₦airaland Forum

Adebayour49:
Farming is said to be a business when it's done on a commercial purpose, and it's not a business if done on subsistence basis.
Farming is always an investment be it commercial or subsistence because, you will always expect a return (which is always your harvest)

Nice direction.

By your definition; any expected return on any an endeavor could be termed as an investment?!

Yodexy:
Business has to do with any commercial enterprise or activity that an individual is involved in, while investment is a commitment of resources in the hope of some form of gain.

But in finance, business has to do with generating returns using products and services, while investment aims to produce returns using financial markets.

Since we are looking at Farming from the financial standpoint, it denefinitely qualifies as a business but before it can qualify as an investment there has to be some level of financial instruments in place.

Very illustrative. Great points.

What do you mean by:

"Financial markets" and "Financial Instruments"??

my2chains:
To me farming is just a normal business but at the same time an investment,

for example you bought a land for farming today and as of next 5 to 10 years the land value increases so also your production in farming,

to me they can be somehow called a business and still be an investment

cheers!

Point on.

Victornezzar:
Farming is a business... Reason is because it's a 50/50 task... You can gain... You can loose.. You can't know the estimated profit you can make from just one season alone

Unlike investment where you can just put a little money... Sit back... Then when the period matures... You cash out... You can be sure of your profit


I hope I win this

Good perspective.


What kind of investment can you put your little money, sit back and expect monetary returns?

And why can't you do this with farming?

jumper524:
Farming is a business as it's used to generate financial revenue for individuals.
Although it could still be an investment if your aim is to produce return through financial market.

Valid point.

Nice Contributive Comments made by Everyone.

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The following slides are Excerpts from the First Edition of The Triple A&T Integrated Farms Magazine lunched MAY 2020.


We had introduced to the public and our readers - The Scopes of The Triple A&T Integrated Farms.

The magazine subtly explains the individual scope of the farm.

Adbiz:
Nice write up op.
Qtns.

1. When us the right time to start this cukes farming?

2.how does one gets buyers

3.can this fruit grow well in southwest? learnt most of the cocumber fruits we see around are planted in the north.

Thanks

1) Provided you put irrigation into consideration, you can grow your cucumbers any time of the year.

It is however Wise for you to target your Planting and Harvest operations in dry season periods and when there are less supply of cucumbers in your target market.


2) You go out to the markets to liase with wholesalers and retailers in the markets.


3) Many farmers grow them in the SouthWest.

Questions are welcomed.

We come to the end of Tonight's Financial Webinar; I trust I've been able to Financially Expose You to Some Vital Financial Enlightenment on The Cultivation of Cucumbers.

Personally; I know over 50 Online Agro Friends that are into Reaping Substantial Income Cultivating Cukes.

As a Social Entrepreneur and Financial Rabbi; I hope I've been able to provide you a short outline on the approach to Cucumber Plantation.

Calculating sales of Cucumbers per bag to be 4,000 naira for an harvest of 120 bags for a 5 times harvest;

4,000 naira × 120 bags × 5 harvests = 2,400,000 naira.

Surprised

Okay; let's not be too optimistic; let's sell each cuke at 2,000 naira which is pretty very low - Our Returns on Profit Bi-Monthly will be around 1,200,000 naira.

Averagely, 2 plots of land will produce 120 bags of bags that sells between 3,000 naira to 8,000 naira on every harvest.

Between 5 - 8 harvests are expected throughout a life span of Cucumber plants which is generally between 90 - 120 days.

Expected Returns

2 plots of land with proper agronomy management will yield between 100 - 170 bags of about 40kg weight each.

The harvest is done after about 45 days of maturity of the Cucumber plants. Harvest will be done every 4 days till the Cucumber plants stop to bear fruits.

The "CU 999" variety can yield up between 5 - 8 times in an interval of 4 days of harvest.

Note:

The use of inorganic fertilizer causes 5 -10 percent losses in yield.

Manure from poultry farm is very much suitable for adding macro nutrients into the soil to boost the growth of Cucumbers.
The application of Haifa bonus foilar fertilizer for micro nutrients.


The remaining balance will be reserved for fuel for pumping water and running other logistics as need be.

Cost of bag threads for 2 plots : 7,000 naira

Cost of 4 Haifa Bonus Foilar Fertilizers: 7,400 naira

Cost of NPK Fertilizer : 7,200 naira

Cost of 4 saaf fungicide : 4,000 naira,

Cost of 20 satchets ridomilgold : 7,600 naira

Cost Analysis Breakdown:

Cost of "CU 999" seeds: 30,000 naira

Cost of manure from poultry farm : 3,000 naira

Cost of labour for ridging: 20,000 naira

Cost of labour for planting: 20,000 naira

Cost of Staking: 10,000 naira.

Cost Implication of planting Cucumber till harvesting on 2 plots of land.

With a budget of 150,000 naira;

3,000 cucumber crops can be managed for 45 days in a stand of 1,500.


The Silver pack of containing between 1,700 - 1,800 CU 999 seeds cost about 8,000 naira while the Gold pack containing between 3,500 - 4,000 CU 999 seeds cost about 15,000 naira.

A sachete of "CU 999" variety contains between 1,700 - 1,800 seeds. 10 sachetes will be needed to cater for 2 plots of land.

Working with an estimate of obtaining an average of 5-6 fruits per plant, the philosophy and psychology of selling during the raining and dry seasons will be centered around quality management through proper irrigation and manuring.

One bag of cucumber will contain between 60-75 fruits because of the big sizes of "CU 999" specie.

With good soil, organic manure, fungicides and irrigation, a plot of land will contain 1,500 cu 999 cucumber stands which will yield 8 -10 fruits before they wither.

A bag of cucumber can sell for up to 5,000 naira during it's off season.

It usually sells between 2,500 - 3,500 naira during it's PEAK Season.

Cucumber Farming.

One of The best variety for cucumber farming which produces bigger and tastier fruits is the "cu 999" specie.

There are many varieties of cucumbers... We got the Murano variety, Greengo variety, Nagano variety, Jorad variety, etc.

All of these varieties are very good varieties of Cucumbers as they produce bigger fruits that commands higher purchase price in the local markets.

daddytime:
They didn't start it today.

They once listed Coke and Fanta as mineral resources.

Lol

Financial Question: Is Farming A Business or An Investment?


Best Responder receives 1 acre of land on FREE Lease, Seedlings and 5,000 naira.

Offer Valid till May 31, 2020.

pezeji:
As a result of this lockdown, boredom became too much and I went fishing in a nearby water behind my building here in ago, Lagos State.

Fortunately I caught this little, innocent and shy animal.

It's my new pet

I could buy it as a pet from you if you wanna sell.

Price?

Throwback:
Sadly it is.

He passed away on 15th April 2020.

Really sad if it is true.

Please, this news is threading on twitter.

How true is this?

About 3 weeks ago, we planted ugwu seeds on 1 Hectare in Our Agricultural Real Estate in Owo, Ondo State.

About 40% of the seeds have already sprouted. We did not prepare nurseries for these seeds due to the Corona Cruises We encountered.

As it is; we have advanced to purchasing more ugwu pods for the purpose of nursing and transplanting to replace the ungerminated seeds.

After returning from the market today; we followed through the process of depodding the seeds.

This is ongoing as per the Ground Plan Under PLAN B Corresponding with Our PLAN A.

To increase your yield in any Agricultural Plantation; You should Treat Your Plants as Children;

You should NURSE them before Advancing Them to Play in The Field of Life.


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We will be dropping an update about the brief activity we carried out today.


You can read through threads on our profile to learn how to prosper through Agriculture with Us.

If you have been following through our Celebrity Farming; you must have noticed that for quite a while we have not dropped any recent updates on our Ugwu Plantation on 1 hectare of land in Owo, Ondo State.

Somewhere in the Middle of The African Jungle...

In The Ancient Town of OWÒ.

Our Agricultural Housing containing 5 Bedrooms, 4 Toilets & Bathrooms, 1 Kitchen, 1 Living Room, 1 Warehouse and 3 Office rooms is gradually getting into completion.

To be successful in farming; Your Farm Structure has to be Aesthetically Befitting to Your Expected Financial Income.

This is a prototype to the Agricultural Real Estate s Development which we've already embarked on.

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