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Agriculture › Re: I Want To Set Up A Dairy Farm by Willie2015: 4:26pm On Jun 21, 2016

Trueigbo:
Good morning

I want to set up a dairy farm in North central Nigeria and I need the following information:

 When to stock
 The breed to buy
 The type of house
 The type of feed
 Feeding periods
 Vaccination plan

With this few information I can start with 1-2 cows before expanding.

Bros, what you need is training. There is Nagari farm in Keffi NC, you can contact them and see if you can work with them for a month without pay. You will be able to address these questions.

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 4:16pm On Jun 21, 2016

ThunderingHooves:
If i were to begin commercial milk production,at whatever scale, what would the uptake be like? That is to say, can i be assured that Nigerians would provide a steady market for milk and milk products.

Does milk consumption vary by region?

Te reason i ask this is i read a news report that Shonga farms run by the oyibo farmers from Zimbabwe were forced to pour out excess production by their cows.

Milk coy also have to fulfill the required 10% local content, most of these coys still rely on importation as such they should be able to mop up your production.

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Agriculture › Re: Tomato Jos: Mira Metha, Harvard Graduate Who Is A Tomato Farmer In Nigeria by Willie2015: 2:40pm On Jun 21, 2016

landinfo:
Boy, did u read where it was written that "she owns several acres of land" which cost Millions of Naira

The summary of my talk is that she was rich/wealthy enough before cum-ng into the country just like the Jewish/Israeli millionaires farmers farming in Kwara state

Note: She is not POOOOOR abeg so u guys should not equate her with Nigerians suffering or looking for white-collar jobs abeeeeeg

We need orientation in Nigeria, how much is the cost of an acre of land ?

An acre of land even on Nairaland cost between 50k to 70k, Ikire,Ogbomosho, Iwo etc. if you move to some inner villages, you can get it cheap.

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 11:08am On Jun 21, 2016

redfigure:
It's more than 1 litre. I've seen with my own eyes. I'd should be about 10 litre.
I do buy for my dogs every morning.

Our indigenous cows cant give you 10 litres

The country’s average daily yield per cow is 0.5-2 litres from indigenous breeds. ( Source Sahel Capital)

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 2:55pm On Jun 20, 2016

redcap:
I'm fully ready to go into this business but I need more information, maybe I'd travel to Kenya to understudy their system there. I don't even know how to start.

We have dairy farms in Nigeria, there is Nagari Farm in Keffi that boast of 7000 herds of Hostein cattles. The coy may also be involved in Art Insemination with our local breeds. I dont know whether they offer training but you may visit and talk with them of the possibility of staying with them to learn for a short period.

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Agriculture › Re: The First Made In Nigeria Tractor For Small-scale Farmers by Willie2015: 10:55am On Jun 19, 2016

Thats great, and God bless you.

I hope our govt can subsidize the cost of the tryctor, it should be an household name in Nigeria for small scale farmers of btwn an acre & 5 acres.

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 7:44am On Jun 19, 2016

ThunderingHooves:
I believe this is also not wise by Dangote. He should look to produce milk in Nigeria and relieve pressure on the Naira occasioned by imports. Maybe i need to be enlightened on his motive.

@Willie2015 or anyone else, what is the average or typical milk production PER COW in Nigeria?

Average milk yield per female cow is 1 litre per day which is poor when you compare with the 30 litres per day in the article below.

Govt/Dangote need to intervene with free artificial insemination and force Fulani/Individual Investor to adopt zero grazing. Thats the way forward.

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 9:09pm On Jun 18, 2016

Pavore9:
What is the average daily milk production of a cow and who are those that collect them?

WAMCO
Dont have access to current information but as at April 2013, the highest milk collected was 7,000 litres per day (which should include the one from Shonga in Kwara. See below extract from one of the articles on the net in 2012

Steetskamp told BusinessDay that it was the policy of FrieslandCampina WAMCO to increase local content to get more balance between imports and local sourcing for reasons of exchange rate and world market prices, explaining that "we all know that the naira/dollar rate is vulnerable and if we import too much and we have to pay in dollars, the naira rate could affect our result and, therefore we rather buy locally in naira. That is one reason.

"The second reason is that if we import dairy raw materials then you are depending on the world market prices, and they are set by supply and demand. If demand in Brazil, China or Oceania goes up and the supply goes down, the price goes up. As a matter of fact, we do a lot of local sourcing. Most of the ingredients, all the palm oil, all the cocoa powder are all sourced locally. The only thing we cannot source locally yet to the extent that we want is dairy raw materials. Therefore, we started this dairy development programme, which means that we oblige ourselves to take all the local milk that there is and even more."

The Fulani farmers, as they are now, do not have the infrastructural muscle to do efficient supply to the company, and as such, the company is empowering them for this business operation. How?

According to Steetskamp, "what we do is that we build a milk collection centre regionally. So, we have built one now in Oyo State, which is made up of milk collection centre and cooling equipment. There we collect milk produced by small-scale farmers; they come with buckets of 10 litres everyday and they deliver the milk. First of all, we gather the milk into a quantity of a 1000 litres so that we can transport it efficiently.

"Secondly, we cool it down. We now have three milk trucks driving around the country to collect the milk at the milk collection centres at five degrees. Also, we have a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Agriculture, which supports farmers' education and organisations. So, logistically we collect the milk, we cool it down and we pay the farmers every week.

"We support them in their production by giving them know-how, teaching them hygiene and teaching them how to milk the cow and how to get the highest production from the cow."

Steetskamp said his company was currently operating the project at a loss, but explained: "It costs more now than it should. The landing cost of a litre of milk when we import it is about N70-N80. Currently, we pay up to N90 and we even subsidise above N90 for some farms. So, currently we are paying more than when we were importing it, but that is just to get it started. We are happy to subsidise it just to get the system started, but eventually it would go down."

- See more at: http://www.ilorin.info/fullnews.php?id=2256#sthash.wK8RpDfM.dpuf

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 8:46pm On Jun 18, 2016

Pavore9:
lf they are producing in volumes one could set up a plant to have it pasteurized and packed in 500ml sachet like that of pure water.

Milk collection centre is close to these settlements, they pick up all supply

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 8:24pm On Jun 18, 2016

Pavore9:
@Willie2015, who sells a litre of milk for N100? In another thread someone was offering it for N500!

Thats the price of purchase from fulani herdsmen

Agriculture › Re: How I Keep My 100 Cows On Three Plots by Willie2015: 12:43pm On Jun 18, 2016

With 400 litres per day, the guy is making =N=40,000k per day translating to =N=1.2m per month, not too bad though we dont have figure for his monthly expenses. Agric is the way !

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Jobs/Vacancies › Re: Man Who Graduated With First Class From UK University Cries Out For Job. Photos by Willie2015: 8:20am On Jun 07, 2016

freeborn76:
This is mental laziness jare, you have a first class, yet you cannot create a small scale job abi? You wasted your years in school...now I know why Brymo gave that epic advise...brah, start a small business while you wait for something 'big'. Please, don't rant about capital, you must have saved up something little from your 20 hours a week job ( we all did it, no be only you school abroad).

This is the thruth! Let him move back to his village a start a small scale tomato farm and move his business forward with his skills/education. We are complaining of scarcity of tomatoes and yet we have an army of graduates that are looking for jobs.

What is the value of education if they cant see opportunity and grab it.

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Career › Re: Meet The Banker Who Turned To Puff Puff Seller In Lagos by Willie2015: 8:20am On May 26, 2016

saintkeppy:
Business plenty for unemployed youth to do, but start-up capital not easily & readily available, u seek 4 loan, ridiculous collatoral demanded. But anyhow, somehow man must survive.

Start small and you dont need to have millions to start a biz. You should forget loans, how do you intend to break even in the first place when IR on loan is between 25- 30%.

Career › Re: Meet The Banker Who Turned To Puff Puff Seller In Lagos by Willie2015: 8:05am On May 26, 2016

sage50:
Everybody working in an hospital is not a doctor. Same goes for banks. All d best in his new career. Pple now waste thousands nd millions going to school den come and do jobs like tailoring,events planning, buying nd selling etc. D question is y go to school. Ur educated if u can read and write na

This is the exact problem with a typical graduate in Nigeria, all we think about is a white collar job. The simple reason for education is to expand your horizon and think differently in any profession.

You will wonder why a foreigner (a second year MBA student in Havard) will come to Nigeria and start a Tomato Jos farm while our graduates are complaining of unemployment.

Agriculture › Re: STANDARD BUSINESS PLAN: AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR YOUR BUSINESS/COMPANY by Willie2015: 7:55am On May 06, 2016

Kasfarin:
STANDARD BUSINESS PLAN FROM KASPHARYN SOLUTIONS
1. MORINGA PLANTATION BUSINESS PLAN
2. DRY SEASON TOMATO AND PEPPER PRODUCTION BUSINESS PLAN
3. MODERN PIG PRODUCTION BUSINESS PLAN

How much for your standard biz plan on dry season tomato and pepper production

Christianity Etc › Re: Suleman To El-Rufai: “You Are Dead Already, Ask For Date Of Your Burial" (video) by Willie2015: 2:14pm On Apr 26, 2016

freecocoa:
How does a person say things like this and be proud of himself? It's really a pity.

We all need to be careful of our utterances concerning the Men of God.

Forty two (42) youths got killed by two bears because they mocked Elisha for being bald.(2 Kings 2:23-24)

Agriculture › Re: How Lucrative Is Poultry Business? by Willie2015: 2:38pm On Apr 12, 2016

fisfat:
The rate of unemployment these days among nigerian youths is very high. My brothers came out with 2:1 and yet, they couldn't get a job that suits them.

So i taught of a business i could start on my own. Well, i chose poultry business(production and sales of eggs.

My fellow people here, i want you to please enlighten me on:
How lucrative it is
Should i collect day old or laying point?
What is the possible loss rate?
Battery cage or dip litter system?

Thanks for your contributions in advance

Pls go and work on an established poultry farm for at least 3 months to learn all the rudiments. U will answer all these questions.....

Investment › Re: 10 Daily Habits That Will Make You A Millionaire by Willie2015: 3:48pm On Apr 10, 2016

millhouse:
no mind religious fanatics.... In Fact prayer has made more Nigerians lazy.. Even president buhari had to travel to mecca to seek prayer for Nigeria... Pathetic! Who did the rulers of dubai go to seek prayers from before turning their nation to a masterpiece. Bill Gates once said "yes God promised the birds of the air their daily food, but He never said he would bring it to their nest!." So you have to wake up, Plan and set out. Success cuts across all races if you follow certain principles irrespective of if u are a Christian, Muslim, Hindu, traditionalist or atheist.

People are lazy because they want to be lazy. If some folks dont get result, it is due to lack of understanding and proper application.If our leaders failed to turn our nation to a masterpiece, it is as a result of wickedness of their heart; greed and selfish interest and not necessarily absence of developmental plans.

We need prayers to turn the heart of men to do good works. 1st Timothy says this "First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity"

You dont just wake up, plan and set out.You wake up, pray, plan and set out and finish it with prayers.There are folks that wake up, step out and never came back alive, there are folks that plan their whole life yet end up in the prison yard for a crime they did not commit.

The Holy Bible says "Men ought to always pray and not faint ", Prayer is the one of the pillar of Islam, even Prayer is an integral part of the Hindu religion.

Investment › Re: 10 Daily Habits That Will Make You A Millionaire by Willie2015: 12:37am On Mar 31, 2016

topaaz:
If prayer was the primary thing, Nigeria would have the highest number of millionaires in the world and even the best economy. Religion has made Nigerians lazy and blind to those points the op has listed.
Between, posts like this are what we're suppose to have on the front pages but I don't understand why mods like lalasticlala will never pay attention to them.

Prayer is the key and the master key! Prayer don,t make us lazy and blind, it give us direction.

The heart of a man plan his way, but the Lord direct his steps. It is good to imbibe these habits as listed by the Ops but these habits dont guarantee you will be a millionaire. There are good, sound Nigerians that imbibe these habits and yet nothing work for them till today.

Gandhi says that Prayer is the Key of the morning, bolt of the evening. Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement, Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

Investment › Re: 10 Daily Habits That Will Make You A Millionaire by Willie2015: 4:35pm On Mar 29, 2016

You better learn how to pray, every other habit is secondary.

Agriculture › Re: Why We Are Importing Grass By Minister Of Agriculture by Willie2015: 6:31pm On Mar 27, 2016

obailala:
In addition to getting the high nutrient grass, the plan also includes restricting the movement of the cattle to confined reserves where the grasses would be planted. That should solve point you just made.

You cant restrict movement of cattle's to confined reserves.

How do you restrict nomadics that take pleasure in travelling from Katsina to Ogun state with their cows which takes an average of six months.

What Audu Ogbe need to give an holistic approach to handle these problems not just importing grasses and restriction.

Agriculture › Re: Why We Are Importing Grass By Minister Of Agriculture by Willie2015: 9:08am On Mar 26, 2016

teepain:
Let us eschew partisanship and be objective about these issues.

The government claims that they have discovered Grasses that have 28% Crude Protein, do we have any grass in Nigeria, either in the North or South, that have such high protein? To the best of my knowledge there is none. So what is wrong in importing such highly protein gas with a view to domestically grow it.

If government implements this idea correctly animal husbandry in Nigeria would witness a revolution.

Cheers.

Importing grasses is unnecessary and clearly show that the govt don,t have a sound blue print to address problems at hand (Stopping Nomad ism, milk importation and poor beef production).

What is required is for Govt to demystify the concept that rearing cow is the exclusive right of the Fulani and you need large space to rear cows for beef/milk production. Govt should create enough support for unemployed graduates in term of finances and expertise to move into dairy and cattle rearing in Clusters.

Create awareness and Drive implementation of zero grazing system in cattle rearing. You just need to have like 2 to 5 improved cows to get result which means an average Nigeria family can practice dairy farming even in his backyard with small space.

Have a well established artificial insemination (AI) service system that will enhance the multiplication of improved cattle across the country.
Resettle the Fulani herdsmen to different settlement, re orientate them on the zero grazing system and provide them with technical support.

Provide a framework for Milk Companies like Wamco etc to create Milk Collection centers in Fulani settlement and Cluster across the country to collect milk and pay cash on a weekly basis to farmers. If we have enough small scale cow farmers in the country, we have no business importing milk and Fulani farmers will be forced out of business if they don,t adapt to zero grazing system.

Govt should leave grass business to Research Institutes like IITA etc. Zero Grazing System was introduced in Kenya in 1980s as a Dairy Developmental Project with bilateral cooperation with the Dutch and we can all see their success rate. Zero grazing system will also release lands for other uses.

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Agriculture › Re: In Memory Of Founder Of Jain Irrigation ;Bhavarlal Jain, : by Willie2015: 12:46pm On Mar 20, 2016

happybrother:
Jain set up schools, including one for underprivileged children and the Gandhi Research Foundation in Jalgaon, devoting a chunk of his time to these pet projects. A prolific author, the book closest to his heart was “Tee ani Mee” written in his native Marathi about his life with his late wife.
In the company’s 2015 annual repot, Jain outlined his business purpose:My religion, my simple, middle class agrarian background..have ingrained in me values, which guided me by instinct to do good for others and wait for a little while for something good to happen. I have never been disappointed!”
When he was flown to Mumbai from Jalgaon for medical treatment, Jain assured his worried family that he would be back soon. The son of the soil was on 27th February cremated, with state honors, in his native Jalgaon .
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Do you have Jain Irrigation Kit on ground ?

Agriculture › Re: Tomato Production And Marketing. Facts Backed With Figures by Willie2015: 7:09pm On Mar 13, 2016

Akabay:
@OP.................... Job weldone God will increase ur knowledge, infact wit ds priceless info but very educative by doing this you are making more youths out there to be more productive nd job creator instead of job seekers .................... For those ppl who ve attended practical training the upcoming farmers would want u to share ur testimony with us to serve as motivation........ Thanx y'all.

If you need practical training on vegetable farming, just get down to Ago Amodu with Jethro.

You will get the required information/training for you to succeed. Be prepare to make your own nursery and manage it till it is ready for transplanting to the main field. You will personally transplant your nursery plants to the main field and learn how to take care of your plants. You will learn how to handle your plants in the field and manage pests with any other scenarios that come up during the process.

You also need to prepare for the physical aspect of the training. We had to wake up early in the morning to get to farm and stay on the farm for long period till late in the evening. Cucumber staking was damn difficult for me, Lord; I developed back pain on the first day of staking from digging. Thank God for local herbs from one of the vendors, worked like magic.

We also observed how different irrigation system works, participated in the installation process and decide the best kit for vegetables. Visiting other large farms in the axis with government assisted irrigation system was just tip on the iceberg to observe challenges being faced by farmers. We had many sessions and discussions on market and market strategies that will assist upcoming farmers to avoid costly mistakes. IFDC materials served as reinforcing instruction for practical work that had been completed on the farm and best practices.

With this training, you will walk through the whole farm processes and see the big picture with challenges being faced by farmers on a daily basis. You will learn and see for yourself that farming is not easy, require hard work, being smart, patience, dedication and prayer like any white collar job.

If you make up your mind to attend the training, don’t forget to visit Aimasiko restaurant in Sepeteri, they have good pounded yam with veg, there is a local joint for cow head/leg, bush rabbit and grass cutter ( can’t remember the name), you can also get good supply of palm wine to knock it down.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Marches On His Member: What Is Happening In Our Churches Now? by Willie2015: 2:32pm On Mar 13, 2016

Rajosh:
poverty is a disease I dread with all my heart. Imagine Otedola or Adenuga lying on the floor and for someone to trample upon.

It is only God that knows where they visits in the middle of the night. Don,t judge people by their outward appearances.

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Christianity Etc › Re: Pastor Marches On His Member: What Is Happening In Our Churches Now? by Willie2015: 1:41pm On Mar 13, 2016

bidak:
I don't know why people don't always mind there business did the person on the floor complain do you know the problem d person is facing for him to lie down on the floor like that.You guys should just thank God for your life and stop condemning others

My thoughts exactly! The guy on the floor is not complaining yet some folks are getting worked up.There are too many mysteries in this world that cannot be explained. However, If this is how God want to intervene in his own problem, then so be it.

It is the same Bible that Hosea was directed to marry a love-peddler. Put yourself in Hosea,s shoes and truly think if you can obey such directive.

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Agriculture › Re: 10 Acres Just By The Riverside For Sale -n650k by Willie2015: 12:54pm On Mar 12, 2016

BoluwGoldenFarm:
More farmland by the river sides up to 40 acres available for sale with very good road network, minimum purchase is 10 acres at N70k per acre
Family land so you are the first to buy hence you do all the documentation and get a receipt for payment
You do lawyer documentation and Survey work
Agency fee is N10%
Consultancy fee 10k
Call Gbenga 08120528950 or eesteeresources@gmail.com WhatsApp 08120528950
You can do all year round farming
We can help you set up the farm
Manage it
We can open your eyes to how to how to turn your farmland to money

Do you have any farmland close to river apart form this ? I need two acres

Agriculture › Re: Pepper Farming by Willie2015: 3:33pm On Mar 07, 2016

Ewedusoup:
Please Nairalander's..I need your advice on how to get a good varieties of a good pepper seedlings for planting,I stays in a village called Alok-Ikom Cross River state,I have 1hctr of land to start with..thanks

Contact @Soloxam-08098256685

I will advise you to start with a quarter of an acre first and grow from that size

Agriculture › Re: Aquapreneurship Opportunities by Willie2015: 4:44pm On Jan 22, 2016

Willie201520@yahoo.com

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