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Most people are also aware that in type of agriculture we promote, land is very very vital. This is because, unlike other aspect of agriculture, where you can do with a few acres, tree crop farming requires hectares of farmland to be worthwhile.

I am very happy to announce that after many years of searching, the good Lord has finally crowned our efforts by giving us a very suitable farmland for our avocado clusters.

The rain has seized again.

But, surely; it will come back.

Ha e you bought your FS?

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Power Tiller In Action

These and many more are what the power tiller can do for you on the farm. It includes

>> Weeding
>> Ridging
>> Tilling
>> Ditching
>> Water pumping
>> Mulching



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#ridging
#ditching
#smartfarmer
#smarfarming
#smartfarmtool

As most people who have been with us in this group for some time are aware, the group is about creating a farm pension retirement plan or scheme for all of us by planting tree crops which are sometimes called cash crops. The major reason for this is that, tree crops are the only form of agriculture where you sow /plant once & reap /harvest for many many years. Most cases, outliving the person who planted it.

In essence, we are planting, sowing & planning for the next generation

Newway2:
I am Pinfarm, a cash crop farmer & cash crop advocate.

I am also an agroprenure.
I market & fabricate smart farm tools useful everyday on our farms.

But, my real passion is tree or cash crops. The driving reason for this is known by some people who were part of our cocoa group on whatsapp some years back.

My dream is to see all farmers having tree crops as part of their agro investment drive as a hedge against retirement.

Our vision is to see these tree crop farm clusters of farm estates in different locations in Nigeria to cater for different people who might want to plant or invest in trees now but don't have the time to monitor the investment.

ROPE SETTING

First of all, I assume you have known the layout of your farm if it is a large farm.

I will assume you are a start up with just one or 2 hectares for a start.

And also assume that only 2 people will be planting the Maize.

So, you need some rolls of very long ropes and some short sticks to hold make the lines and hold the rope. You will be planting with the lines based on your planting dimension.

Here I am just giving example

If your dimension is as follows:

1) 75 cm between two rows of maize. (We say 75cm inter-row)

2) 25 cm between two maize crops on the same row. (We say 25cm intra-row)

We say the dimension of the planting is:
75cm X 25cm

Also assume your farm is a perfect rectangle (most farms are not). But you can still try to see it as such. You can decide that the lines will go in the direction of breadth or in the direction of Length; depending on the landscape of your farm.

Now, with the dimension known now, and the direction of the rows known, you set the first line by putting sticks at one end to another end and put the line in between the two stick. Let us say that is LINE 1.

Now, you need to know where to put the second line.

You can plan it that you measure about that you set the line in every 4-4 row. So you will calculate 75xm X 4rows = 300cm or 3metres

It means both planters will measure 3 metres away from line 1 and and install the LINE 2.

So every line will be set at parallel lines of 3 metres to each others.

So, if you have sufficient ropes and sticks, you can set as much as 5-10 lines at a time

Or even spend a day setting all the lines on the farm. But I think it is better to set lines each day maybe to cover the entire days work.

Plant for every 1-2 hours non stop. Planting and setting home intermittently will help your labour or you to avoid too much back pains. You will be able to keep your back straight.

Newway2:
LAND PREPARATION

It is advisable to keep tillage to minimum eg just two Preparation activities are enough

Eg.
*Ploughing+ Harrowing
Or
* ploughing+ Reploughing
(especially if the first plough is not done thoroughly enough)

Or
* Ploughing+Ridging (especially to make it easy to sow directly on ridges and plant faster and easier without the need to use ropes for planting)

*Ploughing alone. People call this "Plough and Plant". It is advisable you work on the operator to do thorough jobs for you

Note
In case you are hiring tractor services, understand that your cost will fall into at least two categories:
* Hiring Cost per hectare (some ask you to pay for diesel apart from hiring Cost or bring the fuel to them. The truth is that both billing methods is actually almost leading to same range of price)

* Cost of "Food" money for the operator and his assistant every day.

Another thing to carefully Note is:
*That you need to have accurate measurements of your farmland as operators do have a nak for over-estimating your farm and make you pay more for less work done.

If you are using hand to do all this Land preparation, you will need a good set of labour to:
*Clear the vegetation
*Clear the trash, pack them in spots
*Make the heaps or ridges
*Spread the vegetation over the heaps or ridges in readiness to plant your maize seed.

LAND PREPARATION

It is advisable to keep tillage to minimum eg just two Preparation activities are enough

Eg.
*Ploughing+ Harrowing
Or
* ploughing+ Reploughing
(especially if the first plough is not done thoroughly enough)

Or
* Ploughing+Ridging (especially to make it easy to sow directly on ridges and plant faster and easier without the need to use ropes for planting)

*Ploughing alone. People call this "Plough and Plant". It is advisable you work on the operator to do thorough jobs for you

Note
In case you are hiring tractor services, understand that your cost will fall into at least two categories:
* Hiring Cost per hectare (some ask you to pay for diesel apart from hiring Cost or bring the fuel to them. The truth is that both billing methods is actually almost leading to same range of price)

* Cost of "Food" money for the operator and his assistant every day.

Another thing to carefully Note is:
*That you need to have accurate measurements of your farmland as operators do have a nak for over-estimating your farm and make you pay more for less work done.

Fhemmmy:
What is your current price for the FS Corn seeds and the minimum order?

600/kg
MQty - 10kg

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The day the woman leader (my girl) decided to follow the guys to the farm to use the mechanical weeder.

As it can be seen, the machine is very easy to use & anybody can use it.

If my girl could use it, there's no reason why guys can't use it. The mindset just need to change.

#mechanicalweeder
#womeninagriculture
#weedingchallenge
#weedchallenge

Newway2:
https://www.nairaland.com/3754947/agro-seeds-classifications-best-class

*Planting season is here again. Get your Foundation Seeds (FS) for bountiful harvest*

*FS Maize:* *BR9928 DMR-SR-Y (75days)*
*Price: 600/kg*
*Minimum order : 10kg*
*Colour: Yellow*
*Maturity : 75days*
*Expected Yield : 2 - 4 tons/acre*

*Delivery - Nationwide*

*Pinfarm Agro - 08063249457*

Have you bought FS?

Tree crops is long term & requires personal farmland because it's a lifetime investment.

Our quest has been to secure suitable farmland for any tree crops we want to promote.

We presently have suitable farmland for cocoa in Ogun & Osun State.

Some examples of tree or cash crops we promote are

Cocoa
Oil-palm
Shea
Cashew
Moringa
Coconut
Avocado

Apart from moringa, the other trees crops have lifespan of over 50 years.

Hence, planting any at adult age ensures that one will have something to fall back upon at old age.

Reason we call it farm pension retirement plan

I am Pinfarm, a cash crop farmer & cash crop advocate.

I am also an agroprenure.
I market & fabricate smart farm tools useful everyday on our farms.

But, my real passion is tree or cash crops. The driving reason for this is known by some people who were part of our cocoa group on whatsapp some years back.

My dream is to see all farmers having tree crops as part of their agro investment drive as a hedge against retirement.

Newway2:
WEIGHT IS CASH IN MAIZE FARMING

A cob naturally weighs between 150-350grams (or 0.15- 0.35 kg) and when you weigh a 100 kg of maize, you going to get about 18kg grains from it (average).

A good cob of maize has about 500 kernels/seed.
A kernel or grain or seed of maize on the average is about 0.75 gram.

Please let us do the maths.

How much kg weight will be gotten from a cob that gets 500 kernels with each kernel weighing 0.75 gram?

The biggest challenge for maize � farmer is to get most of his maize cobs to have as much as 500 kernels with each weighing as heavy as 0.75gram


So, for an acre of farm that has been properly done with a plant population of 10,000 stand of maize, you will get:

500 x 0.75 x 10,000 = 3,750kg or 3.755tons

For an acre with 7,500 stands or cobs, 400 kernel on cob & 0.5 gram per grain, you get :

400 x 0.5 x 7,500 = 1,500kg or 1.5tons.

The challenge is for the farmer to make sure he gets more stands on his acre & they are in good weight

This is what you need to do to make good ROI in maize � farming

Agro Retirement Plan

✔️If You are 40 years & Above, this is for you.

✔️Are you an educated farmer?

✔️Can you guarantee yourself regular income in your old age when you leave farming or your present job?

✔️Are you thinking of agric pension or retirement plan?

Then, join the Cash Crop Hub (CCHub) on telegram where we discuss how tree crops can give you pension in your old age.

Every educated & practicing farmer should endeavour to prepare for the agric retirement by planting "Tree Crops".

Tree crops are "Plant Once, Harvest For Decades" investment.

Join us to build a farm pension retirement plan.


Contact our whatsapp on 080-6324-94-57 for more information

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Automated rice bagging machine.

It reduces the risk of contamination & removes the need to engage many labour.

Easily managed by just one staff.



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#ricemilling
#ricerevolution
#ricedestoner
#ricesorter
#ricecoloursorter
#ricebagging

WEIGHT IS CASH IN MAIZE FARMING

A cob naturally weighs between 150-350grams (or 0.15- 0.35 kg) and when you weigh a 100 kg of maize, you going to get about 18kg grains from it (average).

A good cob of maize has about 500 kernels/seed.
A kernel or grain or seed of maize on the average is about 0.75 gram.

Please let us do the maths.

How much kg weight will be gotten from a cob that gets 500 kernels with each kernel weighing 0.75 gram?

The biggest challenge for maize � farmer is to get most of his maize cobs to have as much as 500 kernels with each weighing as heavy as 0.75gram


So, for an acre of farm that has been properly done with a plant population of 10,000 stand of maize, you will get:

500 x 0.75 x 10,000 = 3,750kg or 3.755tons

For an acre with 7,500 stands or cobs, 400 kernel on cob & 0.5 gram per grain, you get :

400 x 0.5 x 7,500 = 1,500kg or 1.5tons.

The challenge is for the farmer to make sure he gets more stands on his acre & they are in good weight

Planting season is upon us.
Plant FS

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A rice reaper being attached to the 12hp hand tractor
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The new FS is BR9928 DMR-SR-Y

Pls, good it for more info.

mendelian:
Are u in Nigeria

Yes, we are based in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
U can reach out for more info through my WhatsApp number here 080-6324-94-57

Hass Avocado Farmers in Kenya rips big as export demand increases by 80%



Avocado exporters are reporting an increase in demand of up to 80 percent in comparison to last season, even as the peak season from March to August is yet to set in.

Currently, exporters are experiencing high demand from United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The demand has increased by as much as 50 to 80 percent compared to last season with more customers demanding full container of avocadoes monthly.


For more info, read below

https://farmerstrend.co.ke/hass-avocado-farmers-in-kenya-export-demand-increases/

The rain is gaining momentum.
Plant FS

Circular Blade Hack!!! This "weeding hack" is made from used Circular blade of the mechanical weeder.

We noticed though that the black blade becomes bent after the welding heat. Hence, it makes the machine to vibrate while weeding. We intend to try again with the stainless steel circular blade & different welding technology.

If you are one of our customers & you have an abandoned circular blade, you can try out this "weeding hack"

#smarfarming
#smartfarmer
#weedchallenge
#weedinghack
#circularblade
#circularbladehack
#mechanicalweeder
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More facts about avocado


Avocado trees have a long life-span and keep on producing fruit for many decades after reaching maturity. A Hass avocado tree planted in 1926 is still fruiting, and avocado trees growing in the wild in Mexico have been known to live as long as 400 years.

Commercial avocados are typically grafted and begin producing fruit after four or five years. Avocado trees left to grow naturally can start producing fruit in 10 to 15 years. They will continue to produce fruit for more than 50 years. Some trees still producing fruit are thought to be more than 100 years old.


How many fruit will a mature tree produce in one year? It is possible for an avocado tree to produce 200 to 300 fruit per tree once it is about 5-7 years of age. The avocado tree, however, alternates bearing. This means that the tree may produce a large crop one year, and then produce a small crop the following year.

Cee9:
Available

Do you still have the soil test kit?

darkmonarch:
How can I tap into this opportunity.

You can follow this thread for more information.
You can also reach us on 080-6324-94-57