Kobojunkie:
I am not at all certain about your claimed normal.

emmaodet:


Is this for maize or pepper?

ijeezlux:


So can the two go hand in hand. Let's say for plantain?

emmaodet:
My maize growing.

Sorry guys, have lost track of the weeks old of the maize.
We are about harvesting them.
So picked my pictures from my achieve
Have learnt from experience not to count my eggs before it hatch reason why i didn't create the thread when we started planting with follow up pictures

emmaodet:


Thanks.

Not at all.
We don't have Fulani issues here.
Imeko area in Ogun state is the area that has issue most with them

Klass99:


A productive and resourceful man is an attractive one, I'm happy for you and I wish you the best. Get your younger brother involved and busy too, the one you've complained of, the Dubai returnee . Herdsmen invade every where they can find food for their cattle so please be careful.

Motherlove:


Nice one boss!

McStoic:


Where is your farm located?

Antibettings:


Pepper

emmaodet:


Obafemi Owode, Ogun State

joeking2222:
■ Smiles......i mean the STANDARD SPACING!!!!

McStoic:


Okay. May God bless the work of your hands my brother

emmaodet:


This looks like groundnut.

Where is your farm?

Ologundudu2020:
Am working on starting on cassava plancentation soon



Anyone interested to work with me from the scratch should let me know.

I know nothing about agric but am willing to try

Sisora:
yeah.

If one dies, you won't lose the stand. Besides the harvest will be more.

Now if one stick gets damaged, you'll lose the entire stand.

Kobojunkie:
I don't know about that at all. Rather, I am more interested in maximizing crop yield and what you say is standard spacing does not help with that at all.

emmaodet:


Tbh, I will say I was lucky to get the farm workers at 300k per year.
Most Cotonou guys want Bajaj bike at the end of the year which is around 550k/600k and too much for most farmers.
This boys cited naira devaluation as reason for the rising cost in workers.
Normally, a bike is what they collect at the end of the year. It started when bike was around 250k, then with time as naira devalues, it became 300k, 350k, 400k etc till 550/600k now and most farmers says No more. They can't cope and I see this as a major headache for most southern farmers in future.
The northern farmers don't have this issue.
They have a large cheap labours and alimanjeris they use for farming cheaply and likewise the use of cow for doing ploughing compared to a southern farmer that will use tractor.
Farm clearing here is 17k per acre and 20k per acre for ridging compared to north were the price may be less than half off that.
Reason why their maize, tomatoes etc will always be cheaper than ours here

emmaodet:
We planted Premier seed samza 27 open pollinated white maize

emmaodet:
First of all, i am grateful for this forum in getting and hiring a good farm manager.
My former manager frustrated me and i ran at loss last year but so far so good, the person i hired on nairaland has been faithful, loyal and hard working.

sharone21:


Great job..... Hardworking man.....Your manager too is doing a good job....

If u run bike business in Benin Republic, after some years, the unwritten rule is that u pay them for their dedication and service by 'dashing' them that bike.

Motherlove:


Sure bro..

One of your student though.
Really appreciate your efforts.

Hope it looks healthy?

emmaodet:


Land leased at 10k per acre per year

nnamdi640:
for a year or more?

emmaodet:

Obafemi Owode, Ogun State

XAUBulls:

An insightful thread @emmaodet.
Did you lease the land you are using or is it your family land. What is the process you used to acquire the land for your agribusiness at Obafemi Owode.

Thank you.