12 Tips to Increase Productivity on Your Livestock Farm
There are many things you need to put in place in order to achieve the highest productivity you desire for your agribusiness. If you can implement the following tips, your …
How to Make Money Without Owning a Working Farm
Are you aware that you can make money from agriculture even without having a working farm? While it is highly necessary to own and run a farm if you want …
List of Popular & Unpopular Hatcheries in Nigeria
I recently thought about compiling a list of all the recognized poultry egg hatcheries in Nigeria. Before we proceed, I would like to inform you that we have a few …
Day Old Chicks or Point of Lay – Which Should I Start With?
Should I start with day-old chicks (DOC) or Point of Lay Chickens (POL)? This is a common question asked by most people who want to start layer farming. They are …
Special Feed Formula for Optimal Chicks, Growers & Layers Performance
For many years that I have been a consultant to individuals and farms, the most asked question by my clients is: “What can I do to make my birds grow …
5 Common Diseases of Goats
There are diseases that goats seem to commonly suffer from. As a goat owner, you need to make sure that you are aware of them and do what you can …
Nutritional Composition of Major Livestock Feed Ingredients
Do you want to formulate feed for your animals but don’t know the nutritional composition of some of the feed ingredients? Well, recently, I stumbled on a document that contains …
Detecting Hemorrhages in Farm Animals
Taking care of farm animals is already a difficult task, but in recent years the number of farm animals with internal hemorrhages has increased significantly. Detecting hemorrhages isn’t easy, but …
Best Rabbit Breeds and Facts About Rabbit Reproduction
When it comes to rabbit production, the New Zealand White and the Californian breeds are the breeds to choose from when rabbit farming because of their high reproduction rate and …
How to Weigh Live Poultry Birds Accurately
Livestock scale is a common practice in a lot of farms, including live poultry farms. While it is not very different from weighing farm animals, let us look at 5 …