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Kalusam:
21st of January, we head to Ibadan from Ago Amodu to procure materials necessary to kickstart our project. We were later met with nikashow and his friend Aqua Smith in Ibadan then we headed straight to Ogunkpa Market in Dugbe area. Thanks to Aqua Smith, we were able to get most of the things we wanted from whell barrows, cutlass, pumping machine at factory prices directly at the warehouse. Indeed nikashow sacrificed his time, energy and his fuel to take us around and then we eventually lodged into a hotel, while we waited for the technical person who was bringing in our mulching film and other things. As I lay on the bed, I heard jasper7 making a call: Samantha or Somadina...I and nikashow was confused, where will the technical guy be now(since he is new in Ibadan). Then both jasper7 and nikashow left while I waited, impatient me...had to call minutes later to be sure they are fine. About an hour later, they all came in looking tired. I didn't know that the mulching film was that much and heavy too...until the next day!

Ogas u people dey Ibadan u can't just flash, ok oooo there is God ooooooo, see u soon..

Jesusbaby6:
How much is watermelon and tomato seeds?

we have verities so price vary, 50g koloss f1 is 1600, Tomatoes are of various veritie. So it depend on which verities u want, call me when u are ready.

What a sunny day. God bless our endeavours......

anonimi:
Did you miss the word 'START' that I used in my post that you quoted?

A tree can start a forest. Let us stop ourselves from being mentwlly LAZY

eeeeee pls mind your choice of word.... U said product can be supply to hotels etc and I simply said it can't be achieve by a single farm except cooperative/farmers group, Am just saying this base on my previous experience with the above mention organisation cos if u are going there as an individual they won't even listen to u cos they know u can't meet up there demand. Pls this is a faceless forum where u don't know whom u are talking to pls if u must say a word learn how to say the good one not every one will be comfortable with any kind of word.... Pls I hate augment on threads cos it kills most valuable information the op have to share......... Pls let be polite while addressing/correcting other thanks.

anonimi:
How does the cooperative/farmer group start if not with a "single farmer"

Can a tree make a forest?

mac04:
Is there anyone on this thread with a farm in either ,Oyo or Ogun state from whom I can learn the n Lagos itty gritty of cucumber farming.

Attend the Yabdi training in Abeokuta on the 31st and learn directly from mr Jasper and others.........

cava:
@soloxam thanks for the number. i will give him a call

uwc sir.

Funmfunm:
Pavore, if you have enough people interested in building Greenhouses! can you not consider coming to Nigeria to build for us? It may be worth your while. Consider it and share your thoughts with us on it.

Call mr Wale (08054260385) He build green house, He base in lagos. I have seen Him using local materials, Bamboo precisely.

anonimi:
Dynamic agripreneurs need to liaise with supermarkets to establish quality grades & packaging standards to supply them at competitive prices. Ditto for hotels, eateries, bukas etc.

Let us exercise our brains creatively to add value and earn better.

Easy said than done, how can a single. Farmer supply the eatery throughout the year? Except for a cooperative/farmer group that can be achieve.

Ride on my sister.........

Maple:
My contribution to this post would be to advice those interested in venturing into cattle/sheep/goat farming business to make security of their livestock a #1 priority with an unwavering diligence

I ventured into cattle farming (starting with 6 cows) about two years ago in Abuja using a well gated and fenced 2 plots of land. Unfortunately, when I was close to reaping the fruits of my labor, one night some armed cattle rustlers (thieves) broke into my farm stole all my cattles, along with several others in the neighborhood. Search parties were sent out the following morning, but to no avail. And the police, were useless.

Cattle rustling is now very rampant in Nigeria and even more rampant than highway robbery. It is a major dream killer for many prospective livestock farmers. Cattle rustlers are often well armed, and carry out their nefarious acts with utmost sophistication. using sophisticated weapons and so on. I was not unaware of the menace posed by cattle ruslers before I started, which was why I chose to locate my fenced farm in abuja. Sadly, what I was not aware of, was how daring they can be; to even break into a gated and well fenced farm located around Abuja and in a thriving neighbourhood, says alot. It means no location is safe from these people. However, you can secure your farm in a manner that would make their nefarious task very very difficult and expensive for them to carry-out.

Despite my unfortunate experience, my passion for cattle farming business remains unshaken, because it is a very lucrative business when successfully run. I have learned some important lessons with my experience and which I like to share:

1) Construct a very strong iron boulder fencing for your livestocks inside your farm, do so, even if your farm is already fenced. Double fencing means double risk for would-be thieves. Construct the iron fencing in a manner such that once you placed your livestock inside, it would be very hard for them to be taken out of it. Also, repair any lapses you may find in your fence or gate. Put metal caps on your fence & gates interlocks, so it makes it harder to break the locks. Any extra break-in time , is bad omen for would-be thieves.

2) Be wary of strangers around your farm location , Any new face loitering around your farm should be a warning sign. If they dont have their insider/spy who already knows your farm, livestock/Cattle rustlers spend a great amount of time (days & weeks) surveying/spying a farm, before they strike.

3) Be wary of who you invite into your farm, from the common farm help to the professional veterinarian. Some croocks among veterinarians (not to even mention farm help/workers) are known to profit by passing their client's farm herd infos, routines & security details to livestock/cattle rustlers, so beware.

4) It is very important that you have dogs in your farms. If you cant afford dogs, geese would do. The commotion dogs and geese create from their barking or quacking at intruders would significantly deter cattle rustlers from striking. The night cattle rustlers strucked my farm, they attempted to steal cows from another neighbourhood not far from my farm location, fortunately, that farm had dogs. Their constant barkings woke the people in the area, and the thieves fled.

5) keep your farm routines to yourself and to those who you can trust, and try not to create a consistent farm visitation time for yourself. Thus, be less predictable even to your farm workers, should u decide to hire any.

6) Finally, if you can afford it, hire a security guard, or build a dwelling place in your farm, and have someone live their. The presence of a person or people living inside your farm can dissuade would-be thieves.

Thank you so much sir for the advice, and may God return ur lost in multiple folds Amen.

jasper7:
Thanks my brother, hope we are still meeting on 31st?

By God grace..... Good morning.......

jasper7:
meeting set tomorrow with the director of pacesetter farm, we want to see if we can hire their tractor for work because this manual labour thing is not looking good at the moment. please, remember us in your prayers

BEST OF LUCK BOSS...........thumb up.

tomkay8:
Pls I need a link up to any farmer who farms sugarcane or wheat.

Any sugarcane or wheat farmers in the house pls some one in need of help here, pls link tomkay8 up. Thanks.

Following ...........

Good morning to all practical farmers, I wish us best in all our endeavour today.......

FarmTech:
Interesting
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I wish the verbal war did not occur. But it's not a good thing to see something wrong and close your mouth. I don't like the way a lot of nigerians look down on theory.
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Sir I get ur points and I really appreciate it, but if a point is proved not every one will agree or concur, the fact remains that there must be disagreement, so taking it too much may result to some verbal war which will not be best for this thread. Sir you have make ur points any one that like let Him/Her follow, so far I know what work for A may not work for B, so instead of engaging in augment just let it be... Thanks and God bless us all........

To all farmers who planted/nurse seeds and have younger plants for the past three weeks (during the Hamattarn) pls what are ur experience in terms of germination and growth? Pls what do you notice? What I notice this period of hamattarn is that, I discover most plant in the farm did not grow so well as expected, also the seed planted at this time delay before germinate.. Tomato seeds that is suppose to sprout at 4-5 days take up to 7days before it germinate. The fact remain that the relative humidity is very low......

Good morning all, pls let share our experience here, pls we are not here to war against one another, just drop ur points pls.

mercylicious:


and some ppl will still fall for the plantain seed.
u go fear username naa.

The username alone fear me ooooooooo.

jethro2:
I have read about dongoyaro(neem) being use for pesticide and insecticide. This are wonderful information

it is used by organic farmers as pesticide.

Get involve...........

jethro2:
Is it the same thing as sunflower?

yes it is, It used to treat Nematode, a specialist in NIOHT said so..... But I have not try it. The plant is very common here.

419forlife:
plantain seeds available @ Nutrition4Naija

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Are u sure it plantian seed?

DICON2:
what if sun dried after mixibg with saliva?

why worrying urself washing seed from fruit u don't know it source when u can get improved and well treated and high yielding seeds at affordable price. Pls if ur are farming, ur no. One success is ur seeds, so if u are planting get a good seed.

psalm68:
i dont really have much to share in terms of experience because i have been in and out of farm.

i had a small fish farm then,after several attends at spunning(hatching) without a clear cut success,a friend then told me to take serious my water management.
i realised the water was too acidic and and it has substances like petroleum droplets.so i think the water management is an issue to be taken serious for those planning to go that line.

Also every little financial input that goes into ur farm should be recorded,no matter how little.because all these will come into play in determining if u make profit and the % of it at the end of the season.
i couldnt say if i made profit in my fish farm then because i didnt capture every expenditure i made.

Nice one boss, u have made good points; Good sources of water while going to fingerling production/fish farm and proper records keeping. Intending farmers take note.

Yeah every experience farmers out there, pls be ur brothers keeper, let learn from the pool of ur knowledge... Tell us what it takes to become a successful farmers.

FarmTech:
Is this true? That would be very bad.

Jethro2 have just said the fact, I know some farmers who complain the same thing, I was at sepeteri last year when they did flag off of dry season irrigation of the ogun osun river basin, sincerely one of my uncle have 5 ha from the land, and I hard him complaining that the water supply was not prompt. Later I heard that the pumping machine broke down for some time, so pls open your eye very well b4 u invest on what u will regret.

sedulus:
If u r very conversant with moniya ,in Ibadan ..u will know onyongi,near atan village..

After Ijaye right?

psalm68:
thanks for creating this tread @soloxam.
we are really learning inportant issues here.

thank you sir, pls shear ur experience too, let learn together.

eaglevirus:
We (Myself and my brother) run a layer farm of About 2500birds now. Some time about October - November 2014, there was scarcity of any form of poultry feed in my Uyo, Akwa Ibom state where our farm is located. Our birds were starved so bad that their feeding ration dropped from 13 bags a day to 2bags, some days no bag. We had money but could not source feed. The overall effect we lost more than 1.5million naira on feed money within two months trying to make the birds gain weight and continue production of eggs as they where guzzling feed like no mans business when the feed was eventually available and still not laying eggs. We had to be buying feed as buch as 3,200 naira from 2,250 it used to be before the scarcity. This b#llshit messed up so many of our friends that they had to sell off their layers birds for meet as there was no feed and they birds where dying or not laying egss anymore.
They birds have picked up production now and we can breathe some air. They only reason we culd battle this was cos we could source money (I mean a million plus in naira) to feed this guys for two straight months while not sure if they will pickup production.
Now this is no farmers mistake but a farmers problem.
Lesson: Have a plan B source of feed.

We now buy feed in trucks and sell some. if we hear any sign of scarcity we will quickly readjust. Have your plan B my fellow farmers. I have seen friends loose bigtime, and it was no fault of thiers.

Thanks so much for sharing with us here on this thread. You have made a good point that A FARMER shld have plan B while practising farming.... It a very good point which is applicable to all area of Agriculture... Sincerely sir you were able to over come this problem because u are financially buoyant, pls what advice will u give to small scale farmer who can not afford to buy feed in such a large qty? Pls what are the alternative source of poultry feeds, pls poultry farmer @ farmtech help us out.

jasper7:
no wahala sir. so far say no be e-book.

E-book no work here my brother.

sedulus:
This farmland is available for sale in the above location....No any hidding prices or fee direct owner.....but comition apply....this land is sold for 250 per acre....
Interested buyer should be ready for the following

Come with a acredited surviour****
Come with legal practional lawyer*****
Ready for land inspection***
Ready to document because this land is still a virgin land
And interested can also goahead to verify....
Commision is applicable when certified with all this term and condition...

Call Mr.Clifford on 08057761905 for more detail..

which location precisely, olosa oko, ajibade, agbedo, alase. Alabata ijaye where?

jasper7:
maybe, or insufficient water. try to increase quantity of water, especially from this stage. and check if there's a difference. @House. I hope we are learning?

I guess the cause of slow growth is the hamatharn, cos it retarded the growth of plant, in fact if care is not taken most seeds during hamatharn will not germinate.