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I've not gotten to that part, but I want to drop the method I am going to use here for everyone to learn... because some farmers have early maturing variety.

As a farmer u need to understand how and when birds attack. Birds attack farms in the morning after waking up, they look for food to eat and to feed their babies. Secondly in the evening before roosting...

Here's a trick
Tie small firecrackers (when available) inside or near the bottles and light them during peak bird-feeding times (morning & evening). The loud “bang” sends birds flying.

This method is cheap, doesn’t require electricity, and can be set up quickly.

The birds will live your farm for u in peace thinking that I are armed

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Oloniyan:
@Op How do you control birds' infestations

I didn't broadcast the seeds, broadcasting method wastes seed and it is difficult to control weed.

I used dibbling method, some labourers will be making holes in the ground 20cm apart, while some labourers will be dropping the rice seed.

I used 50kg for this plot...if it was broadcasting method, it would have being 80-100kg seed.

In rice farming, I will say transplanting method is the best.... But it is very stressful

Let me point out the importance of lowland rice cultivation.

Rice being submerged in water does not guarantee yield o

But it help in keeping weed in check, it also help in making water available for the crop during the most water sensitive stage ( panicle initiation stage) during rice cultivation.

Whereas for upland without irrigation material, u will have to bank on luck to have rain during this stage.

I've being into rice cultivation since 2020, though on a small scale... But now, I've gone commercial.

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Originalsly:
How do you plant the seeds? ...scatter them? ... do you have a nursery and then transfer the plants? Earlier you mentioned "lowland rice". I now want to believe that's what I was talking about. I gu guess it required a lot of water during the ehmmm .... adolescent period. The water level was maintained at a depth of about a foot . How long have you been into rice cultivation? I'm glad you did this thread so that others would see what it takes to have a successful crop and why it is so expensive.

Nice one

Many people think farming should be left for people that want to farm alone...

That's wrong, it is good to know what u are eating?

because the fastest thing that can kill a man passes through the mouth.

My mentor Farmer Samson Ogbole will say..do u know were the food u ate last week came from

According to statiscense, an average Nigerian consume 33kg of rice every year.

U can just do some plot for your consumption... At least u will be able to tell yourself that u followed the right practices.

Nice farm there sir

In my next video, I am going to talk about how the food we eat in Nigeria affects our health.

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I went to village this is my father's own at our backyard

Is very big though just saw this topic and decided to take a pic of one side

Today we went for the application of pesticide against tungro virus.

We used a suitable insecticide to control the causative agent

Attached are pictures and videos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBTk04oSaIo?si=Sti-GFrvjYEBQ1Sg

@Esude007

Some people are of the opinion that Faro 61 is superior to Faro 44 in terms of yield. Can you please, share your experiences in this regard

Thanks

Esude007:
Farming rice is not just about planting seeds and waiting for harvest. It requires planning, timing, and understanding the right agronomic practices.


Farming start with the soil test, soil testing will give u the detailed nutrition of the soil. From the test we discovered that the nitrogen level of the soil was high, the potassium was medium and phosphorus was very low. Though the low phosphorus wasn't a surprise because kogi state soil I deficient in Phosphorus.

The zinc content of the soil was also low, which means we have to be ready to apply a zinc based fertilizer I order to prevent Khaira disease of rice.


I used 50kg of Faro 44 seed, farming starts with the right seed, when you select ur seed, check the following features.
(1) is it suitable for your agro ecological zone?

(2) what is the yield potential?

(3) what are the defensive Agronomic packages of the seed?

For faro 44, it is mildly tolerant to blast, it is can go as high as 6 tons of u follow good Agronomic practices.

We used dibbling method for planting.

For the weed control, we didn't use glyphosate as it is considered dangerous to the health.

I will be explaining our success and failures as we learn together.

Feel free to comment. Attached also is a video of the operation for those that want to see it visually.

Thanks....

Sorry for the late response sir.

Choked eith farm work.... Flood is coming.

Now, faro 44 has its own advantages... (1) suitable for both lowland and upland.... Faro 61 ( Nerica) suitable for lowland because of it aerobic respiration ability.

Under transplanting, faro 61 is the best, it can give u 40g of seed in low dry matter than faro 44(35g)

Faro 44 is suitable for almost all the zones in Nigeria while faro 61 is just llowland derived savannah.

I will always go for faro 44

But if u have a good lowland and can face transplanting, go for Faro 61

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