: Even in nature there is natural selection (survival of the fittest) it is a form of natural genetic modification. Only animals or plants with certain traits and pest and disease resistance can survival and reproduce.

You are talking about genetic mutations which are indeed natural and is the primary source of evolution. However such phenomenons are rare and can be either advantageous or deleterious to the organism that incurs such. If its deleterious then that gene will either become recessive or extinct but if its beneficial; in that it enables the organism to adapt better, then it spreads through out the population. So the question is "will a genetic mutation that enables a cow to produce 45 litres of milk a day be advantegeous or deleterious?" Well be informed that if such a cow is not milked daily or frequently the over productive cells in the mammary glands could become cancerous.

felixzo1: soo change is invertible, natural or artificial, people are just afraid of changes. There are a lot of natural freaks without man intervention.

Well change that comes naturaly is always for the greater good. Nature has its checks and balance. Humans on the other hand have an obscure and incomplete knowledge of natures intricate and highly efficient machinery. Out of arrogance, we dabble into things that we neither fully comprehend nor control. The long term effect of our blind experimentations often hit us with supprise and dismay.

felixzo1:
A hybrid is simple a crossbreed of related specie/breed. This can happen naturally or artificially. There is a lot of advantages’ to this,
Hybrid vigor, expansion of gene pool, creation of a new breed or variety, disease resistance, higher yields. For example our African oil palm Dura palm has been crossbreed with the pisifera palm of South America to produce a unique breed (tenera palm) which is more productive than either of the parents. Capable of producing 40 liters of palm oil a year against the 10 liters of our local palm

I am not against crossbreeding per se since its still quite a natural process. If any two given related species can mate and reproduce then the laws of nature have not been tampered with. Nonetheless, the problem am trying to shade light on is in regards to the genetic engineering that's carried out in biotech research facilities where abnormal recombinant genetic sequences are created with the aim of expanding agricultural productivity and boost the profit margins of greedy capitalist. Such recombinant sequences can never be reproduced by natural mutations. The scientists behind this dont have a clue of what the long term implications could be. They just act like they know. lol.

felixzo1:
The breed producing 45 liters of milk a day is more than a 100 yrs old cattle breed, milk yield from the cow have increase over the years by mating them with similar dairy breeds to obtain a unique breed,( a dairy breed is a cow that can produce more milk than the calf can consume, and has a long lactation period) such a cow may have a genetic information of 3 different cattle breed ( 3 way cross) or just two distinct cattle breeds.

Again, there are genotypes that cannot be attained via crossbreeding alone. They can only be made possible through genetic engineering.

felixzo1:
Inbreeding (maintaining 100 percent genetic purity of a breed) has more disadvantages in the long run; most notable is disease and retarded growth and poor yields, genetic disorders

I didnt say pure breeds are attained via inbreeding which is when offsprings of the same parents mate. This too is abnormal because the offsprings of such a cross hardly survives due to several chromosomal deficiencies. In fact pure breed are unattainable by human means. They were already given by nature. They are breeds that havent had any kind of exchange of genetic material from another population or specie. Pure breeds are truely rare these days.

felixzo1:
Organic food are grow without use of pesticides or fertilizers, and is not possible in agricultural mechanization (commercial agriculture)

Yea you are right. Thats why massive global engagement in small and medium scale farming is the solution to the sustainable mass production of organic foods. It is also much more efficient than mechanized large scale farming. Cheers.

Learning from these arguements. I like genetic engineering somehow, but on the other hand, there is this possibility that things might go wrong in the future. What happens when local plants are lost and the genetically engineered ones suddenly get prone to new/old diseases? Great disaster may be awaiting us in the future. But the high yield is very tempting oo. Let's not loss the old plant and animals oo.

Dairy farming.

Personally I feel small holder dairy farming (A small holder dairy farmer is a farmer that is milking less than 10 exotic cows) is a sector with highest potential for job creation and self sustainability in Nigeria (a great example is Kenya, dairy farming provided employment to millions of farmers) 10 years ago eggs were still imported into Nigeria but today poultry farming is common and wide spread and the domestic market almost saturated. Nigeria still imports 95% of milk. (For every powder milk or peak milk you buy, you are making a farmer in Holland rich and creating jobs for them) we need to change our thinking and plan for our future and that of our children. Government can not provide the entire job we need. A smart person will see the potential and plan ahead
A dairy cow is a cow that can produce more milk than the calf can consume and has a long lactation period (produces milk in 305 days in a year) dairy farming involves keeping cattle mainly for the purpose of milk production. There are two basic method involve in dairy farming, pasture based systems and stall fed systems/zero grazing
This is an illustration and a guide for intending dairy farmers, for people that have the cash and resources, you can fence a place build a suitable shelter and you can buy a pure exotic breed (a pregnant Frisian/ cow is sold from N500, 000, a heifer 350 to 400,000) the milk yield from this cattle are high averaging 25 litters a day. (Up to 8000 liters a year depending on feeding and management) the price of fresh milk is around N100. And is usually supplied to milk processor or yogurt producers (you supply the milk every day and is usual paid at the end of every month. It should be within a 30km range from your farm) or you can process it into yogurt yourself and make double the amount in profit
My write up shall be based on zero grazing system and upgrading the genetic our local cattle (sokoto gudali white Fulani) to mainly dairy cattle.
My strategy (long term planning)
Involves buying 5 sokoto gudala heifers of more than 2 years old(less than N 80,000 EACH) that are disease free and have receive the required vaccinations . (Or you vaccinate them) Feeding them well to a desired body weight a size (above 300kg) then by artificial inseminating them using sexed seme.n of an exotic bull ( to guarantee all the calves born by your cows will be female), then feeding your crossbreed calf’s well to maturity. Price of sexed semen in Nigeria is be between 25 000 and 30 000. Cost of unsex seme.n is 15 000.
By 30 to 35 months your crossbred heifers must have must have calved ,each giving you 10 liters of milk daily for a period of 250 days in a year, with this method, at 4 years from buying your sokoto gudali heifers, you will have five 50% crossbred dairy cows(milking) five 50% heifers , five( still growing) five 75% crossbred dairy heifer(growing females) and the original five sokoto gudali you bought( 10 matured cows and 10 young ones)there will be little or no income in the first 3 yrs. But money shall be spent on feeding, vaccination and inseminations. But the long term potential is great. You do not need a large land to do this, you can chooses to grow feeds somewhere else and bring to you cows or buys feeds. This can be done in most places in Nigeria. Shelter, security and feeding and water should be considered before embarking on this.
By the 6th year, your production capacity will be roughly 200 liters (milking more than 10 cows owning more than 30 crossbred) of milk daily giving a gross income of N20, 000 (this is a business you started with less than N1000, 000 now worth close to 8 million )making roughly 2.5 million a year and growing
Questions and comments are welcome. I have been seeing a lot of viewers I wonder whether they are guest or ghost

Please mail your details to me!
urwited@gmail.com

You are very intelligent

felixzo1: Dairy farming.

Personally I feel small holder dairy farming (A small holder dairy farmer is a farmer that is milking less than 10 exotic cows) is a sector with highest potential for job creation and self sustainability in Nigeria (a great example is Kenya, dairy farming provided employment to millions of farmers) 10 years ago eggs were still imported into Nigeria but today poultry farming is common and wide spread and the domestic market almost saturated. Nigeria still imports 95% of milk. (For every powder milk or peak milk you buy, you are making a farmer in Holland rich and creating jobs for them) we need to change our thinking and plan for our future and that of our children. Government can not provide the entire job we need. A smart person will see the potential and plan ahead
A dairy cow is a cow that can produce more milk than the calf can consume and has a long lactation period (produces milk in 305 days in a year) dairy farming involves keeping cattle mainly for the purpose of milk production. There are two basic method involve in dairy farming, pasture based systems and stall fed systems/zero grazing
This is an illustration and a guide for intending dairy farmers, for people that have the cash and resources, you can fence a place build a suitable shelter and you can buy a pure exotic breed (a pregnant Frisian/ cow is sold from N500, 000, a heifer 350 to 400,000) the milk yield from this cattle are high averaging 25 litters a day. (Up to 8000 liters a year depending on feeding and management) the price of fresh milk is around N100. And is usually supplied to milk processor or yogurt producers (you supply the milk every day and is usual paid at the end of every month. It should be within a 30km range from your farm) or you can process it into yogurt yourself and make double the amount in profit
My write up shall be based on zero grazing system and upgrading the genetic our local cattle (sokoto gudali white Fulani) to mainly dairy cattle.
My strategy (long term planning)
Involves buying 5 sokoto gudala heifers of more than 2 years old(less than N 80,000 EACH) that are disease free and have receive the required vaccinations . (Or you vaccinate them) Feeding them well to a desired body weight a size (above 300kg) then by artificial inseminating them using sexed seme.n of an exotic bull ( to guarantee all the calves born by your cows will be female), then feeding your crossbreed calf’s well to maturity. Price of sexed semen in Nigeria is be between 25 000 and 30 000. Cost of unsex seme.n is 15 000.
By 30 to 35 months your crossbred heifers must have must have calved ,each giving you 10 liters of milk daily for a period of 250 days in a year, with this method, at 4 years from buying your sokoto gudali heifers, you will have five 50% crossbred dairy cows(milking) five 50% heifers , five( still growing) five 75% crossbred dairy heifer(growing females) and the original five sokoto gudali you bought( 10 matured cows and 10 young ones)there will be little or no income in the first 3 yrs. But money shall be spent on feeding, vaccination and inseminations. But the long term potential is great. You do not need a large land to do this, you can chooses to grow feeds somewhere else and bring to you cows or buys feeds. This can be done in most places in Nigeria. Shelter, security and feeding and water should be considered before embarking on this.
By the 6th year, your production capacity will be roughly 200 liters (milking more than 10 cows owning more than 30 crossbred) of milk daily giving a gross income of N20, 000 (this is a business you started with less than N1000, 000 now worth close to 8 million )making roughly 2.5 million a year and growing
Questions and comments are welcome. I have been seeing a lot of viewers I wonder whether they are guest or ghost

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This is a nice idea. But many people dont like long term things. Combining this with a lucrative biz is the way to go.
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Can one be sure about the market? I thought that most of these milk companies have their own cows?
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This sex.ed se.men stuff, do we also hav similar thing in pigs and goats?

FarmTech:
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This is a nice idea. But many people dont like long term things. Combining this with a lucrative biz is the way to go.
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Can one be sure about the market? I thought that most of these milk companies have their own cows?
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This sex.ed se.men stuff, do we also hav similar thing in pigs and goats?

raw milk is a raw materal for production of liquid caned milk , powdered milk ,yogurt and chess ,,the market is almost guraanteed. ,you wil have to talk to milk procesors around your location, (maybe a small yogurt company or a major processor.but it should be close to your farm.less than 30km)they wil be happy to have their raw material in constant supply.milk companies inport milk and process it here in nigeria ,only few have farms,more than 20 million liters are process everyday .sex.ed seme.n is not avaiable in goats and pigs because it is not economical for the manufacturers and the technology is expensive

felixzo1: raw milk is a raw materal for production of liquid caned milk , powdered milk ,yogurt and chess ,,the market is almost guraanteed. ,you wil have to talk to milk procesors around your location, (maybe a small yogurt company or a major processor.but it should be close to your farm.less than 30km)they wil be happy to have their raw material in constant supply.milk companies inport milk and process it here in nigeria ,only few have farms,more than 20 million liters are process everyday .sex.ed seme.n is not avaiable in goats and pigs because it is not economical for the manufacturers and the technology is expensive

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Thanks for the tips.

@OP dont be discouraged about updating dis thread pls...personally u have inspired me so much here with ur brilliant business ideas.

am seriously planning to set up a goat farm soon. But for the sake of gaining experience, i want to start with two females and a male goat, and will carefully apply all you are teaching us here.

Will like to learn more abt backyard goat keeping. I av always liked goats/rams and a friend wants to give me two females and a male goat.
I have two dogs and im also wondering if the dogs will get used to the goats.

@ OP how can i contact you pls?

thanks guy for ur information i have been waiting for long to get information about sheep, Ram and Goat rearing. thank God u just made my day. i would like to rear the above named animal i my write up. at a very low minimal way. pls what is the way out. to start something small. That is to learn more about backyard goat,sheep and ram rearing. thanks.

wow;@op n other contributors tanx for sharing- agriculture is way too dynamiccck