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Agriculture › Re: My Successful Cucumber Sack Farm In Kaduna by FarmTech(mod): 9:59am On Sep 06, 2016
vanpeele:
Regarding yield and size, you can try it and let us know. I don't have all the answers.

The potatoes sprouted couple of days ago and they're doing fine.
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Inspiring thread. Have u ever tried premier seeds?
Agriculture › Re: My Successful Cucumber Sack Farm In Kaduna by FarmTech(mod): 9:57am On Sep 06, 2016
vanpeele:
Regarding yield and size, you can try it and let us know. I don't have all the answers.

The potatoes sprouted couple of days ago and they're doing fine.
Agriculture › Re: My Poultry Farm - Part 2 by FarmTech(mod): 12:38am On Sep 05, 2016
olawale4725:
Hello farm tech, av read alot of ur post, dey re really really really really really really helpfull and knowledgeable.

Am a graduate of college of agriculture (ND awarding cert) nd studied animal health and production, this ma first tym into poultry business, nd its layers i bought 1000 (point of lay) @ 14 weeks could u pls share wit me ur practical experience by answering the below questions

THEY ARE CURRENTLY 18WEEKS OLD AND 1003 IN NO

Que1: how often should i deworm my layers and what is the best drug to use, cos i heard some drugs do affect their production?

Que2: Do i really need to administer antibiotics before they start laying, even when nothing is wrong with them

Que3: How many times shld i feed them and how many times should i rob their feeders daily

Que4: they re currently 18WEEKS old, is 3 bags of grower feed enough for them

Que5: when they start laying, how many gram of feed should a bird eat and is it ( the gram of feed/bird/day) constant throughout their laying cycle till they become old layers

Que6: how many crate should i expect at 20weeks and how much should i sell each crate of egg cos pple av been hanging on my neck

Que7: As an expertee what other advise would you give me as a beginner

GOD BLESS FARMTECH

LOOKING FORWARD FOR YOUR RESPONSE
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Sorry for the late reply. I hope it's nt too late. I've been off NL for a while now.
1. On floor syst, u deworm evry 2-3 months. On cage it can be evry 3-4mnths if ur birds have no contact with droppings.
2. Give antibiotics when u anticipate illness or when they are over stressed. I gave mine at least once per mnth even when nothing is wrong with them.
3. Feed 2x per day and turn their feed as often as possible. This applies to caged layers. It encourage them to eat more.
4-5: there is a sample feeding chart that I hav on my website, but unfortunately the site is nt currently active. So google for layers feeding chart to get the info
6. On cage syst, u can expect up to 90% lay if u follow good practices. Egg prices are high now, so find out the current price from farmers in ur locatn. I currently sell unsorted crate for N750. The first eggs will have small sizes and so their price will be lower. That's the size that egg roll sellers and Mee tea people like.

My advise is that u keep proper records and learn from ur mistakes. And hav plan to expand.
Agriculture › Re: INDONESIA DWARF PAW PAW MADE EASY FOR AFFORDABILITY by FarmTech(mod): 9:42pm On Aug 31, 2016
Simple questn: do u have a pawpaw farm? If no, why would people trust ur seed? Imagin after spending 6mnths and u discovered u've been deceieved.
Agriculture › Re: My Cucumber Farming Experience In Lagos by FarmTech(mod): 8:46pm On Aug 31, 2016
I planted cukes this yr but disease wipe them off after about 100 harvest. Some insect pests were prevalent in my area this yr and when the cukes started flowering, I stopped spraying insecticide to save the bees. So the pests were free to do whatever like. What a foolish mistake. My watermelons too are dieing out despite pest control. Someone told me it was due to too much rain, that I shud hav planted earlier in march. Anyone got advice for me? I'm also looking for crop fungicide. All I see in the market are herbicides and insecticides.
Agriculture › Re: My Watermelon/cucumber Experience.by Iconfarms by FarmTech(mod): 9:14pm On Aug 08, 2016
I had similar experience with cucumber. They grew well and I harvested over 120 before a disease came and wipe them out. My mistake was that I didn't control leaf beetles when they started flowering. I was too merciful on the bees and other polinators. So the beetles spread the disease thruout the cukes. Another mistake was intercroping them with sweet potatoes - nutrient stealers. Next time I'll do a better job. The most imp thing is to identify and find solutions for ur mistakes.
Romance › Re: Simple Tricks We Ladies Use To Attract Men by FarmTech(m): 11:21am On Jul 02, 2016
Simple Tricks Ungodly Ladies Use to Attract Ungodly Men
Chysexy:
Source: http://levelhealth..com.ng/2016/07/simple-tricks-we-ladies-use-to-attract.html?m=1
Agriculture › Re: Dangote $ FGN Conspiracy Exposed: The Real Cause Of Tomato Ebola by FarmTech(mod): 10:45pm On Jun 16, 2016
@Op, don't accuse sb without proof. Correlatn is not always causation. The fact that the disease came when dangote want to open a tomato compamy is not a proof that he's the cause. I'm anti-GMO, but I won't encourage this baseless accusatn.
Agriculture › Re: Please Help Grasshopers And Other Insects Are Destroying My Farm by FarmTech(mod): 6:44pm On Jun 15, 2016
Replant. the badly affected ones. buy insecticide like perfect killer or sniper. also buy a sprayer. Do u have problem with armyworms? the ones that attack maize growing point.
Agriculture › Re: Brekete Family And The GMO Controversy! by FarmTech(mod): 11:59pm On Jun 13, 2016
Agriculture › Re: Maize Farming Startup by FarmTech(mod): 12:58am On Jun 12, 2016
SlyIg:
Hello, please I was actually going through google to see if I can get some help and I saw your topic on nairaland.
I need to ask you please Cos I saw this topic about maize cultivation. I have a little vegetable garden that I planted maize. It has been growing very well and healthy until caterpillar starting eating up the the leaves and the shoots all through.
I've been so sad about it as this happen to be my very first time of my cultivating anything.
Is there any chemical you know that can help me kill those caterpillars without causing any damage to my crops pleasehuh
Thanks
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Those are stem borers. They affected my maize too. Early comtrol with an insecticide is the best. Spray the pesticide inside the middle part of the maize bc that's where they normally stay.
Agriculture › Re: Black Soldier Fly Larva (BSFL) In Nigeria by FarmTech(mod): 11:53pm On Jun 05, 2016
I have come across larva like that while growing maggots. I even get rid of them thinking they are dangerous. thanks bro
Celebrities › Re: Gussy Baby: Better To Have Sex With A Friend Than A Lover – (photo) by FarmTech(m): 6:36am On Jun 05, 2016
devils incarnates. u don't dress indescently right? u don't even know what it means.
Celebrities › Re: "Music Is Not What I Do, It's What I Am" - Flavour [Photos] by FarmTech(m): 6:32am On Jun 05, 2016
Devil's incarnates leading millions to hell.
Agriculture › Re: Two Nigerians Go Into Agriculture Because Of Economic Hardship. Pictures by FarmTech(mod): 11:53pm On May 31, 2016
Nwaonyeocha:
This better than roaming the street waiting for APC monthly N5,000
But my people, farming has gone beyond hoe and machetes.
u are right, but one must start from somewhere first. Don't despise ur little beginning.
Agriculture › Re: Two Nigerians Go Into Agriculture Because Of Economic Hardship. Pictures by FarmTech(mod): 11:46pm On May 31, 2016
Nice idea. I started mine this yr. keep it up and think of value addition.
Politics › Re: Russia To Establish Nuclear Centre In Nigeria by FarmTech(m): 2:45pm On May 30, 2016
EazyMoh:
I feel insulted whenever someone says we can't handle nuclear plants. Nuclear energy has been harnessed for about a century now. Those that do it do they have two heads?
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U're funny oo. Have we finished handling common transmission line?
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 11:02pm On May 20, 2016
From the link farmerforlife shared: listverse.com/2013/06/22/10-problems-genetically-modified-foods-are-already-causing/


So, if GMOs aren’t the answer, how are we to
feed the world’s rapidly growing population?
Fortunately, there are many viable solutions being
advocated by farmers and scientists alike. For
example, as reported by the 1996 National
Research Council in the U.S., there are currently
many crops such as pearl millet, fonio, and
African rice that are nutritious, tasty, and produce
well in harsh climates. Additionally,
environmentally friendly, low-water farming
methods, such as the System of Rice
Intensification (which improves rice production by
50-100 percent) is being used as a model for
growing other crops in a sustainable manner.
Other ideas include the decentralization of
farming, urban farming, greenhouses on top of
grocery stores, aquaponics, and more. Diverting
funds and resources away from GMOs could allow
one or more of these natural, wholesome
practices to flourish.
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 10:25pm On May 20, 2016
have against these big, money-wielding companies? At least labeling can help me and my family to avoid gmo while others who care less can continue and be used as guinea pigs. I'll also learn from the experiment. Have it been introduced in nigeria without our knowledge? What GodIsGood said about IITA is really disturbing.
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This argument may continue forever, but my main concern is how opponents of gmo can avoid it and the issue of gmo contamination. If the God that created all allowed some imperfections to exist (due to sin), I wonder hw an imperfect man can improve on it without proper testing.
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Finally, I'm wondering if Mosanto and co defended deadly chemicals like DDT the way they're doing with gmo. Did scientific researches showed the deadly nature of those chemicals and Mosanto and co refuted their claim by denying link b/w the chemicals and deadly diseases like cancer? I need to research on that.
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 10:06pm On May 20, 2016
May God bless u for that writeup @Farmerforlife. May the wise opt out from being used as guinea pigs. Having done some research, I've not found any long term study that prove the safety of GMO. If anyone has a link on that, pls share.
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One dangerous thing about it is that the effect of eating gm foods will not appear immediately. Diseases take a long time to develop and this makes tracing very difficult. This is why a rigorous long term study is needed b4 gmo shud be approve. Look at how they toy with the lifes of billions of people just for money. Let's look and learn from history. Man can do anything for money. Big companies can kill and cause great misery to people just for money. So this issue of gmo shud be scruntinize very carefully.
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I also read that in US, gmo companies have spent over $100 million dollars fighting the labeling of gmo products. If they can do that in US what chances do we Nigerians/Africa have against
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 11:38pm On May 17, 2016
@Godisgud, I can see that u approve GM companies to use humans as their guinea pigs. And for comparing food with mobile phones doesn't make sense considering the dangers involve. We can do without phones but not without food. If phones causes cancer if used wrongly, I believe that statement shows it can be avoided. But I'll like u to tell us how we can avoid the dangers of GMO.
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U have always said that Hybrid seed companies are the ones behind this "say no to GMO". Do u have a proof for that?
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Agriculture › Re: My Lecturer Has Turned Me To A Herbalist! Help! by FarmTech(mod): 8:03pm On May 15, 2016
Agriculture › Re: Anambra Farmers, Let's Meet Here by FarmTech(mod): 9:06pm On May 14, 2016
Gestapo123:
please where can I lease a hectare of land in Anambra, it's urgent help please
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The guy in the link below is hiring out land in awka. He said the land is close to a river. I called him and he said it's N30k per hactare, but I think that's too expensive.
Agriculture › Re: Anambra Farmers, Let's Meet Here by FarmTech(mod): 8:59pm On May 14, 2016
vickychuk:
Main market onitsha.... Sokoto road precisely . They sell agro inputs there.
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Ok tnks, I will check there and see what they have.
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 8:49pm On May 14, 2016
A very interesting writeup that tells u hw far big companies can go to keep on killing people - so far as they make their money:
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https://www.nairaland.com/3102326/worlds-history-some-ignored-warnings/1#45576486
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Explorers:
10. Tobacco and Cancer link.


Back in 1930, the German researchers had found a link between tobacco and cancer and by late 1940’s it was conclusive. However, to reject such findings and links, the Big Tobacco Company funded a phony scientific council who were to counter such claims against Tobacco. This group rejected the range of health problems in 1989 put forward to them bya Surgeon General. Even though, people are well aware, how Tobacco is harmful for them, yet Imperial Tobacco still continues to claim that smoking and cancer has no link. Over a 100 million people have died from cancer due to the consumption of tobacco in the 20th century.



http://onceuponafact.com/8-deadly-warnings-the-world-ignored/
Agriculture › Re: Anambra Farmers, Let's Meet Here by FarmTech(mod): 10:59pm On May 13, 2016
vickychuk:
It's actually a sack farming project about 700 plants on minimal space.
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Where did u buy the seeds? I got mine from ADP awka.
Agriculture › Re: My Lecturer Has Turned Me To A Herbalist! Help! by FarmTech(mod): 12:21am On May 13, 2016
Google it and get a lot
Agriculture › Re: Large Acres Of Land For Lease And For Sale In Awka by FarmTech(mod): 9:14am On May 11, 2016
pamdaniel:
ok sir. 08068018201
Tnks, will call u soon.
Agriculture › Re: Anambra Farmers, Let's Meet Here by FarmTech(mod): 9:10am On May 11, 2016
vickychuk:
All protocol observed. Just alerting the house of my presence . Reside in onitsha but my farm is at Anaocha I'm a freshman in cucumber farming.
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U're wlcm. I'm in Nkpor and also going into cucumber at small scale first. How large is yours?
Agriculture › Re: Large Acres Of Land For Lease And For Sale In Awka by FarmTech(mod): 10:50pm On May 10, 2016
Give us ur number
Agriculture › Re: Say No To Bill Gates Cassava And Rice Farming by FarmTech(mod): 10:41pm On May 10, 2016
GodIsGood08:
I am a bit confused. You aren't an organic farming fanatic yet you are against inorganic farming in your words BUT you can't provide solution to using organic food to feed just Lagos State out of the entire world population. And you wrote above we dont need GMO to feed the world. What if I ask you to use organic farming to feed China? shocked

I have shown many links that 90% critics are noises from organic farmers who are losers( not still saying GMO is better). I have even mentioned how organic farming itself is dangerous with Ecoli, Staph etc BUT some said the issue can be dealt with using water to wash fruits. Indeed! Go ask a staph or Ecoli patient what the guy is passing through. HIV isn't painful like Staph infection, yet we all think HIV is deadlier (HIV not AIDS). I shake my head.

If you really want to stop GMO (nothing is impossible) then give solutions to using organic food to feed just Lagosians. No solution, no direction yet you are telling people organic is the way forward, and promoting "saying No to GMO". If you don't want GMO, just highlight the way to do without it and not just shout No to GMO.

My apology here. I am not attacking you sir but just a general believe I have. Hypocrisy is telling people what to do but not saying HOW to do it.

I am not saying GMO is the best but it seems it has found its place in the system of feeding human since organic farmers have failed to feed everyone. Can you honestly tell us again that Organic can feed us all? I expect you to say yes, and if yes, start writing about it. This is what I wanna read. If you can't say yes and I know its likely you won't say No, I suggest you hold your peace.

However, if you say YES and you come up with strategic plans that are logical, I am joining you. I will not only shout on nairaland but i will join organic farmers, move down to Abuja, carry placards in front of the National Assembly and shout at the top of our voices: "No to GMO". But if you refuse or you can't show us the way forward with organic, I won't type any comment here again. The wise ones reading this thread have taking position in this debate.

Silent mode about to be activated.
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Seems like u can't differentiate b/w gmo and organic farming.
Agriculture › Re: Successful Pineapple Farming Tips by FarmTech(mod): 11:31pm On May 09, 2016
pictures pls.

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