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Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 1:13am On Mar 15, 2011 |
Hello, i am wondering about the price of young calves in Nigeria, how long it takes for them to grow, were to buy them, who to sell them to, the land and facilities needed, etc. and how to make money from cattle farming in Nigeria. I am also wondering if this is a viable business area and the risks involved. Thanks. 1 Like |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 3:22am On Mar 17, 2011 |
Hahaha the Fulanis are refusing to reveal their secrets , |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by fm7070: 6:25pm On Mar 18, 2011 |
Hy, this business is mostly run by illiterates who hardly come online. however, big farms are never ready to expose their secrets online. If you really want to do this business on a large scale, I can only advice you to travel to northern states for proper business survey. I have interest in the business, but my capital has not risen to what I desire, land is another factor. It is a very profitable business, but capital gulping. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 8:23pm On Mar 18, 2011 |
fm7070:thanks for replying. but do you know what the current prices for young or mature cows is? |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by fm7070: 3:59pm On Mar 19, 2011 |
Let me give you an estimate, but you can only get it at North for this price e.g. Ilorin & co young calf - 40k - 45k Also, you may need to examine them well so you won't buy infected ones. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by BigBrosng: 4:45pm On Mar 19, 2011 |
Maybe you just need to Google it. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by charzum: 6:57pm On Mar 19, 2011 |
I need to know how to secure load and the bank that can help to get it |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 7:43pm On Mar 19, 2011 |
charzum:what do you mean? |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 8:03pm On Mar 19, 2011 |
fm7070: hmm, thats not a bad price at all . Do you know how much they sell for fully grown? and is the demand for beef in Nigeria high? and is it easy to sell them? i appreciate it. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by monopolist: 2:41pm On Mar 21, 2011 |
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Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 2:23pm On Mar 28, 2011 |
monopolist:5years! With commodities alone I can N5m in 1yr 6 months from 300k. Nobody should ask anything about cos I aint sharing, will love to but don't have the time. @OP, pls don't bother going into cattle business, the thing is controlled by uneducated mafias in every single state of nigeria, you can go to the north to buy no problem but try selling it in the south to make a profit and you'll be shocked at the response you receive |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by feasy1(m): 4:46pm On Mar 28, 2011 |
blink182: @ blink182, you sounded like you've tried this before, do you mind sharing the risk one could face with the uneducated mafia. Is this related to selling the cattle as a whole or should expect same from the mafia if its meat retail oriented 1 Like |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 5:02pm On Mar 28, 2011 |
feasy1:During service myself and two other corpers saw the opportunity and were shocked at how cheap cattle is in the north, we did the feasibility study but didn't add the mafia because we didn't know such a thing existed. I combined money with another guy from my state and we bought one and sent down, the third guy did same to kogi. The cows got to their destination but we were unable to sell, it was really really bad we eventually sold after plenty begging and we were warned never to try such again. You'll be amazed what this people will kill for. Now that you know you can investigate and see how you can go about it. Lest I forget our man in Kogi was also not spared by the abokis in kogi. Alhajis no wan hear. Its like a southerner trying to sell dollars full time, you'll only get in trouble 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 5:04pm On Mar 28, 2011 |
the thing is controlled by uneducated mafias in every single state of nigeria not sure about this but you may be right if you're referring to the general northern cattle which are sold to the public. blink182: you were trying to act as middlemen in a controlled market. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 5:04pm On Mar 28, 2011 |
@ topic i like this kind of thing but not sure if I'd be able to do it in nigeria. It is a very profitable business, but capital gulping very true. quite capital intensive which at times may eat up profits. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 7:20am On Mar 29, 2011 |
tpiah!:You know nothing of the business, just trying to be smart. How does buying in the north and transporting to the south makes me a middle man? |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by zogo(m): 12:52pm On Mar 29, 2011 |
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Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 1:55pm On Mar 29, 2011 |
^^^ Must you people sell everything? |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by feasy1(m): 8:42pm On Mar 29, 2011 |
blink182: blink, thanks for the response, the feasibility study will definitely dig deep into that. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 9:28pm On Mar 29, 2011 |
blink182: do you speak english? or you just like arguing blindly and daftly. check your question again then lay off the weed before typing. are you people getting dumber by the day or what exactly is happening. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by Nobody: 8:10am On Mar 30, 2011 |
tpiah!:Stop abusing and answer my question, this is not some cheap political gossip, if you know you can't contribute meaningfully carry your stinking bloated ego and leave the thread. How can I be arguing blindly in something I know too well, where you there when abokis were harassing me, when I feared in the heat of it all I could be stabbed without knowing who did it? When I was suppose to sell immediately it landed but ended up rearing cattle for almost a month? Free range-begging for space to keep full grown cattle. |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by afinii: 10:01pm On Apr 02, 2011 |
Didn't know this kind of information could be found online. Way to go NL |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 2:03am On Apr 03, 2011 |
^^ i know its great isnt it! |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by pleep(m): 2:13am On Apr 03, 2011 |
BTW. thanks everyone for the usefull responses . im definately staying out of the cattle business, its not worth lossing your life over!!! |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by afinii: 9:49am On Apr 03, 2011 |
Lol |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by giftedmind: 12:37pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
I am reporting into this progressive forum for the first time. However, i have been following events once in a while. Now this cow business thing. I dont think the contributors on this issue has done justice to the topic. Firstly, may we discard the issue of illiteracy or literacy here. For you to make impact on anything in life you must take the pain to make research. Most useful information about keeping animals are available online.So we should not restrict out scope to the man in the Norther Nig. Let leave that to confirmatory periods. That apart, cow business i have tried on skeletal level but i want to tell this progressive forum that it is worth going into. I kept 3 cows in 2006 (1 year old each) which i bought bw 20k-25k.I gave them to a fulani man who kept them 4 a year before i soldthem for cash. I got tripple the money i used to buy them. 1 Like |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by giftedmind: 12:49pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
Today, very rich, educated and well to do nigerians are quietly into this business. All you need is a land. atleast 3 plot upwards depending on the size of your heard. Water supply is important and you need to fence the property. If you are lucky to find a land with a year round water supply, thank your star. it is advised that you look for it if you can to reduce the overhead cost. Your purpose for keeping the cattle is also important. Is it to increase stock, for quick cash (fattening and disposing) or for milk production?You need to know what you are out for. If it is for the first, then you must source for your bull carefully. Your bull must be healthy. Atleast a bull to bw 30-50 females would be ok. Do not keep more than a bull otherwise they fight and one gets killed. If its for fattening, you can get cows during the dry season at cheap prices and then fatten them to gain good weight before disposal for cash. You need a vet to check them once in a while. Within 3 months, you could be disposing and getting a new stock. Milk production goes hand in hand with the first reason. 7 Likes |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by giftedmind: 1:05pm On Nov 10, 2011 |
So, as a people, we need not chicken out bec someone is talking of an unfounded mafia in the cattle business. why are we educated in the first place? There is nothing wrong in taking a risk by trying. i commend the effort of the excorper that contributed earlier however, he chickened out too early. Me i have decided to go into the business and have gotten some plots of land somewhere in Jos. I will make it, thats sure. join me guys! in my second text, i mean to write herd and not heard.error regretted. 1 Like |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by fm7070: 11:49am On Nov 11, 2011 |
giftedmind: Motion seconded, This kind of business that people overlook is capable of earning you millions with little running cost. 3 Likes |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by babaijesha: 5:58pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
pleep: U can go online; there are lots of information on the net on this, Need to do your feasibility study, U can go to the North on pricing, Be prepared to cough out between 45k - 55k for a medium size cow. It is always advisable to pick d medium size cos there is every likely hood of death if they are too small. I can direct u to some places in Northwest(katsina) if u want to see the mkt 4 yourself. 1 Like |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by babaijesha: 6:11pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
blink182: Mafias are always in every mkt, They will choke you up, The best thing for is to find a friend among these traders and work under one of the big time guy in the mkt. U wont have a problem in selling ur cows; U can also use anyone of them to front for you, I have done it with simple comm here in the North and it works. if the poster is interested in starting a standard cow farm over there, even the Mafia will come to your farm to buy b/4 thinking of going to far North to buy stock. Well, I am yet to see any standard cow farm down in the South. It seems everyone come to purchase from the North 3 Likes |
Re: Price Of A Young Calf? And More Info About Cattle Farming In Nigeria please by stagger: 6:34pm On Nov 11, 2011 |
The best place to buy cows in Nigeria is the mambilla area of Taraba state. But the thing is: you need to bring in a Fulani into your team. Trying to make it as an outsider is not going to work. Hint: Do you want to buy and sell mature cows, or buy calves and grow them into mature cows (very expensive and risky, not to talk of the logistics of feeding them and medicating them, + vaccinations against bovine illnesses), or do you want to buy and slaughter? Buying and slaughtering in your space in a designated abbatoir in Abuja or Nasarawa after buying in Taraba state is the best. One of my boys reared cattle as a young boy, so I have the info. 1 Like |
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