So many people are aware of the upcoming tomato peak period
Likewise so many people are seriously rushing to start one farm or the other to take advantage of the peak period
Projector agribusiness farmers always take advantage of the imaginary paper calculation to make people part with their hard earned fund
Someone specifically call me to say he doesn’t have interest in being a farmer but just want to take advantage of the tomato peak.
I have bought the best seed. I am using the rural farmers I am targeting 10 acres
“Just paraphrasing some of his words”
Do you want me to tell you the truth? I asked He said yes
Frankly? I emphasis
“You cant make it”
I didn’t see his facial reaction but I know he didn’t believe me.
And off course he is sure going ahead. And I can bet it 1000% he will not bring anything out
“What if I pay you to consult for me? He said
” I will pay anything you want ” I will do this . ” I will do that..
But my answer is no
I can smell the failure from afar I can smell the desperation of thinking farming is a jackpot.
The same desperation I smell is what the workers, the rural farmers will also sense to take advantage of him
He will over spend and yet they will keep frustrating him.
And sure he knows nothing He can not even lift a finger to help himself other than keep spending money.
And everyone in the chain will take advantage of him.
And by the following year, he will now start learning that is if he still have the fund to play with.
Same goes for a someone that refuse to get another farm manager because the first farm manager disappear
I have tried to make her see reason why she need a good hand on ground but I think she is “penny wise pound foolish”
She request for someone to come in once a week to put her boy through
She has been sending me questions through mails and SMS which I have been attending to because its one of my boys that I gave her that abandoned her farm
She called again today to say I did not reply her last mail..
And I asked.. “Did you pay me consultation fee?
She said no.
Great I said. I have been attending to your needs because I gave you the boy that messed up.
I would advise you get someone that has practical knowledge to be on your farm.
It doesn’t have to be from me. I said
She insist she need someone that comes to the farm once a week.
I wish her luck. Its her farm Its her money
I have once pledged my all into consulting for some one asking for no pay until after the successive completion because I was so sure I have the skills.
Sure I have the skills but I can’t be there 24/7
If the human resource team I bet the project with had not mess me up, I am sure the project owner management frustration is another angle I never bargained for.
Farming is like every profession. Its full time work. It cant be done part time
A word they say is enough for the wise
Yes I do put up great articles. But remember I always warned that intending farmer get prior practical experience.
My 4th year in the farm. Gradually setting the space
We have been changing from one practises to another before arriving at a stable and profitable one.
Many farmers in Africa and Nigeria depends on rain for the production of several crops
Due to climate change effects and the likes, the pattern of rainfall is gradually changing with a decrease in the quantity of rain per area
Farmers that plant with rain are always worried whenever rain did not fall as at when expected.
They became hypertensive Blood pressure rises cause they worry for their crops are dying
These farmers cultivated large expanse of land, spending so much on different farm activities
Farmers begins to count how many days rain has not called hoping for miracles to happen
Several call for prayer in mosque and churches pleading with God for rainfall
This scenario has been playing out year in year out in most African countries
Israel is the suppose God’s favourite in the Bible yet they have lesser rain than most countries but they turn around their misfortune by finding solution to the problem
Drip irrigation system that maximizes the best use of water system started from Israel
They produce enough crops for their country and still have supplus to export in exchange for cash.
Why are other farmers still waiting for miracles?
Farmers would rather plant 100 hectares rained farm rather than investing in 10 hectares irrigation farm that have possibility than the 100 hectares.
I tried to understand the gullibility of the rural farmers that banked on the fact that this is what their fore father’s have being doing and therefore refuse to change their cropping systems
But what about the so called educated farmers that still follow the same path?
I am simply short of word
Picture below is a drip irrigated farm in dry season when there is no rainfall
Our practical training class will be holding by February 2022⠀ ⠀ What you gain during the training ⠀ ⠀
Farm manager job placement ⠀
Market link for your farm produce ⠀
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Farm owners are those that currently have a farm running ..
It could be a new farm or old farm..
My question for the farm owners is .. “Has your farm be financially rewarding?” ” Are you making profit from the farm venture? ” Is your account accurately balance at the end of the year to give you substantial ROI”
ROI means Return On Investment
To get ROI in farmers calculation …
You calculate how much you spend on the farm for a particular season
You calculate how much you made from the farm produce plus other things
You subtract the expenditure from the income
And you are happy And you nod your head
If you are happy after the account balance, you don’t need this course.
However, if you had been nodding your head for a year, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years …….
And you are still farming And you still want to farm
And you don’t want to nod your head in the coming years You don’t want to eventually abandoned the farm
You should register to participate in the farm manager training..
It’s a one month training course that will take you step by step on how we have survive the farm in the last 9 years.
We will be dissecting the farming system and the challenges you think you might have into bits..
You don’t definitely want to miss this Registration payment to Farmvilla Agro Resources Centre First Bank 2041075948
Or use the link in the comment section to register
If farmer were to buy gari in the market for the farm workers feeding, they will spent an average of N10,000 per month per workers
Gari, Maggi,, Salt, Red Oil, Plus toiletries Soap, bathing plus washing Hair cut and others
A farmer with 5 farm workers will be spending N50,000 per month 10 months feeding cost will be getting to N50,000 * 10months = N500,000
What as a new farm owner I will do is to .. Buy a 3 ton of cassava currently selling for N150,000. The farm workers peel the cassava to make cassava flour
Buy a bag of maize currently selling for N27,000
The maize and flour is blended together The food support will last for almost the whole year.
In between the farmer get some beans, gari, yam to mix the diet
N150,000 + N27,000 + 50,000 Let’s approximate it to …. N250,000
The farmer would have saved half of the feeding cost for the farm workers The boys can eat as much as they want The work will go on smoothly
Meanwhile the farmer make the boys to plant cassava, yam, beans and every other thing plantable for the coming year
NOTE The calculation here is what is only obtainable in the rural area.
The price is also not stable. The cassava and maize price keep jumping up I am writing this for smart intending farmers to start note taking
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