My Maize Farm On 2½ Plots Of Land I've Recently Acquired In The Village.
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This page is a running progress log by a single author, 'FarmerPro' (Markus), documenting his maize farming journey on 2.5 plots in Borno State. While the author shares detailed updates on planting, weeding, and crop stages, the thread transitions into a personal account of severe financial strain caused by high input costs, theft, and poor market prices.
Pain points:
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Prices:
maize: NGN30000.0 (grain market)NPK fertilizer: NGN75000.0 (market)Atrazine: NGN15000.0 (market)Nicosulfuron (Miafuron): NGN8000.0 (market)
Credibility signals:
author names farm size (2.5 plots) and location (Borno State)author provides specific dates and photographic evidence of crop stagesauthor details specific farming practices (using Keke NAPEP, manure, wood ash)
“imagine a bag of maize, (100kg) at 30k and yet a bag of premium NPK fertilizer goes for 75k! So one have to sell like 3 bags of maize before you can get 1 bag of fertiliser and a sachet of Atrazine!”
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“Thief broke into my store, 14 bags of maize Otilo! dry maize performance was poor at grain market (28k a bag)”
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