Pls how does one deal with an invasion of giant rats on my farm? They have almost destroyed my houng maize plants.

Krak:
Pls how does one deal with an invasion of giant rats on my farm? They have almost destroyed my houng maize plants.

traps should help

Good afternoon all, been a while sorry had personal stuff to attend to

God bless Nigerian farmers for it's not easy, if agriculture doesn't kill you it can only make you stronger...

May , April the rains was erratic..
June the raining season was finally here came down in floods..
July came and the rains disappeared..

Climate change truly is here and it's here to stay, growing up with rain fed irrigation farmers cultivated thrice yearly, then it became twice now we can barely cultivate once

Fertiliser application since first week of July, this pics was taken days ago.. as you can see it's yet to dissolve rain fell just once after application

First nkp application was leached by flood waters, second no rains for weeks to even wet it, see rice, maize, farmers crying over here

Senior farmers in the house, share you experience have you ever experienced August break in July, infact how would August be like..

willybaby:
Senior farmers in the house, share you experience have you ever experienced August break in July, infact how would August be like..

It has not been encouraging at all. But innovation and God's care have been seeing one through.

Dawson126:



It has not been encouraging at all. But innovation and God's care have been seeing one through.

dry season farming with irrigation seems to be the way forward

Hello house, please your opinions are needed
@Farmtech
@Ideepaul
@farmerakinyole6
@Oluchidelly
What would you advice, if rains start should the maize be allowed to rest from the stress and probably takeup the npk left or should urea be applied immediately to help it overcome drought stress

willybaby:
Hello house, please your opinions are needed
@Farmtech
@Ideepaul
@farmerakinyole6
@Oluchidelly
What would you advice, if rains start should the maize be allowed to rest from the stress and probably takeup the npk left or should urea be applied immediately to help it overcome drought stress

rain palava tire me too! My own also need at least one rain to do well. If I were you, i will channel my energy on the cassava I intercrop with it, and weed Management. I pray it rain heavily soon! If by then you think it Worth applying, you can then do so.

willybaby:
Hello house, please your opinions are needed
@Farmtech
@Ideepaul
@farmerakinyole6
@Oluchidelly
What would you advice, if rains start should the maize be allowed to rest from the stress and probably takeup the npk left or should urea be applied immediately to help it overcome drought stress

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Hmm. How old are they?

Krak:
Pls how does one deal with an invasion of giant rats on my farm? They have almost destroyed my houng maize plants.

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I think fish net will help. I'll be using it in my next watermelon farm to see how effective it will be.

FarmTech:

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Hmm. How old are they?

almost 2 months, weather since planting has been terrible

willybaby:
almost 2 months, weather since planting has been terrible

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The yield will likely be very poor. Maize can be very unforgiving.

FarmTech:

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The yield will likely be very poor. Maize can be very unforgiving.

that's why you can never catch me cultivating maize alone. Thanks for your input sir @FarmTech

willybaby:
Hello house, please your opinions are needed
@Farmtech
@Ideepaul
@farmerakinyole6
@Oluchidelly
What would you advice, if rains start should the maize be allowed to rest from the stress and probably takeup the npk left or should urea be applied immediately to help it overcome drought stress

Apply urea and hope for the best, me nor dey do corn farming commercially

ideepaul:

Apply urea and hope for the best, me nor dey do corn farming commercially

thanks boss 4 your input

Nairalanders please join hands and pray down the rain for us..

willybaby:
Nairalanders please join hands and pray down the rain for us..

Wow this is so shocking! I was actually hoping to read about how good your farm is doing.

I know how it feels when it fails to rain. Over 2 hectares out of my beans farm couldn't yield anything last year due to lack of rain. It wasn't a nice experience I must confess. May God release His shower of blessing upon that farm for yours.

I remember you mentioned that there's a dam close your farm, why not pump water into the farm? At 2 months, those corn should be at least 3 feets tall by now.

If you can remember, I complained about Lagon herbicide not working well on my farm, I had to spend almost 200k to weed the whole farm 3/4 weeks ago. Just this morning that I went for inspection, I was surprised to see the grass fully grown meaning more expenses for me

What am I trying say? The fact that you've already invested means you have to continue spending so you dont lose everything as long as you don't spend more than your total investment after harvest.

I also would like to take the chance to ask what could be this cause of this to some of my corn... Picture attached

LegitPlug:


Wow this is so shocking! I was actually hoping to read about how good your farm is doing.

I know how it feels when it fails to rain. Over 2 hectares out of my beans farm couldn't yield anything last year due to lack of rain. It wasn't a nice experience I must confess. May God release His shower of blessing upon that farm for yours.

I remember you mentioned that there's a dam close your farm, why not pump water into the farm? At 2 months, those corn should be at least 3 feets tall by now.

If you can remember, I complained about Lagon herbicide not working well on my farm, I had to spend almost 200k to weed the whole farm 3/4 weeks ago. Just this morning that I went for inspection, I was surprised to see the grass fully grown meaning more expenses for me

What am I trying say? The fact that you've already invested means you have to continue spending so you dont lose everything as long as you don't spend more than your total investment after harvest.

thanks so much for this, am sure this post will serve as a source of motivation to many here, pumping water ain't possible, distance to dam is almost 2km

Your weeds seem to be very angry please make them happy
May God bless all Farmers

LegitPlug:
I also would like to take the chance to ask what could be this cause of this to some of my corn... Picture attached

first pic looks like leaf burns, did you spray recently and if yes what was it

willybaby:
first pic looks like leaf burns, did you spray recently and if yes what was it

I did some grass close to my yam but the distance between where I sprayed and where I noticed the burns are about 1 hectares apart.

I askes some locals and they called it wuta wuta which can be translated as fire fire. None of them have any idea what causes it or the cure/solution to it.

willybaby:
thanks so much for this, am sure this post will serve as a source of motivation to many here, pumping water ain't possible, distance to dam is almost 2km

Your weeds seem to be very angry please make them happy
May God bless all Farmers

Amen boss

LegitPlug:


I did some grass close to my yam but the distance between where I sprayed and where I noticed the burns are about 1 hectares apart.

I askes some locals and they called it wuta wuta which can be translated as fire fire. None of them have any idea what causes it or the cure/solution to it.

I will do a research on wuta wuta

Thanks to God rain has finally fallen, pray it continues for a long while August break stay far away

willybaby:
Otukpo Benue State Nigeria

Good morning, happy Sunday.

Please what is the name of the village in otukpo where the land is located.
Am interested in getting a land there for my next harvest.

BlissGod:


Good morning, happy Sunday.

Please what is the name of the village in otukpo where the land is located.
Am interested in getting a land there for my next harvest.

you wanna buy land or rent for farming

willybaby:
you wanna buy land or rent for farming

Renting/leasing. Close to the dam

BlissGod:


Renting/leasing. Close to the dam

alright when your ready just quote me id help it's 5k per heactre for a year

willybaby:
alright when your ready just quote me id help it's 5k per heactre for a year

My partner is in benue, he wants to know the name of the village in otukpo to check it out.

We are trying to calculate our best options.