You can buy directly from Premier Seeds depots in Ibadan or Sango or Kaduna or any of their depots. They sell at N375 per kg. You can also request that the sales reps send to you after you pay them. Some seed dealers here too sell Oba 98

gbyg:
I have followed some of the educative post above on maize farming. Thanks folks for sharing some useful information. Please I need help, where can I get the Oba98 Maize seed from Premier-seed to buy? Kindly help me please.

fison:
thank you so much for this. I have some questions :
-when do you spray?
-did you use seed planter?
-at what point did you apply fertilizer?
-have you harvested? If so what was your yield?

-I sprayed with glyphosate the day of planting the maize, and subsequent spraying when weeds starts sprouting. In all, i sprayed thrice before harvesting and once against pest.
- Manual planting of two to three seeds per hole
-I applied fertilizer exactly a month after planting
- I harvested April with a total of 4.7tonnes

How do we measure Maize or Cassava to get 'Tonnes'

How do we measure Maize or Cassava to get 'Tonnes'


You weigh with a weighing scale for maize and basket or cabster load to measure cassava

Educative and inspiring thread here...

Please, I would like to know if anyone here has his/her farm in ibadan. I reside in Ibadan and I need land (on lease) to plant crops.

Please help!

stagger:
I just got the following:

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- Seed planter from China: 50,000 (could have been cheaper but I used express shipping). I plan to hire 1 person to plant the whole hectare in one day @ 5,000 max. I want to get the spacing spot on and reduce labour costs.

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Please, how exactly did you place your order for the seed planter? From which company in China, if you can share the info. I will need one.

Thanks.

jackomagnus:


Please, how exactly did you place your order for the seed planter? From which company in China, if you can share the info. I will need one.

Thanks.

Searched on Alibaba. Connected with the company on Whatsapp. They sent me pics and videos demonstrating the product as well as product catalogues, all within 2 hours. Cost of shipping was prohibitive, so I liaised with a company that ships goods from China to Nigeria (internet search revealed several and I picked one). Paid the supplier and the shipper the agreed prices, and within a week, my product was in my hands.

I have bought cars from the US, so this one was not a problem for me at all.

TokyoBulls:
You can buy directly from Premier Seeds depots in Ibadan or Sango or Kaduna or any of their depots. They sell at N375 per kg. You can also request that the sales reps send to you after you pay them. Some seed dealers here too sell Oba 98

Please Where Is Premier Seeds Depots In Sango? And If I Can Get Their Contact No.

hadex90:
Please Where Is Premier Seeds Depots In Sango? And If I Can Get Their Contact No.

I am also interested in this information @tokyobulls

The website of Premier-seeds.com was updated recently and the phone contacts are no longer there. I have the phone number of the marketing manager but I am not sure I can post his number here without his permission. Once I get it, I can put up the info here.

He should have a list of all the company branches and their sales depots in Nigeria.

stagger:
The website of Premier-seeds.com was updated recently and the phone contacts are no longer there. I have the phone number of the marketing manager but I am not sure I can post his number here without his permission. Once I get it, I can put up the info here.

He should have a list of all the company branches and their sales depots in Nigeria.

please help us contact him Asap or ask him about the address and post it here

Premier Seeds depot/rep is on Ijoko Road. Their rep is Dorcas - 0810 541 6773. She can supply you Oba 98, Oba Super 6, Oba Super 4 etc at N375 per kg.

Seun:
I am also interested in this information @tokyobulls

Premier Seeds depot/rep is on Ijoko Road. Their rep is Dorcas - 0810 541 6773. She can supply you Oba 98, Oba Super 6, Oba Super 4 etc at N375 per kg.

hadex90:
Please Where Is Premier Seeds Depots In Sango? And If I Can Get Their Contact No.

Maize is sold in 100kg bags. Weighing scale. 10 bags make one tonne, which is 1000 kg.

fison:
How do we measure Maize or Cassava to get 'Tonnes'


You weigh with a weighing scale for maize and basket or cabster load to measure cassava

TokyoBulls:
Premier Seeds depot/rep is on Ijoko Road. Their rep is Dorcas - 0810 541 6773. She can supply you Oba 98, Oba Super 6, Oba Super 4 etc at N375 per kg.

i hope they have vegetable seed because that is what i need for now. already got my maize seed SUWAN at ministry of Agric Abbatoir

What kind of vegetable seeds?

hadex90:
i hope they have vegetable seed because that is what i need for now. already got my maize seed SUWAN at ministry of Agric Abbatoir

TokyoBulls:
What kind of vegetable seeds?

Ewedu, Efo...The Green Leaves

Premier Seeds does not produce or sell those. Other seeds they have are water melon, groundnut, cucumber, etc. You might need to buy ewedu, efo seeds from fellow farmers or the open market

hadex90:
Ewedu, Efo...The Green Leaves

Maize is sold in 100kg bags. Weighing scale. 10 bags make one tonne, which is 1000 kg.

Mind you, not all are in 100kg, some are 120kg. The best way to be sure is by the use of weighing scale. This is Nigeria where anything is possible.

Oga Fisson, welldone. Please how may I contact you. I run a poultry farm too and farm Tomato. would like to try the corn too but have never had to mill feed.

fison:
Wow that's a lot, thank you so much for taking out the time to answer my questions, one last one please how did you sell your produce?

I run a poultry farm with feedmill, so it's for personal use.

Oga Fisson, welldone. Please how may I contact you. I run a poultry farm too and farm Tomato. would like to try the corn too but have never had to mill feed.

Check my signature

stagger:


Searched on Alibaba. Connected with the company on Whatsapp. They sent me pics and videos demonstrating the product as well as product catalogues, all within 2 hours. Cost of shipping was prohibitive, so I liaised with a company that ships goods from China to Nigeria (internet search revealed several and I picked one). Paid the supplier and the shipper the agreed prices, and within a week, my product was in my hands.

I have bought cars from the US, so this one was not a problem for me at all.

Thanks a bunch. I might contact you later for more info.

stagger:
I just got the following:

- 20kg of Oba98 at N375 per kilo from Premier Seeds: (7,500)
- Leased 1 hectare of land: 10,500
- land clearing: 20,000 (opted for manual clearing to preserve the top soil. I also want to plough in the stump remnants into the soil)
- 3 litres of Paraquat @ 1,600 each: 4,800
- 3 kg of Atrazine Powder @ 2,300 each: 6,900
- Sprayer will spray the herbicides at 10,500 for the entire hectare.
- Seed planter from China: 50,000 (could have been cheaper but I used express shipping). I plan to hire 1 person to plant the whole hectare in one day @ 5,000 max. I want to get the spacing spot on and reduce labour costs.
- Tractor hiring for tilling and harrowing: not yet negotiated.

Here is my plan.
- I will plant half the land now, and half in two weeks time. This is to provide a gap in fruiting to allow me sell the first half fresh.
- I plan to use organic fertilizer 100%. I have searched for the inorganic one at govt price of 5,500. It is not available and it is N10,000 in the open market. Not cost-effective if you ask me.
- Insecticides will be used at the appropriate time.

Threats?
- Rodents
- Birds
- ??Army worms
- Herdsmen

Still searching for solutions to these possible threats. I am told that special routes for grazing were created for the herdsmen in that area and there have been no squabbles between farmers and the herdsmen in that area in recent history. We shall see how this goes.

TARGETS
2 cobs per plant, X 50,000 plants at spacing of 25cm X 75cm goal will deliver 100,000 cobs.
Allowance will be made for 50% loss of plants, so we aim to get 50,000 fresh cobs, 100 cobs per bag, N3,000 per bag. This will deliver returns of N1.5m as worst case scenario (for investment of N200,000).

I plan to sell fresh maize, not shelled maize. I will do shelled maize in the dry season with a borehole on another land I own.

Please note: this is a pilot project so my goal here is to learn, learn and learn before I expand.
- Shelled maize vs Fresh maize: which pays better?
- is 100% organic fertilizer use a feasible replacement for inorganic NPK/Urea?
- what is the best solution to contain the threats I mentioned above?

These are the questions I seek to answer.

Hello,
I would like to make an investment of 150 HECTERS of land in an agricultural business, preferably maize or cassava. who is up for it.
I would appreciate speedy contributions please

Muktar111:
1.5 hectare maize farm leased in Niyya Farms Kaduna state; Cost so far:-
#15,000 for the annual lease
#10,000 for manual clearing
#7,200 for ploughing
#20,000 for manual planting
#5,000 for spraying (powerforce and crackdown)
#9,000 for seeds (Sammaz 37)
#90,000 for fertilizer (8 bags of NPK 20:10:10 and 6 bags of urea)
Total so far: #156,000

Issalie

You leased land 15000 ?

That's so interesting

Please I need an acre of farmland for maize farming in Nasarawa State. I will appreciate any useful information.

would love to get these seeds.
I am in Abuja, any one with useful information should help.

Nice one but I guess the labour is too high .....in north tins ar cheaper.. .....thou sis any thing in agric is a plus

stagger:


Looks like you got fertilizer at the govt approved price. How did you do it?

Hp it is not too late,it is very easy if u still need it Ogun State government is selling it, dat is if they still have it in there stock.

showietee:
would love to get these seeds.

I am in Abuja, any one with useful information should help.

Go to Premier Seeds mini-depot at Gwagwalada, just around the bridge. They have 2 offices on both sides of the express.

stagger:


Go to Premier Seeds mini-depot at Gwagwalada, just around the bridge. They have 2 offices on both sides of the express.

Thanks so much.


Which of the bridges in Gwagwalada is it?

showietee:





Thanks so much.


Which of the bridges in Gwagwalada is it?

I think it is the one leading into Gwags itself itself. Pass it for about 500 m while still on the express. There is some sort of park in that area. The Premier Seeds depot is a bit hidden. You may have to ask questions if unsure.

Hello, please i'm interested in engaging in a fully mechanized maize farm, what are the equipments or tractors to procure (apart from planters), and what can be best used for storage. thank you.