Maple:
^^ I did replied your mail as well.

Pavore9:
Taste so natural unlike those tinned & powdered milk! lt will sell well in Nigeria, selling it with milk dispensing machine.

felixzo1:
\ all the pictures posted here are foreign breeds, the first picture is a crossbreed between a fresian cattle and a white fulani , the second picture is a brahman cattle, an indian breed it can grow to a weight of 1400 kg, the third picture is friesian bull,it can grow to a weight of 1200 kg, it is a diary breed, the fourth picture is a jersey breed, a dairy cow too, the are cattle belonging to sebore farm in adamawa state. each of the cattle above cost more than 400,000 naira .the advantage of foriegn breed over local breed is, they can produce large quantities of meat and milk , for example, a freisan cow averages about 25 liters of milk a day, and has the gentic potentail to produce 45 liters of milk, i have personally seen a cow producing 45 liters of milk a day. while our local funali cow averages 1 liter of milk a day, a brahman cattle averages a daily weight gain of 1.5 kg while a fulani cattle is 1.0 kg maximum per day, the disadvantages of foriegn breeds are,1, they are very expensive to buy and maintain,and are disease prone.they also find it find it difficult to survive in our hot weather.

tpiadotcom:
Your business plan should probably depend on your supplying milk products to already existing companies which sell milk in various forms. Unless you want to break into the market and do the same.

Like I said, lactose intolerance is a real problem, this is one of the reasons why fresh milk is not consumed in nigeria ( aside from climate and infrastructure).


However, you are welcome to give it a go, we are all learning.

Gerrard59:
Read about the lactose intolerance. Quite bad for business. It's even genetic, mostly in Africa.

Although, like I said there must be a reason why the big dairy firms are making inroads to Africa. Consuming middle class, rising population, next frontier etc.


Chai!!!! Enough money to be made.

felixzo1:
i am back after a little break, i went for agric show recently here is what i found out in pictures.

Liadi2:
pls I need ur contact

felixzo1:
sorry for not updating for a while.my next update will be beef cattle farming and upgrading of our local cows

felixzo1:
Beef cattle farming is simply keeping cattle for beef production. The beef cattle industry has contributed greatly to Nigeria economy by way of revenue generation, employment, raw material for industries. The sector supplies meat there by cutting down meat importation from foreign countries. The predominantly cattle breeds used for beef production in Nigeria include, Red Bororo, Sokoto Gudali (Adamawa Gudali) White Fulani , Ndama , and Muturu breeds. But beef production by these breeds is low; this is due to one of many factors which include
• poor management system by traditional pasturist
• poor nutrition
• long calving interval
• poor growth rate
• Limited body formation.
A small holder farmer can tap into the potential of beef production by keeping a few cows and upgrading the genetics of our local cows for faster growth rate, short calving intervals and improve body size.
 Bosmara breed, Brahman breeds are some of the good beef cattle that can be used for genetic improvement of our local stocks. It is better to keep very few productive breed than having a large herd of poor producers. Certain factors should be considered before starting a beef farm.
 Capital.
 Land.
 Breed of cattle.
 Size of herd.
 Age of foundation stock.
 Target market.
 Feeds and water.
My working strategy involves buying young calves of about 6 months old feeding them with enough forage and required concentrates, after reaching a required body size ( 250kg ), inseminating them with Brahman Bull or Bosmara Bull se’men and waiting for the cows to calve, and then feeding the calves to market size body weight of 450kg, these will take a period of 18 to 24months for the calf to grow into a market size weight (it usually takes a local cow 36 to 49 months to reach that body size)

sartee:

Can you please drop your contact for whatsapp or your email ID. Thanks for the updates .

felixzo1:
i will also be updating soon, i have a lot of pictures to share,

Maple:
My farm's dairy crossbreeds:

Pix 1:Ayshire (F1), Friesian (F1), Simmental (F2) and Brown Swiss(F1) crosses
Pix 2: Australian Friesian Sahiwal (AFS) (F2) crossbreed

lanre2009:
@ felixzo1 and other gurus in the house, is it really possible to for a cow to produce 80 Liters of milk per day?

Our American cows give us 80 liters of milk daily


In this interview, Alhaji Samir Salihu Argungu who is into poultry, fishery, dairy and breeding of sheep in Sokoto, says he remains into farming to contribute his quota in making Nigeria food sufficient. Excerpts:

What prompted you to go into large scale poultry, cows, fishing and sheep farming?
First and foremost, my parents were farmers and so I grew up as a farmer. Beyond that, when I realised that most of the things we feed on in this country like rice, palm oil and other food items are imported, even the chickens and eggs that we were using in Sokoto were brought to us from Ibadan at high prices and inadequate quantity. I resolved to make sure I set up my farm to contribute towards providing food in this country. In the meantime, we are into poultry, dairy, fishery and have some sheep as well. We are into large scale selling of milk, eggs and fish. I started with 500 birds but within the first 6 months, 28 of them died. On the advice of my veterinary doctor, I increased the number to 1,000. When people knew about the farm, they started coming to buy eggs from the farm. I was again advised to buy broilers since all the 1,000 were layers, I did just that. Gradually, the farm developed to this level. Within just 8 weeks or so the broilers will mature for sell.

How many birds do you have in your farm now?
I now have 7,200 layers with only 2,000 broilers left. We do not keep the broilers for long, the moment they are matured we sell to bulk buyers and we also sell on retail price to people that buy, slaughter and prepare the chicken for buyers here.

How do you get their feeds?
Our veterinary experts are responsible for mixing their feeds. We have a mill for the processing of their feeds. We would not like to give details of how we mix their feeds, but the fact is we combine maize, soya beans, moringa leaves that we have here and some other ingredients.

What difficulties are you facing in this business?
Our major problem is when the weather is hot. You know Sokoto has harsh weather and chickens do not like heat. But from the onset we selected a site where the heat will not be much.

What informed your decision to combine sheep, cows, chicken and fish in one farm?
You are aware that most farms that combine poultry and fishery is because they use the chicken waste and meat of the dead chicken to feed the fish, we also do that. Again, all the maize we are using to produce the feed comes from our farm. We are operating a sort of integrated farm. We do not buy or apply fertiliser to our farms, instead, we use the manure from our cows and sheep, the waste from the poultry and the waste water from the fish ponds on our farms. I use to import the chicken pens, that is the cages from China India and Turkey and sell here. People come from Ondo, Bauchi and other parts of Nigeria to buy the pens from us.

Do you have access to bank loans?
I have never accessed any form of loan from any bank or government. The only assistance I know we got from government was when they gave us 500 fingerlings. I understand they gave to all the fish farms in the stte. That was the only support we got from government. Farming generally is improving greatly in the state because the governor himself is a farmer and is doing a lot to encourage farmers and improve farming activities in the state. I remember when fish farmers invited him to an event, he attended and even donated large consignment of fish from his farm. He is doing a lot to farmers in this state.

How many fishes and cows do you have in the farm?
We have 50,000 tilapia and 80,000 cat fishes in this farm. We brought our cows from the United States of America specifically for dairy purpose, to produce for us in commercial quantity. We have two different varieties, those that give us 20 litres the ones that give us 80 litres milk daily. We sell fresh cow milk in the farm. We also breed the sheep for sale to interested members of the public.

Source:- http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/daily/index.php/agriculture/34670-our-american-cows-give-us-80-liters-of-milk-daily