Jessam:


Not being funny but from what i see in the photograph Oke Aro that this is being touted as the biggest pig farm in west Africa is BIG disgrace. This farm looks run down and frankly dirty, I am not accusing the farmers who rent the pens but have to question the management of the farm. I might be wrong so please correct me, but this is a government initiated farm? At Jessam cattle ranch and farm we take pride in our surroundings and so do many other farms, but from I see here this is not the case. Here pics of the piggery section of our farm.

You are on point the place is an eye sore with what i saw compared wt my own small farm, my hope increased. I like your farm wt d standard you set you shd be selling to foreign countries.

Jessam:


Great informative post, Agriculture is so important to create a robust economy.Food is an important input, frankly it powers the citizens of a nation. Let me use this opportunity to introduce Jessam cattle ranch and farm,

Welcome to jessam Cattle Ranch and Farm. We are based in Enugu. Please enjoy photos of our farm. We rear livestock including Cattle, pigs, goats, poultry, ducks. We also process palm oil too. Feel free to place your orders 08032455430 or 09099020582

jessamfarms@hotmail.com


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5VRJWxLv0&feature=youtu.be

hello bro, what breed are those pigs in ur pixz, did u sell weaners? price range?

1stUnique:


hello bro, what breed are those pigs in ur pixz, did u sell weaners? price range?

Thanks for contacting us, unfortunately we do not sell weaners, not for now anyway as we have a big contract we need to fulfill. We have cross breeds of Yorkshire and Landrace

Many Thanks

Hi,
I have read 28pages of this thread n I most confess it is informative and educative.
I live in ilorin, I am planing to go into pig farming by January 2016. I have done lots of research but will like to ask Mr Dejia If he can mentor me. aeakogun@gmail.com dat my email address

Hi,
I have read 28pages of this thread n I most confess it is informative and educative.
I live in ilorin, I am planing to go into pig farming by January 2016. I have done lots of research but will like to ask Mr Dejia If he can mentor me. aeakogun@gmail.com dat my email address[color=#000000][/color]

Jessam:


Thanks for contacting us, unfortunately we do not sell weaners, not for now anyway as we have a big contract we need to fulfill. We have cross breeds of Yorkshire and Landrace

Many Thanks

Nice structures you have there. is this a new farm or you just moved to this site? How many sows do you have. I would love to see your boar. Landrace vs large white is the best hybrid for maternal lines.

adegbem:
Am presently a Corp member (nysc) I got an opportunity offer from bank of industry for a loan of about 2 million and I want to go into piggery business and fish farming in medium scale (I love to have a mentor if anyone is willing) but I want to write a business proposal first and I need a breakdown of a startup expenses for pig range of 30-50 sow production line (you can pick any specific number), please note I have read through the thread (am not lazy... Lol) and I have gain alot but I need comprehensive information to put up a financial plan, please do render your help. If location matters, the farm would be in osun state Ede to be precise and my phone number plus whatsapp is 08138358209 if you want to go further in helping out. I promise to be cheerful with any knowledge I gain here and to be a feedback source in the future

some one should please come to my aid... Please

adegbem:
some one should please come to my aid... Please

My advice is you do either Piggery or Fishery.

2million is a small amount of money if you intend to breed in Piggery. With 2million you should initially focus on fattening and possibly rent a facility instead of constructing your own.

When u master the business you can consider buying sows and building your own place.

No business plan will reveal the intricacies of the business, the best you can do is to understudy a successful and experienced farmer

what and what are the medication of piglet and pigs I'm general. please advice is needed from anyone in d hux

femu:


My advice is you do either Piggery or Fishery.

2million is a small amount of money if you intend to breed in Piggery. With 2million you should initially focus on fattening and possibly rent a facility instead of constructing your own.

When u master the business you can consider buying sows and building your own place.

No business plan will reveal the intricacies of the business, the best you can do is to understudy a successful and experienced farmer

Thanks i will think about it

eazeefix:

Nice structures you have there. is this a new farm or you just moved to this site? How many sows do you have. I would love to see your boar. Landrace vs large white is the best hybrid for maternal lines.

Jessam Cattle ranch and farm have been on the same Enugu site for 3.5 years. Due to popular demand for our livestock we are always expanding our housing for livestock. For example our pig housing has gone from one building that can hold 200 grown pigs to 4 buildings that can hold 1000 pigs. The same for our poultry section. We also pay close attention to maintenance and ensure that repairs are done regularly including repairing floors, replastering walls and rehanging doors. We also look after our surroundings, ensuring grass is cut, weeds are controlled, on a daily basis we pick up rubbish including all types of plastic bags and debris. Hopefully photographs of our farm and animals attests to the high standards of livestock care and farm estate management we adhere too.

Thank you for showing interest in our farm

eazeefix:

Nice structures you have there. is this a new farm or you just moved to this site? How many sows do you have. I would love to see your boar. Landrace vs large white is the best hybrid for maternal lines.

Jessam Cattle ranch and farm have been on the same Enugu site for 3.5 years. Due to popular demand for our livestock we are always expanding our housing for livestock. For example our pig housing has gone from one building that can hold 200 grown pigs to 4 buildings that can hold 1000 pigs. The same for our poultry section. We also pay close attention to maintenance and ensure that repairs are done regularly including repairing floors, replastering walls and rehanging doors. We also look after our surroundings, ensuring grass is cut, weeds are controlled, on a daily basis we pick up rubbish including all types of plastic bags and debris. Hopefully photographs of our farm and animals attests to the high standards of livestock care and farm estate management we adhere too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5VRJWxLv0&feature=youtu.be

For bio security reasons we don not have the oportunity to show case our poultry section but we will put up a select number of pics on nairaland soon

Thank you for showing interest in our farm, Feel free to place your orders 08032455430 or 09099020582

jessamfarms@hotmail.com

Jessam:


Jessam Cattle ranch and farm have been on the same Enugu site for 3.5 years. Due to popular demand for our livestock we are always expanding our housing for livestock. For example our pig housing has gone from one building that can hold 200 grown pigs to 4 buildings that can hold 1000 pigs. The same for our poultry section. We also pay close attention to maintenance and ensure that repairs are done regularly including repairing floors, replastering walls and rehanging doors. We also look after our surroundings, ensuring grass is cut, weeds are controlled, on a daily basis we pick up rubbish including all types of plastic bags and debris. Hopefully photographs of our farm and animals attests to the high standards of livestock care and farm estate management we adhere too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5VRJWxLv0&feature=youtu.be

For bio security reasons we don not have the oportunity to show case our poultry section but we will put up a select number of pics on nairaland soon

Thank you for showing interest in our farm, Feel free to place your orders 08032455430 or 09099020582

jessamfarms@hotmail.com

Waoh, never knew Enugu have such an impressive livestock farm, na only Ayalogu and a few other farmers at 9th mile that am familiar with..

Your farm is very clean, airy, with good layout, am sure the meat quality is just as good.. Good Job Jesam, unu na anwa well well..

Do you sell to individuals as well, looking to butcher something for family back in Coal City this Xmas..

eazeefix:
My farm

Eazeefix great pics of your farm, your pigs look very health, where exactly is your farm. My farm called Jessam Cattle ranch and farm is in Enugu. Here is a video of a section of ours -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5VRJWxLv0&feature=youtu.be.

Keep up the good work.

Jessam Cattle Ranch & Fam

Please I need a pig house to rent in Ibadan. Contact me on 08030511847

adegbem:

Thanks i will think about it

piggery is far better than fishery in terms of management for a newbie. With an experienced farmer as your mentor you are good to go.

omode2:
piggery is far better than fishery in terms of management for a newbie. With an experienced farmer as your mentor you are good to go.

my problem is with marketing, in my location there more Muslim which is bad for the business

Oniemo:
Good day. I'm a housewife but will like to go into pig farming because of the not so much supervision it requires. I've a family member who has been in the biz for yrs in oke aro & I've discussed about starting there by renting a pen & paying for the mgt while I come like 3times a week. I'm yet to visit the place but I hope to start in jan next year. But ur assessment of d place has put a dampener on it. In your opinion, what can I do differently to be successful in the biz? Input from others will be welcome as well who are familiar with the place.

My experience at Oke-Aro was not too fantastic. Note I was there for a year before I moved to my permanent site. I only used the place to multiply my herd size. The issues I had with the place are as follows:

Disadvantages:

1. The environment is very unkempt and dirty. The secretariat is not doing as much as they should be doing.

2. The attendants there are mostly fraudsters who are out to milk newbies.

3. The proximate positioning of many farms makes it very easy for your attendant to sell your feed.

4. Most farmers aren't ready to help you; they are just out to take advantage of your ignorance.

5. You have no control over bio security.

Advantages:

1. It is easier for you to sell few animals. You can sell even one because the buyers aggregate their purchases by taking a few here and there to make up their need.

2. It is easier to source for feed. You can buy one or 2 bags or as many as you require. On your own personal farm you won't enjoy this luxury.

I will advise that you look for a successful pig farmer who is willing to share his experience with you while he allows you to have some hands on by renting out space and other resources to you. Cheers.

Really informative thread. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
For someone who would like to go into pig farming in Lagos but with not much capital, what would the gurus in the house advice? Capital is < 200k. Also, are there facilities accessible through BOA or similar bodies? Kindly provide information on the process of securing the loans/grants. I'll really appreciate this.

adegbem:
my problem is with marketing, in my location there more Muslim which is bad for the business

Where is your location? Do we have other piggery farmers there? Most buyers come from the East or SS to buy in bulk which only few big farms can meet their demands. Network with other farmers. Do you also have access to cheap feed ingredients in your location what about good foundational stocks, thats where your feasibilty plan comes in.

Animal feed is a big question. But if you have a feed making machine, that would not be problem any more.

For more info. about the machine, pls visit this site: http://bscpelletmill.com??id=yd

bugativeron:
My 10kobo advice to those who wants to go into piggery. I have been reading the comments here for sometime. But I think I should put in my advice now. Some comments here are hilarious and do not depict reality. However I will try to list somethings that I think should be done.


1. A pig farmer is first a cost manager, if not your expenses could run beyond ur plan and u cant stop at that point.
2. 80% of ur time should be spend to drive down the cost of ur feed. Research online for chepeast source of food and combinations that gives best yield.
3. The greatest challenge you will get is cheap source of protein for ur animals. Remember even humans in nigeria do not have enough protein not to talk of animals
4. Start small. This can never be over emphasis. It is not about ur cash availability rather it is about learnings. You definitely need to learn. But why do you want to learn with ur entire cash. The man that wants to start with 25 sows you need to watch it. Do u have enough experience to handle such. If 25 sows gives birth to average of 5 that gives you 125. Do u have d experience to handle such numbers. When they turn to grower cost of feeding will nearly drive you mad. Also without experience u may loose majority of them.
5. Go to a training school or do attachment somewhere. You cannot leave ur business in the hands of some other people who will tell stories that touch the heart because you dont know. Lagos state government had a 3month training school in oko oba that is not costly but allow you to manage it with ur other activities.

6.specialise in pen design. Cost of construction of pen is also one of the things that drives farmers mad. Go online and research cheaper method of construction buy picture books online that teach DIY they are readily available just Google it. Amazon used to deliver books to me in nigeria some years back and they are very cheap 18dollars or so and it gets to u withing 3wks. Do it yourself cos cost is important. I saw the pen design posted by someone that is a costly way to build pig farm. Imarging if you have 2000 animals how many of such will u build.

7. To manage cost or to be efficient and get rich thru piggery requires you to run a large pig far. Cos the energy and time invested in running a farm with 200 animals will not be much different from running a farm with 2000 animals but the cost saving different is huge.

I hope I have made a bit of sense with this my posting. Remember ur goal is to be an elite farmer not backyard one.

The cost of constructing a pen house as a beginner doesnt come cheap. But a wooden or bamboo pen can also be constructed to reduce cost.

I just saw this your post due to MTN wahala. Thank you so much for your responses. I truly appreciate it a lot & I've taken note of your points. Cheers

teepain:


My experience at Oke-Aro was not too fantastic. Note I was there for a year before I moved to my permanent site. I only used the place to multiply my herd size. The issues I had with the place are as follows:

Disadvantages:

1. The environment is very unkempt and dirty. The secretariat is not doing as much as they should be doing.

2. The attendants there are mostly fraudsters who are out to milk newbies.

3. The proximate positioning of many farms makes it very easy for your attendant to sell your feed.

4. Most farmers aren't ready to help you; they are just out to take advantage of your ignorance.

5. You have no control over bio security.

Advantages:

1. It is easier for you to sell few animals. You can sell even one because the buyers aggregate their purchases by taking a few here and there to make up their need.

2. It is easier to source for feed. You can buy one or 2 bags or as many as you require. On your own personal farm you won't enjoy this luxury.

I will advise that you look for a successful pig farmer who is willing to share his experience with you while he allows you to have some hands on by renting out space and other resources to you. Cheers.

Jessam:


Eazeefix great pics of your farm, your pigs look very health, where exactly is your farm. My farm called Jessam Cattle ranch and farm is in Enugu. Here is a video of a section of ours -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5VRJWxLv0&feature=youtu.be.

Keep up the good work.

Jessam Cattle Ranch & Fam

hello Jessam, I am a pig farmer based in Umuahia, Abia State. I will love to visit your farm soon. I also want to know if you use farrowing cages(pens) and water nipples in your farm. Thanks

ayo29:
Hi,
I have read 28pages of this thread n I most confess it is informative and educative.
I live in ilorin, I am planing to go into pig farming by January 2016. I have done lots of research but will like to ask Mr Dejia If he can mentor me. aeakogun@gmail.com dat my email address

I also reside in ilorin, intend to start a pig farm later next year...

Will love to visit your farm when you start

targus:
Some Pic of the Piggery Pen under construction

How's the project going? Update please

Good aftnoon. Pls where is ur farm located? Is it in Lagos, Ogun or Oyo state? If any of these of the states, do you have pens that I can rent and learn from you? Thank you.

Oniemo:
I just saw this your post due to MTN wahala. Thank you so much for your responses. I truly appreciate it a lot & I've taken note of your points. Cheers

@teepain

Good aftnoon. Pls where is ur farm located? Is it in Lagos, Ogun or Oyo state? If any of these of the states, do you have pens that I can rent and learn from you? Thank you.[quote author=teepain post=40574703]

Oniemo:
@teepain

Good aftnoon. Pls where is ur farm located? Is it in Lagos, Ogun or Oyo state? If any of these of the states, do you have pens that I can rent and learn from you? Thank you.

@Oniemo
Good afternoon. My farm is located on Lagos Ibadan expressway. You can send me an email on adetunde.ojo@gmail.com or you can drop your email address or phone details and I will reach out to you.

omode2:
The cost of constructing a pen house as a beginner doesnt come cheap. But a wooden or[b] bamboo pen can also be constructed to reduce cost[/b].

Hi Omode,
Do you have contact of any carpenter/person with experience in bamboo pen making.
Would like to survey its cost benefit immediately. Thanks.

Hello,
I am trying to start a Pig farm in Ibadan but would like to have practical training on a farm. If your farm is in Ibadan kindly contact me on dhejaavu69@yahoo.ca


Am not tackling you o. you have made beneficial contributions, however am just expressing caveats for beginners, people with limited funds and pensioners.

My impression of pure foreign breed pigs is formed by my experience and interactions with different farmers over the years.
You haven't told us your weaning weight, farrowed litter size, weaned litter size and weight at 6months to justify the investment on foreign breeds.

Slatted floors are good let's see how your implementation proceeds. How easy will it be to extract the manure from the soakaway for sale to farmers?how attractive will it be to extract for the buyer,do you pump or pack it?
The farms I have observed doing this have a dedicated vehicle dat pumps this waste and sprays it on their farmland.

You made an important contribution on generating maggots from pig waste to feed fish, I have also practiced it but gave up for some obvious reasons. I look forward to more exposure on generating maggots efficiently from pig waste.

I have no reason to criticize your feed formula it is good, feed formuation depends on your locality.
Farmers in ilesa hardly pay for Brewery waste, just transport cost. In Ota, it is a different story. In Ota, Cassava peels almost cost nothing.
In Oyo, maize is pure water. I used to get bloodmeal for free etc......

After constructing my pens, I went to ilesa to visit farmers. I was amazed at what they where able to achieve with limited financial resources.
Infact a farmer constructed a 15 room pen and didn't spend a kobo on roofing. The idea he used is very smart.
We are all learning!!![/quote]

dhejaavu:
Hello,

In Oyo, maize is pure water.

At Jessam based in Enugu, how we wish maize was like pure water here... .
On that note anyone in Oyo that can supply corn at N32k per ton feel free to contact us

. Feel free to contact us on 08032455430 or 09099020582. Ask for Ejike

Have a nice day guys, to all farmers keep up the good work in helping feed the nation, we are often not appreciated especially our government. Subsidy for fuel importers but not for food producers... SMH frankly silly