Thanks bro. I am also following your tomatoes thread. Kudos

veggieman2be:
Beautiful tread. Am interested in rice farming as well I have wanted to learn that from my dad who farms rice in the east. I will keep following this page to have an overview knowledge first

Keep us updated

Thanks bro. I am also following your pepper thread. Kudos

Putting everything ready for the 2020 rice farming season. Purchased premium seeds from VCDP and IITA trained rice grower at the rate of 300 naira per kg. The choice of rice to be grown is faro 44, the reason for this is because it matures within 90 to 100 days, high yeild and ability to withstand harsh conditions unlike other rice cultivars that takes 120- 150 days and yields less. The needed quantity for cultivating 10 hectares is about 500kg.

I learnt that there are 3 stages or grades of rice seeds, namely :
1) Breeder seeds
2) Foundation seeds
3) Grains.
The breeder seeds are developed by seed and research companies like IITA, these seeds are sold to trained farmers who cultivate this seeds specifically to get foundation seeds, these foundation seeds are what they sell open to farmers that cultivate for commercial purpose like myself. When this foundation seed is cultivated 3 times it turns to grain. This grain can also be cultivated too as seed but the disadvantage of planting grain is that you might not get the expected yield that is required and also the resistance to dieseas and germination rate might not be like the foundation and breeder seeds.

NB: Everything written here was what I was told by a state coordinator on rice farming. If you have any contrary opinion feel free to drop it. Let it be constructive pls.

Hello great farmers and aspiring farmers how are you coping with the lock down and how is it affecting your farm activities?

I wish to share with you guys a test I did with my rice seeds to determine the germination rate/percentage , this is done to determine the viability of the seeds.

Firstly, I randomly selected 200 rice seeds, socked them in water for 24 hours

Secondly, I removed them from the water I used in soaking it and put it in a black nylon bag and covered it for 2 days.

Observation...

It was observed that, the seeds in the nylon started sprouting.

After counting the number of seeds that sprout, I got 174. ( 200 - 174 = 26)

To determine the viability or germination rate of the seeds I did.... ( 174/200×100) = 87%

In conclusion I noticed my seeds have a germination rate of 87%

The pre germinated seed.

ikelords:
I wish to share with you guys a test I did with my rice seeds to determine the germination rate/percentage , this is done to determine the viability of the seeds.

Firstly, I randomly selected 200 rice seeds, socked them in water for 24 hours

Secondly, I removed them from the water I used in soaking it and put it in a black nylon bag and covered it for 2 days.

Observation...

It was observed that, the seeds in the nylon started sprouting.

After counting the number of seeds that sprout, I got 174. ( 200 - 174 = 26)

To determine the viability or germination rate of the seeds I did.... ( 174/200×100) = 87%

In conclusion I noticed my seeds have a germination rate of 87%

You don't update this thread the way u ought to bro.. I wanna learn more about this rice farming but ur update comes once in a while.. Kindly improve on that bro..

Land preparation for rice farming going on in farm 1.

This is farm 2. Still thinking of what agricultural approach to use here. This land have not been farm on for 5 years, the top soil is very dark which shows it is very fertile.

it's been a while u have been talking about this rice farming,with the pictures am seeing,it's obvious you haven't started planting.. why the delay?

tonee1:
it's been a while u have been talking about this rice farming,with the pictures am seeing,it's obvious you haven't started planting.. why the delay?

There are so many planning and timing to be done when planting rice and if you are not careful you might lose your investment. Am farming on a rainfed lowland, and the variety of rice am planting matured within 90 to 100 days, if you plant very early, you will start havesting when the rain is still at its peak which will destroy your produce, so down here we just wait for July before we start planting in order to harvest by October / Nov .

kudos bro
I started something like this, this year also in anambra. . can we link up

ikelords:
There are so many planning and timing to be done when planting rice and if you are not careful you might lose your investment. Am farming on a rainfed lowland, and the variety of rice am planting matured within 90 to 100 days, if you plant very early, you will start havesting when the rain is still at its peak which will destroy your produce, so down here we just wait for July before we start planting in order to harvest by October / Nov .

I understand bro but u actually made me started thinking about planting rice when u opened this thread.just last weekend,planting started on mine so I was wondering why urs hasn't started since but it's ok..God help us all

tonee1:


I understand bro but u actually made me started thinking about planting rice when u opened this thread.just last weekend,planting started on mine so I was wondering why urs hasn't started since but it's ok..God help us all

wahoo! So happy to meet another rice farmer here. Where is the location of your farm?

ikelords:
wahoo! So happy to meet another rice farmer here. Where is the location of your farm?

Asaba

tonee1:


Asaba

kindly send me your phone number to my email. augustine88ike@gmail.com

saliubello:
@ikelords, I planted upland rice and not lowland rice. The difference is that upland rice are plant on dry/moist soils while lowland rice are transplanted in marshes and wetlands. Which are you planning on doing??

Hello sir, please can you guide me on how to plant the upland rice.... Please kindly drop your contact. My WhatsApp 08107208042

Great thread, I love the way you're documenting your progress, and following your laid down plans religiously.

Richhard:
Great thread, I love the way you're documenting your progress, and following your laid down plans religiously.

thanks bro.... I want to demystify whatever secret involved in rice farming so as to attract more people to participate in it. Rice is the new gold in town, the price keeps going higher and higher, only God knows how much it's gonna be by December.

kazy01:


Hello sir, please can you guide me on how to plant the upland rice.... Please kindly drop your contact. My WhatsApp 08107208042

I will chat you soon.

ikelords:
kindly send me your phone number to my email. augustine88ike@gmail.com

I have it on my siggy sir

ikelords:
Sometime in 2019 I made up my mind to go into rice business of which, I started by buying processed rice from mills, print my own bags and bagged it then supplied it to markets in one of the big cities in the south east, the profit margin was cool but the time it took for me to recover my money from those I supplied discouraged me, so I pursed and restrategized on how to make benefit greatly from the rice value chain in Nigeria.
Shortly after I stopped supplying already milled rice, Buhari closed the border and rice business started booming, I started receiving calls from those my customers to supply them rice that they will pay cash, I didnt mind them at all because I have made up my mind to quit begging people to pay me for goods I supplied them. Around December 2019 I made up my mind that I will be going into rice farming proper.

My friend I will be frank with you. Moving from services business to a primary production business is moving 2 steps backwards.

It will be better for you to retrace your steps now.

In services you have lesser risks, more control, better cash turnover per year and better assess to financial support.

There are primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, farming is primary, conversion of raw materials to finished products is secondary while trading and other services are tertiary, the risks are more and the rewards less with primary sector of the economy. The rewards are highest and very less risk in tertiary sector of the economy than the other two sectors.

There is now the quarternary sector of the economy that covers such things as provision of data services and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google, ebay, Amazon, Nairaland with even higher rewards and less risks.

From your write up it is obvious that you are being moved by passion for farming and not by hard economics calculations of profit and loss and rate of returns and other economic calculations.

Continue if you just want to fulfill your passion, go back to your trading if you want to have higher returns on your investment.

Atlanticfire:


My friend I will be frank with you. Moving from services business to a primary production business is moving 2 steps backwards.

It will be better for you to retrace your steps now.

In services you have lesser risks, more control, better cash turnover per year and better assess to financial support. I don't think this is true based on my personal experience,



There are primary, secondary and tertiary sectors of the economy, farming is primary, conversion of raw materials to finished products is secondary while trading and other services are tertiary, the risks are more and the rewards less with primary sector of the economy. The rewards are highest and very less risk in tertiary sector of the economy than the other two sectors.

There is now the quarternary sector of the economy that covers such things as provision of data services and platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google, ebay, Amazon, Nairaland with even higher rewards and less risks.

From your write up it is obvious that you are being moved by passion for farming and not by hard economics calculations of profit and loss and rate of returns and other economic calculations.
Continue if you just want to fulfill your passion, go back to your trading if you want to have higher returns on your investment.

I was owed for 3 months plus when I was supplying already milled rice to wholeseller, I was at their mercy because they will have to sell it then use your money for other business and start paying you in bits.
I am not only moved by passion but by the need to explore an untapped area of agriculture which is very promising.
Thank you so much for you write up. I look forward to more reviews from you.

ikelords:
I was owed for 3 months plus when I was supplying already milled rice to wholeseller, I was at their mercy because they will have to sell it then use your money for other business and start paying you in bits.
I am not only moved by passion but by the need to explore an untapped area of agriculture which is very promising.
Thank you so much for you write up. I look forward to more reviews from you.

You were owed for 3 months and you think that is a problem?

Why not sign agreement with your buyers stipulating the payment conditions and penalty for default?

We used to do sales on return when we were into distribution, if you don't pay for previous supply, you don't get new supply. We target at least 20% profit margin, so after 5 trade cycle, even if the buyer defaults after the 5th trade cycle, our previous profits would have covered for that default. Also the credit rating of each buyer is linked to previous payment performance.

Between the time you got your farmland and the time you are going to plant is more than the 3 months delay that you are complaining about, so even in the farming, your money is still tied down.

If wholesalers are giving you headache, why not sell directly to retailers or why not sell at cash only basis to wholesalers at less profit margins?

Anyway welcome to farming, I have been involved in farming for sometime now so I can not advise anyone to leave the service sector to the primary production sector unless it is backward integration where you already have a successful service business running and you want to expand into production to feed your services business.

Look at what Dangote did in cement, he was importing cement clinkers and just grinding and packaging them for sale, this was a service business. After the success of the service business he started opening up his own cement production plants and asked government to frustrate importation of cement clinkers by others. He had a going service business before into production of cement.

The same thing can be said of his sugar and salt businesses they are still service businesses until today. His foray into primary production without a corresponding service business failed when he tried to go into tomato farming and paste production.

I wish you success and welcome to our club of farmers. We feed the nation, although we don't become millionaires through farming.

ikelords:
Sometime in 2019 I made up my mind to go into rice business of which, I started by buying processed rice from mills, print my own bags and bagged it then supplied it to markets in one of the big cities in the south east, the profit margin was cool but the time it took for me to recover my money from those I supplied discouraged me, so I pursed and restrategized on how to make benefit greatly from the rice value chain in Nigeria.
Shortly after I stopped supplying already milled rice, Buhari closed the border and rice business started booming, I started receiving calls from those my customers to supply them rice that they will pay cash, I didnt mind them at all because I have made up my mind to quit begging people to pay me for goods I supplied them. Around December 2019 I made up my mind that I will be going into rice farming proper.

How much did u use use to start this business then?

tonee1:


How much did u use use to start this business then?

500k

ikelords:
500k

Oh okay bro.. like how many bags of 50kg do u get from that and what's the profit margin like?

tonee1:


Oh okay bro.. like how many bags of 50kg do u get from that and what's the profit margin like?

Then, the price for a bag of rice was around 9500 to 10500 naira perbag, that was before the ban on foreign rice.I Supplied for 12,500 naira. I spent between 400 to 600 naira to transport a bag of rice.

ikelords:
Then, the price for a bag of rice was around 9500 to 10500 naira perbag, that was before the ban on foreign rice.I Supplied for 12,500 naira. I spent between 400 to 600 naira to transport a bag of rice.

Can u drop Ur whatsapp number or better still look thru my profile,my number is there if u can't drop Ur number bro..needed to ask more questions

tonee1:


Can u drop Ur whatsapp number or better still look thru my profile,my number is there if u can't drop Ur number bro..needed to ask more questions

oka

ikelords:
oka

Hello sir, hope that you fine.
I have a question: few day from now I will be traveling to accompany a friend of mine to help work and learn on his rice farm, he asked me to buy him a plant spray because he thought it might be cheaper where I'm coming from. but I can't get my head around the name he gave me- "fose up", said it sold 15k in his location.

I'm only familiar with names like "z force" for example, maybe he meant "force up"?

any pointers, please.