₦airaland Forum

Pic 1 : Product: Kampala groundnut
Mudu : #750


Pic 2 : Product: groundnut
Mudu : #750

Pic 3 : date/dabino
Mudu : #900


Pic 4 : Product: dawa/red sorghurm
Mudu : 65/per bag
Bag: 100%
Painter rubber: 25/26
Price : 23k

Pic 1 : Product: drum beans
Mudu : 65/per bag
Bag: 100%
Painter rubber: 25/26
Price : 57k

Pic 2 : Product: soya beans
Mudu : 65/per bag
Bag: 100%
Painter rubber: 25/26
Price : 34k


Pic 3 : Product: maize yellow
Mudu : 65/per bag
Bag: 100%
Painter rubber: 25/26
Price : 22k

Pic 4 : Product : Jamila rice
Mudu : 60/per bag
Bag: 100%
Painter rubber: 24
Price : 42k

I thanked God for today transaction and I appreciate the security of the market today.

#nigerian police patrolling inside and outside the market

# Vigilantes also patrolling the market

# No way for kidnapping

# The price of grains is not friendly at all compare to the price of grains in northeast market especially beans, maize and soya bean

Today is market day in Niger state
#Makera market#

Update of prices coming soon when I get to the market

Rousel:
Wish a way that one can have a trusted means to transport the goods like the goats and cow down to the east, south and west. Moreso a reliable contact in Taraba

Unless u want to buy a full truck then you will get transport to anywhere. The only problem in taraba state is transportation to southern state. When I bought my grains in taraba, I entered Kaduna before getting to south west

Disadvantages/ RiskS

In all businesses we have advantages and disadvantage, I have mentioned some advantages in my write up and the most advantage of this grains business is PROFIT.

1. Prices: one must know the price in their local market and compare with the price of northern state market bofore purchasing because atimes when the price in northern state market increase in price before it would affect the local price market will take like a week or more. So buying at this period will lead to shortage for you unless you keep it or store it till the price change

2. Quality :. In this aspect, one must know the quality, type of the grains they are selling fast in their local market. For examples in Ibadan, if you have banjaras , Niger drum and Sokoto beans in market, that's hot cake for you. In each state of northern state, they have different seed of beans especially white beans and drum beans.
Yobe state white small seed different from northwest seed, the Yobe state is very good than others. Also in Niger state, they have drum beans that very hard to cook, one easily to cook and one that smell like kerosene when cook. So know your quality before purchase your grains.

3. Insecurities.

a. This aspect is very dangerous now for those who travel down to buy market in northern state. In most market in the northern state, those bandit has informat in the market that they informed them when they sighted strange face in the market who come to buy market. This happened to some people in our arear that kidnapped in the market and they demanded for 2 million naira for ransom before they were released

b. If you're traveling to buy grains in northern state market, pls don't carry cash but have some small cash at hand in case of emergency. Emergency like, if you are travelling and attack by armed robbers, what they hate most is that you don't have cash, they can kill o, at worst you must have like 10k, 20k at hand o

c. Etc

4. Middlemen/agent : you must be very careful with those people, we have good among them also. You can't do without them but you must be very careful when dealing with them.

Nnannapat:
@the OP, you are a good guy, all what you are writing here will go a long way to help anyone that wants to venture into grains business, I lived in the north for 14 years (from my teenage years) and speaks Hausa fluently,I am Igbo and business has taken me to virtually all the states in the north.

North East and Central are the food basket of the north, forget all the noise that the North west makes all the time, they only know politics while the main riches of the north is in the North East and North Central.
Taraba state is a hidden treasure for agro business, last year I was at Mutum biyu, Garba chede, Mayo kam, Mai hula, Bali, Mararaba, Takum, I even went as far as the fringes of the Mambilla mountains buying soya beans. Niger and Adamawa states are next on my list of criss crossing this year by God's grace, heavy agricultural business thrives in those states.

Thanks for good observation sir. North East and North Central are the best in terms of agro-products. In fact when I got to maihula market and saw their price of their grains, I asked myself, am I still in Nigeria or where?.
The only problem I have now is that I can't speak or hear Hausa language

##Livestocks market##

Update price from garba-chede market, taraba state.

If you want to buy you can go there and buy, just to let you know the price

Pic 1, 55k

Pic 2, 30k

Pic 3,. 10k

Pic 4,. 160k

Earthstorms:
Nice thread, but try to limit night travels.

Safety first.

My brother u can't run away from night travel if you are buying grains from northern state. For example; I traveled to Niger state to buy grains when we got to jebba b4 mokwa, there was heavy traffic and before we could come out from the traffic was around 12am, we did not have any option than to continue the journey

Another example, I was traveled to Niger state from kaduna, there was a sharan bus in front of us, sudden the bandit appeared from the bush, shot at the bus and kidnapped all those in that sharan space bus, this also happened around 11am in the morning

My point is that no where is safe now in Nigeria either night or day. We just need to pray always

jungle700:
@ Teetee777

What is your contact number? I have some questions that I need help with.

Thanks

08036162887 WhatsApp

shariff84:
north is too big and I think the security personnels is small compare to land mass and the population. This make me to remember one of our family friend from jos doing her NYSC in maiduguri,she has been kidnapped since December last year on her way from Yobe-maiduguri.Yet no any news about her where about!

Truly, North is very big compare to other southern states, yes, securitiy personnels is too small for all northern state. From my opinion, terrorist, bandit can easily transport weapons with no problem.

The next day, I entered yobe state. On our way going I was terrified when I saw good road but no motor coming and going except our car, I wanted to stop the driver that I don't want to go again but I summoned my courage, I now understand why bandit were operating successfully, we only saw 3 road blocks for almost 100km journey, no searching, no anything, just greet and go.

I realized that this is where most of our beans in bodija were coming from when I entered market. I saw Banjaras beans which is olooyi and I asked for the price but they told me that, this Banjaras were going to bodija market and if I want to get it I must travel to maiduguri.

If you don't have mind pls don't ever travel to that side not because of anything but the bad news we heard everyday in the media from those States

jookunlaja:
Wonderful. Really beautiful write-up. God bless your hussle. Moreover, journey mercy. Please give more details. And can you kindly encourage newbies into the business. Also, what's the buying and selling prices of garri bags and red oil.

Yes, very good business but I will advice to start in December that's harvest time.
Garri 50 Congos is 20k, while 100 congo 40k
I don't know about red oil

maisauki:
Big white beans with very black eyes

I used to buy two types of white beans, one is small seed which attached below, we called it sokoto beans in Ibadan while the second is bigger than sokoto

Alberttahir:
Impressive. journey mercies to @op. I read of certain forty days beans popularly call "kwankwaso". I'll be very happy if you can help me to get it.

I don't know this beans o, maybe if I see the pictures I can recognize it

Akerewe:
Pls how much is dried wheat per bag in ibadan or lagos ? Am buying it for consumption nd where can I see it in lagos or ibadan?
Thanks all

You can get in bodija market at rate of 25k per bag that's 60 to 61 congo

Before I traveled to yobe, I have made a researched where I was going to, is it not Boko Haram territories. I entered Kano, from kano to yobe state ( potiskum), when I got to kano state it was around 6pm, I entered potiskum bus, we reached azare in bauchi state and I discovered that it was only me going to yobe state in the bus and it was around pass 9 pm in the night, the driver parked and was looking for any bus or car that's going to yobe state, no bus or car going to yobe in that night again, that it was night o I can't see motor going there.

I just asked the driver, how much is transport fare from here to yobe state, driver replied that it is #500,and I asked again how many hours journey from here to Yobe state, the driver replied that is just 1 hour journey, I said ok, give me the #500 and I asked him to go.

After driver left, I looked for where I can charged my phone to call my home to informed them where I am, after I made calls to my family, I looked for where I would sleep till next day

N B : I can't speak or hear hausa language o

Continue..

My journey to Yobe state

I used to buy my grains in Niger state generally, atlease I knew almost 10 to 15 farmers market in Niger state where I used to buy my grains and if I did not get chance to travel, I would send money to sheriff to help me out. So I discovered that the olooyi beans has two types;

1. Olooyi beans (banjaras): this is real olooyin beans that very sweet, easy to cook and very expensive than second olooyi. Most of this banjaras beans (olooyin) are coming to Nigeria from camerooum through boarder of Maiduguri and Adamawa

2. This is popular olooyi that every body known in South and it is big than banjaras beans

In last year's December, I bought this Banjaras beans in Niger state, it was very marketable than the second own, after I finished selling the Banjaras beans, I went back to buy more but it was not available in the market. So I decided to buy others oloyin but some of my customers would complain that it's very hard to cook and even some of my customers complain that the beans smell kerosene.

So I stop selling that oloyin and I continue selling drums beans because drums beans has almost or more than 4 types, so I continued my research where I can get oloyin Banjaras beans, during my research I was informed that I should try yobe state that most of the brown beans we are eating in the south west are coming from north east region.
Infact there was drum beans sheriff used to bought for me then, very easy to cook, sweet, even if you don't be careful it would turn to tuwo

N B --All my researched was getting from nairaland, because nobody will reveal where they got their market from the north in bodija market or other market.


Continue......( I was on my way coming from taraba to Ibadan since last week, our truck got damage on the way, presently I'm still in kaduna going to Ibadan)

IamAsiri:
Thanks for your reply. Please how were you able to get the bags?

Very easy to get in the north even sheriff can get it

IamAsiri:
I have a quick question for you. How were you able to store your beans for long against dampness, weevils etc?

There is one bag called PICS, BEST, the bag did the wonder without any snipers, or any anti, anti.
The bag can preserve grains for many years

After the rice, I went back to the market for beans, that was immediately harvest time, I purchased bags of beans which a bag was sold at rate of #24k, when they were still selling at the rate of #40k per bag at our local market, that's good profit.

Anybody who wants to venture into beans storage in this year, December is the best time to buy, the price of a bag of beans in last year December was 19k to 20k, most beans I bought was at the rate of 20k to 21k, compare to the price of beans now in the market, price of a bag of beans now is 55k. If you have 20 bags of beans as a storage then, and store them like 3mths or 4mths, can you see the huge profit someone would make.The same thing apply to soya beans, sorghurm, millet etc


Continue...

After I discovered that I have made no profit on the business, i decided to travelled to Kano to buy grains, b4 travelled I have known the in and out of the business, the measurement, the types of bag, the grade and types of grains and the prices of all grains in the market.

My journey to Kano, dawanau market

When I got to the market, infarct the market was so big and they have big warehouses were they stored grains.
I entered market and pricing those grains I was interested. In Kano state, they have two mudu, small and big mudu. The big mudu contains 16 cups of tin milk while small mudu contains 8 cups of tin milk.
The big mudu called tiers, so 40 tiers are in a bag of grains generally. I converted the tiers to our own Congo in Ibadan which is;
1 tiers =. 16 cups
40 tiers = 16 * 40 = 640 cups
Our own Congo is 10 cups
So 640 cups ÷ 10 cups = 64 Congos in a bag

After I got the calculation, and asked the price of grains, from there I realized that the price was very high than the price in Ibadan. I called sheriff and I explained everything to him, sheriff asked me to come to Niger state to check their price too.

My journey to Niger state

Before I got back to garage from dawanau market it was around 6pm , I entered Kaduna, from Kaduna I entered kotangora in the next day. When I got to kotangora I called sheriff, he came, we discussed, and he told me that we would go to market next day to check things.

Journey to kotangora changed my business profit

When we entered the market, the first thing I did then was that I checked their mudu with cup of tin milk and I realized that it was the same thing with our Congo in Ibadan. I saw very good rice and the price was very ok compared to our price in Ibadan, the Congo of rice in Ibadan then was 900 to 950 naira and the price of Congo in Niger is 500 naira, I told sheriff that let me buy rice first because I have calculated the profit and I would realized 300 to 350 naira on a Congo.
I got back home infarct the rice was hot cake for me and I make huge profit on it

Advantages
1. Going to the market by yourself, you will see different types of grain and select which one is ok in your local market

2. You will know the price of other grain in the market
3 you will know their measurement compare to your local market

Continue.....

When I started buying from bodija market, I discovered early that I didn't make profit, reasons are;
1. Please if you are in Ibadan and reading this, and want to venture into grains business, DON'T ever buying your grains from bodija market

2. In Ibadan, the only Congo the govt approved was 10 tin milk cups/ Congo

3. In all market generally, they have Congo of 10 cups tin milk, 9 cups tin milk, 8½ cups tin milk, 8 cups tin milk etc

4. If you want to buy a bag of grains in bodija market, they have 2 prices; one price for Congo of ten cups and second price for Congo of nine cups

5. In a bag, 10 cups of milk Congo is 65 Congo while 9 cups of milk Congo is 70 congo

So, as a novice in the business, my own Congo is 10 cups of milk, and if you are using Congo of ten tin cups for customers, you wouldn't make profit unless you use Congo of 8 cups milk or Congo of 9 cups tin milk which is dubious practice.

6. In bodija market, they used to dubious practice that if they measure a congo of 10 cups milk tin for you and you get to the house and re-measure it with tin cup, it will never reach 10 cups of tin milk, is eithe you see 8½ or 9 cups of tin milk.

Thanks to sheriff84, adeniyy in this agriculture section for helping me and their guidance, especially adeniyy as my mentor who showed me the way to some states in northern state.

@adeniyy
I really appreciate your efforts, God will continue to bless you. Presently, I'm in taraba state to buy some market and I'm on way back to Ibadan

N b; to go to northern states to sources for market s, it requires great mind o, if you don't have mind don't bother to leave south o because of insecurities in this country


To be continued

If you want to start the grains business please get good location where to sell your grains

When I started my business, I got a location in market place in Ibadan and our market day is always 5day interval, people will bring grains, goods, market from different locations, states, markets to our market to sell in cheap price including those hausas from bodija mrk, and northern state.

I started my business from buying in bodija market to know the market very well because my intention was to be buying the grains from northern states

sunnyg12:
Please do you know Goron Tula? How can one get it?

Kano

@adeniyy
Thanks for your recommendation, guidance and successful business transaction in Yobe state, may God will continue to bless you.
House please feel free to do business with adeniyy, the guy is trustworthy and transparent, your money is in save hand if you do business with him

Thoyeen5102018:
We are base in Lagos State and we're thinking of Beans and Peanut to start with. We've not rent a space.

Thanks for your reply.

why not starting in December time that's harvest season because now all grains are going up every week and there is not much profit on it.
For example the bag of beans as at last week was 48k but now its 52k, so the higher de price,the lower the profit.

Thoyeen5102018:
Hi everyone, I just discovered this thread, please guys I need help in how to start grains business. My husband and I want to invest in it and since we don't have any experience we are scared and confused on how to go about it. I will really appreciate your ideas

What type of grains you want to base on, have you gotten a space, your location?

maisauki:
Dear All,
This is onion season, let's cease this opportunity to buy it and store for a yummy profit in just two to three months

How is the price of the wheat and can I see the pictures

@sherriff
How much is the price of beans and maize now, hope the price of grains will come down when Ramadan has finished today.
Also when new maize will come out?

Igyeseh:
N26500 (red Guinea corn), 150kg.
Location is Benue state.
Quote me if you are interested sir.

Show us the bag to know maybe it's 150kg or 100kg because I never seen such b4 for guinea corn