fluentinfor: I appreciate you too sir.
The road you are travelling is what I have traveled and I can easily spot a brain myself. Though, most brains do not know they are.
Now listen to me sir. If you want to know what works well, look at the wealthy guys. As soon as one can read financial plans, one can easily tell what to concentrate on. Why do we think Aliko Dangote chose to do vegetable processing? Lol. Or do we think he does not realise Mr. President has cattles, so might be cattle rearing is a rich man's game? People, study how rich people invest. Let us learn from them.
I love your comments on drone. Yes, I foresaw that happening. You need real pilots. Yeap. You are right. And paying the pilots salary inceases your expenses. I always tell people that i cut down spending on expenses and I spend more on assets. The secret here is to be able to differenciate between assets and expenses. Many do not know.
Bro, please, do not leave this rice and maize. Why? They are very good. You can make more profit by storing them till the time they are off season. Lol. You make big cash. I think corn is more rewarding with this approach. Sir, if you get the right variety of corn, it seems it is even more profitable than rice. And with less challenges. It does not mean you still cannot do rice. I trust you that you will do something nice.
Again, if you are going on a large scale, doing vegetable all year on large acres can be cumbersome. So, maize can be a very good crop rotation crop to combat disease accumulation in the soil. And you should plant legumes too to fix nitrogen frequently on your soil which reduces the cost of fertilizer or manure that is needed.
Profit making is not just about high ROI crops. It is about reducing cost of production. Last crop you had on your farm might be a nutrient fixer which can reduce the amount of money you spend to fertilize the present crop. And in most engineering practice achieving optimum efficiency is one of the ways to reduce cost of production. This method is what almost all oil companies have adopted.
I will be straight with you. There are secrets to importation that you can use. And one secret is networking. Earlier this year, i met someone who was a blessing to me when it comes to importation. I read about prices of irrigation here but i just laugh. Some of these people buy from my guy and they still come here to say they are the ones importing the stuff when they are buying from this guy. You can still get your net at cheaper cost.
Good nets are expensive, you are perfectly correct. I know this for sure. I build nethouses and greenhouses ( I do not sell but i build for my personal projects). Or let me say, i import and assemble because I do not want to have anything to do with local fabricators. Never and never will i use them. They are with bad attitudes and characters. Once you pay them, they turn to wild beasts or they simply fly away like eagles. Lol. I understand what you mean exactly by saying some last for 10 years.
For example, most mulch sellers will just tell you they are selling mulch for this price. They will not give the details. The color, the texture, the micron, protection level against sun and reflection ability matters a lot. Many just assume black is the color of mulch they should use. So funny how people make terrible mistakes. There was a mulch I bought some months ago, i was looking for 100 microns but i ended up getting a good deal for 140microns. My brother, i used blade on that stuff and it was still not tearing. I used my hands to pull it apart and force it hard before I could tear it. Lol. But the cost of 140 microns is crazily high to small scale farmers. If you tell them to even use 30 microns mulch (not my spec but very common here), they can curse you. Lol.
Good you are going for training but really, you can train yourself. I am telling you the truth. With what you have done so far, you need just guidance and tips. Really, i will tell you to save your money by not attending most glorified trainings. Though, there are good trainings around and some of them are around but i do not publicly endorse anyone. Not my style. But I can give freely what you should research on and how to go about it. You willl get it right i can assure you.
With the kind of research you made to get to where you are, if you put that energy into vegetable self study training, you will teach the fellow who you want to train under in few months from today. Lol.
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