Good Evening to the fellow Farmers and My Ogas! I hail and remain loyal to you guys!. I wanted to say thanks for this forum and i have learnt a lot from reading your comments and sharing your stories. I made contact direct to few of my bosses here and i wanted to appreciate you guys a lot again. As a student still learning from you all. Am about to do the planting in fews weeks time. I have small land of 19 acres which is clear in end of Dec. last year in Ibadan. About to plow the first round this weekend and the second time in 2 weeks later. Seeding in currently in nursery since Sept. in Akure ready to transport to farm. I'm hiring a consulter that will manage the farmland the planting process. I get the following quotation from him and he advice to you boko hiram wire for seeding, base on you guys experience is this quotation ideal or not. You opinion and advice will really appreciate. Again thanks to all of you guys without mentioning names.

QUOTATION: PALM SEEDLINGS PLANTING.


1. MAPPING AND PEGGING.

A mapper will measure an approved distance of 9 meters and obey the
Triangular method of planting thereby identifying every point of
Planting of the seedling.

Cost implication is #7000per acre total. #7000 X 19 = #133,000


2. PLANTING.

The cost implication of planting the seedling is prepared per stand.
Digging of hole and planting per stand is #300.00
Total seedling is 1140 for 19 acre which = #300 X 1140 = #342,000.00


3. Quotation for 2/2 planks to be molded into 3ft pegs.

1. Total no of 2/6 planks needed=1500 pieces

2. These 1500 2/2 planks will be cut and remolded into pegs, average number of pegs expected=5000 pieces or more

3. Each seedling will need 4 pegs each. Total no required will be (4pegs X 1140 total no of seedlings) = 4560 pegs

4. Total cost of purchasing of 1500 2/2. Cutting and molding into
Pegs of 5000 or more = #560,000


4. NETTING BY CARPENTER.

Cost of netting a seedling is #400.00 Netting of 1140 seedling is = #456,000


5. NAILS.

11/2(INCH AND HALF) will be used.

A bag cost #15,000

3bags will cost 3 X 15000 = #45,000


Transportation of the planks/pegs from Ibadan metropolis to Omi Adio
Will cost = #75,000



SUMMARY

1.1500 pieces of 2by2 = #560,000

Transportation of planks #75,000

2. Mapping & pegging = #133,000

3. Planting of 1140 seedlings = #342,000

4. Netting by carpenter = #456,000

5. Nails (inch and 1/2.3bags) =#45,000

Grand total. = #1,611,000



QUOTATION: CASSAVA STEM PLANTING.


PURCHASE OF CASSAVA:

30 bundles of cassava stem cover an acre.

570 bundles of cassava stem will covers 19 acres.

A bundle of cassava stem cost. #700 (700 X 570) = #399,000.

Cost of transporting cassava from Eruwa to Omi-Adio cost #50,000


PLANTING COST.

An acre cost. #8000.

19 acre gives (19 X 8000) = #152.000


GRAND TOTAL COST. #601,000.

PURCHASE OF CASSAVA: #399,000.
Cost of transporting cassava: #50,000
PLANTING COST. #152.000


N.B.
Exclude Plow before planting & Spraying after planting.