What is the cost analysis of 1 hectare?

If you consider the issue of pest as an impediment you will never farm.......

There must be some efficient automated mechanism to scare birds from large farm.
pls if you know of any, kindly share it on this platform

@mount1ng, l know those scarescrow do not scare the birds as they are very sharp, l feel for farmers who had to physically watch over their rice fields. How is harvesting and threshing done at your own end?

ajeniya1: If you consider the issue of pest as an impediment you will never farm.......

You must be prepare for the pest. Don't let take you by surprise.
I learnt of a new colour changing tape for scaring birds used in SA.

Mass failure for 2014 WAEC Result.Forupgrading/any Help/ Call_08105470307

All thanks to GEJ and his rice revolution, we have Rice farmers now and even people interested in farming rice...

jidowu84: About 2.9 million metric tons of high quality milled rice from local sources is expected to be fed into the Nigerian rice ban in the 2014 season, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has disclosed.

This, as revealed by the Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, while inspecting a 420-hectare rice farm and mill belonging to Olam Nigeria in Rukubi, near Doma, Nasarawa State would bring Nigeria closer to being self-sufficient in rice production and a potential exporter of milled rice.

According to him, 1.9 million metric tonnes of the commodity was produced in the 2013 dry and wet seasons, contributing N320 billion to the GDP and creating 670, 000 jobs in the process.

According to him, the ministry’s ‘rice revolution’ was gaining added momentum with a projected 2.9 million metric tons of rice in 2014.

He stated that with importation at about 1.9 to 2.0 million metric tons per annum, Nigeria was now already at the exit door from importation.

“We are going to be Thailand of Africa in terms of rice production and export”, Adesina said.

The minister added that the Federal Government is putting in place the enabling environment for production of rice on small, medium and large-scale, through its Growth Enhancement Support scheme (GES) for the rice value chain under the Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA) launched in 2011.

These include the development of high-yielding long grain Farro 45 and 52 rice varieties, which yield 6 to 7 metric tons per hectare as against the traditional variety farmers used to cultivate with a yield of 1.5 to 2 million tons per hectare.

He further disclosed that these new varieties have revolutionised rice production in Nigeria, as the ministry – through seed companies – has consistently multiplied and distributed seeds to farmers for cultivation since 2011 when the implementation GES commenced.

Pavore9: @mount1ng, l know those scarescrow do not scare the birds as they are very sharp, l feel for farmers who had to physically watch over their rice fields. How is harvesting and threshing done at your own end?

Combined harvester. It harvest and threshed at the same time.

can somebody help with the varieties that can do better in SW States --- put into consideration the areas with heavy and low rainfalls in the zone.

Rexyl: can somebody help with the varieties that can do better in SW States --- put into consideration the areas with heavy and low rainfalls in the zone.

NERICA 8 and FARRO 55 do well in upland.

mount1ng:
NERICA 8 and FARRO 55 do well in upland.

Thanks. Pls, what's the yeild per hectare in uplan?

I asked about the cost analysis earlier.

amarawa: I asked about the cost analysis earlier.

Are you consulting?
I will give this info then you can run the cost:
1. Land - lease or buy
2. Land preparation ( tractor: plow (2), harrow (1)
3. Seeding (Paddy 50kg by planter, 80 - 100kg by broadcasting)
4. Herbicide (selective and non-selective)and pesticide
5. Fertilisers (5-
6. Labour (harvester, sprayer, bird scares
7. Spraying tanks..
This is mainly for upland planting

securi:
Thanks. Pls, what's the yeild per hectare in uplan?

Everything being equal, 1.5 tonne
Birds can cost a serious damage in just one day. It happen to us.

[quote author=mount1ng]
How much is the tractor operations per acre?[/quote3000 per acre
] plough is #3000 per acre

Rexyl:

I would have loved to buy ha of land for rice production but I am afraid of pest infestation, esp sturbon birds.

ask the expert in the forum how they handle them. That should not stop you from doing what you need to do.

mount1ng:
Did I hear you say SCARECROWS! Give the birds two days, they will start perching on it. I am not talking from hear say. These birds are BAD and very intelligent. In the farm, we call them wi*ches. This is the period I dread most. Nothing scare the birds like Human. They study everything around them and operate likewise. You must be prepare for this period during you planting season.

..
Why not try this effective mtd of controling birds? http://www.google.com/m?q=strips%20to%20scare%20birds%20away&client=ms-opera-mini&channel=new

mount1ng:
Polishing. This drops the nutrients quality in the rice.

I am aware of that. But the merchants and larger percent of consumer, especially the commercial food vendors like restaurant managers really care less about nutrient thing to appearance.
Please tell me if there is any special polishing machine or technique out there? The regular milling machine around doesn't get it right.

cyborg1:
I am aware of that. But the merchants and larger percent of consumer, especially the commercial food vendors like restaurant managers really care less about nutrient thing to appearance.
Please tell me if there is any special polishing machine or technique out there? The regular milling machine around doesn't get it right.

There is a machine use for polishing and de stone

mount1ng:
Everything being equal, 1.5 tonne
Birds can cost a serious damage in just one day. It happen to us.

Thanks a lot. Cheers

mount1ng:
Are you consulting?
I will give this info then you can run the cost:
1. Land - lease or buy
2. Land preparation ( tractor: plow (2), harrow (1)
3. Seeding (Paddy 50kg by planter, 80 - 100kg by broadcasting)
4. Herbicide (selective and non-selective)and pesticide
5. Fertilisers (5-
6. Labour (harvester, sprayer, bird scares
7. Spraying tanks..
This is mainly for upland planting

In my own place, land preparation is required less even. We dry herbs around with non-selective herbicides and cut them off thereafter and arrange it. Cultivation is no longer required. You just sow the seedlings or plant the nursery. The skip of cultivation makes it far less expensive these day and many are getting back to the farm for that!

cyborg1:

In my own place, land preparation is required less even. We dry herbs around with non-selective herbicides and cut them off thereafter and arrange it. Cultivation is no longer required. You just sow the seedlings or plant the nursery. The skip of cultivation makes it far less expensive these day and many are getting back to the farm for that!

With lowland, u spend less, but with upland, you must take into consideration that rice is not a good competitor with weeds. To have a good yield, land preparation is key.

cyborg1:

In my own place, land preparation is required less even. We dry herbs around with non-selective herbicides and cut them off thereafter and arrange it. Cultivation is no longer required. You just sow the seedlings or plant the nursery. The skip of cultivation makes it far less expensive these day and many are getting back to the farm for that!

..
You mean no tilling of land? What if it's hard? Can this be applied to maize farming also? I've come across "intensive no-tillage maize cultivation" b/4 and my questn hav always been what if the land is hard?

mount1ng:
With lowland, u spend less, but with upland, you must take into consideration that rice is not a good competitor with weeds. To have a good yield, land preparation is key.

Lowland of course. A part of the community is swampy, were rice is planted.
I only saw the upland cultivation as a child, when one of our primary school teacher practiced it. Never knew it can be commercially dependable.

FarmTech:
..
You mean no tilling of land? What if it's hard? Can this be applied to maize farming also? I've come across "intensive no-tillage maize cultivation" b/4 and my questn hav always been what if the land is hard?

Hard farm land always required tillage, for gaseous penetration and support of microbial activities to the roots.
We live on a loamy soil all through. All our upland crops are tilled for, but the swampy areas - mainly for rice - are no longer tilled since the advent of strong herbicides.

cyborg1:
Hard farm land always required tillage, for gaseous penetration and support of microbial activities to the roots.
We live on a loamy soil all through. All our upland crops are tilled for, but the swampy areas - mainly for rice - are no longer tilled since the advent of strong herbicides.

I know if you are doing lowland rice planting u still need to till the land with a machine called power tiller.

mount1ng:
I know if you are doing lowland rice planting u still need to till the land with a machine called power tiller.

Power tiller. Now I learn of it. Tractors can't work on swampy rice farm like ours, but this could.
But for over six consecutive years of farming cycles now, the rice still comfortably produces as a wanted weed it happened to be, without fertilizers even nor tillage!

Hi guys,
I am just thinking, can we discuss the VALUE CHAIN aspect of rice next week. December is coming. Some of us can hit the road aand start making money.
Anybody in support?

Mount1ng I totally support that idea a hundrend and million percent. Abeg make una no laff my grammar.

Hi guys, I am typing this the way it comes to my head, so please try and understand my flow.
The Rice Value Chain is an avenue to partake in profit sharing from rice cultivation to sale to the end user. A lot of inputs are required before a cup is rice is ready for you buy. In the long chain you can select area in the process as yours.
You can work on the farm as a tractor operator, herbicide and pesticide sprayer or supplier, weeder, harvester, you might have a combine harvester ( harvest and threshed) , a paddy buyer and miller or just a miller, buying of processed rice and package.
But for this discussion we will dwell on the area that interest me. I realised that processed rice sell better and give more profit.
Before I did rice with LASG (Rice for Job) I use to buy milled rice from the east and package, a point a friend said should your supplier fail you what will you do? What to do drove my into farming rice. We did semi mechanised at the farm, but guy, the other part no easy o. Any way, I learnt proper rice farming.
Back to the matter, buying paddy from farmers or commodity market then you process the rice. During processing, it important to watch where you dry your rice because this is where stones get into our local rice. If you have a destoner that will a plus for you.
Get a branded package for your rice, then you are good to go.
If you have a question or contribution, please join.

mount1ng: Hi guys, I am typing this the way it comes to my head, so please try and understand my flow.
The Rice Value Chain is an avenue to partake in profit sharing from rice cultivation to sale to the end user. A lot of inputs are required before a cup is rice is ready for you buy. In the long chain you can select area in the process as yours.
You can work on the farm as a tractor operator, herbicide and pesticide sprayer or supplier, weeder, harvester, you might have a combine harvester ( harvest and threshed) , a paddy buyer and miller or just a miller, buying of processed rice and package.
But for this discussion we will dwell on the area that interest me. I realised that processed rice sell better and give more profit.
Before I did rice with LASG (Rice for Job) I use to buy milled rice from the east and package, a point a friend said should your supplier fail you what will you do? What to do drove my into farming rice. We did semi mechanised at the farm, but guy, the other part no easy o. Any way, I learnt proper rice farming.
Back to the matter, buying paddy from farmers or commodity market then you process the rice. During processing, it important to watch where you dry your rice because this is where stones get into our local rice. If you have a destoner that will a plus for you.
Get a branded package for your rice, then you are good to go.
If you have a question or contribution, please join.

Bro how do one who have no previous idea go into the above stated processn. Can u pls outline the step by step procedure. Secondly how do one compete with the known brands like stalions, mama Gold and co? .

EJaja:
Bro how do one who have no previous idea go into the above stated processn. Can u pls outline the step by step procedure. Secondly how do one compete with the known brands like stalions, mama Gold and co? .

If you are new into rice, therein the steps:
1. Look for a farm or Rice market to buy your paddy
2. To your paddy to the miller, depending on the mill, you may be charged per kilo for processing.
3. After which you bag your rice.
To answer the second question, create a brand and target market for yourself. Like LASG rice it's branded "Eko Rice" in 25kg and it sells like mad. Their rice is sold out before harvest. You can make yours 2kg or 5kg with a unique. The market is too large for just a few.