No lah. Because the landlord help me a lot. I seldom back to farm, only twice a week. He help me to jaga the place. Further more, i am not ready to start doing decomposting the feces. So i give free lah.

Engineer a red hot success growing chillies

http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Sat...82744/index.pda

He is now raking in the ringgit producing chillies for a giant food manufacturing corporation.

Asked what made him quit his factory job in Bangi, Selangor, to return to Kelantan to take up farming, Alamin said it was in his blood. His father was a tobacco farmer, and being an only child Alamin said he had always planned to return home to take over the running of the farm.

His father's death in 2004 hastened that decision. The 24-year-old graduate of Kuala Lumpur Infrastructure University returned to Kampung Gong Pasir with wife Siti Nur Atikah Mejam, 24, and their four-year-old son in tow, to look after his mother and work the 0.6-ha farm.

Last year, Alamin decided to switch from tobacco to red chillies. The decision paid off handsomely. His 3,000 plants yielded 10 tonnes of red chillies. This year he hopes to raise his harvest to 15 tonnes by adding 2,000 plants.

"Growing tobacco is costly and needs a lot of attention. Chillies are easy to take care of with the fertigation system," he said.

Plants are grown in polybags with tubes attached to them to feed water and nutrients from a central feeder station, he explained.

Alamin looks after the farm alone and hires workers to help with the harvest.

The chillies are sold to the Bukit Awang Farmers Organisation here at RM2.40 per kilogramme. The farmers organisation is contracted to supply the chillies to Nestle Malaysia for the production of chilli sauce.

Besides growing chillies, Alamin is also doing his own research on various types of chillies and finding ways to improve them. His mechanical skills are also being put to good use. Alamin is working on a mini sprinkler system to spray pesticides.

Alamin said his farming experience has been enriching and rewarding.

"I have no regrets. I am earning about what I used to make. But I am the master here and I get to spend more time with my family. I'm happy," he smiled.

He says he is looking forward to helping to mould future generations of farmers when Bukit Awang's mentor programme gets off the ground.

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the power of the fertigation system.

http://www.chinabreed.com/

china agriculture webiste

Whao, being an agriculture website, it is suprisingly updated! It has market price for all the products and news. Furthermore it has shit lots of analysis, market news, etc etc...

Unlike our gov agriculture website....

This post has been edited by rexis: Oct 2 2007, 09:37 AM

haha...tell me about it.
too bad i cant read chinese.
frankly speaking we dont have a good resource website for malaysian agriculture.

Agree!!
Our local government officer only mind their own business. There is no link each other.
We have to depends our self to find info.

Agriculture Information Center India

It is in english and it is pretty informative

one look at the website already i am impressed by it...hope MY Agri Dept can learn something from them...

*scouting out the website now*

Hi,

Another round of updates as per 10/10/07


My Red Tilapia + Jelawat (aka Sultan Fish) + Patin


My Red Tilapia + Jelawat (aka Sultan Fish) + Patin 2


My Red Tilapia + Pak So Kung (aka Baung)

i dont know wether this is the place for me to ask but i want to know where can i get wheat bran for animal feeding ??

in other country , they can get it from feed store but i dont know where to get it here..

any help please ??

hi,

i think this info can get from the state pertanian office. which state are you in ?

Hi people,

another update from me... 24/10/2007

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These buggers have really grown in size


This is what is fed to them 2-3 times a day


Feeding Frenzy - which is a good thing


Feeding Frenzy 2- which is a good thing

Heyy, para your fish are kicking there!

ow yes this is some place you can ask, I just happened to have a grain trader contact

07-2385218 - Min Tien Grain Importer / Distributor

Ask them are who can you talk to regarding what they are selling.

They are trading all kind of grain, including grains like maize for animal feed, there is a good change that you will find information from them.

...but, what are you feeding anyway? If its just one or two bird or a can of mealworms, I think a grain trader is not what you are looking for(unless you are buying a few tons of them). No harm trying thou.

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In Malaysia we do not plant wheat, and we need to import most of our animal feed grain. Therefore, our choice might not be that complete. Wheat bran is like a by product from wheat processing, what we have is like rice bran, oil palm seed cake...

This post has been edited by rexis: Oct 24 2007, 05:23 PM

yea.. im actually finding those for my mealworms..
i did emailed them but no reply so far.. lol..

erm.. anyone knows are there other alternatives to feed my mealworms ??
i need alot to feed them and those oats available in grocery store cost too much..

actually when i see those guys on a feeding frenzy i get really excited. its so good to see them healthy...

para.. you called my friend yet?

did he help you?

brother...

sorry havent gotten the time to call Rocky .. maybe in a week or 2 cause have been travelling recently...

Woooow, cool thread. I really didn't know this thread existed. Well, a bit of introduction of myself. My name is Amir and I'm 24 years old. Soon to be working as a PTD officer. I have 7 acres of land in Sungai Merab (Near to Bandar Baru Bangi and Putrajaya) which before this I didn't know what to do with it. My friend introduced me to Agarwood/Gaharu a few weeks ago and I started to do a lot of research on it. In my opinion, I think it has a lot of potential to make money.Currently I have 10 trees which I recently bought (No money yet ) and would buy more trees soon.Maybe next month I will start to plant 1000+ trees on my land.Well if anyone interested or currently planting these trees, do inform me. Maybe we could work together.

Check out my thread in finance and business section.

Bila menyebut gaharu, ramai di antara kita yang membayangkan harganya yang begitu mahal sehingga ada yang mengatakan ia lebih bernilai dari emas. Harganya boleh mencecah sehingga RM14,000 - RM20,000 sekilogram untuk kepingan gaharu yang bermutu tinggi. Namun, semua hasil ini diambil dari hutan dan kini realitinya, pokok karas diancam kepupusan.Tanpa kesedaran untuk penanaman semula, negara kita mungkin tidak lagi dapat mengeksport hasil gaharu yang begitu tinggi permintaannya ke negara-negara Timur Tengah dan juga negara lain seperti Taiwan, Jepun dan sebagainya. Mungkin kita patut menoleh ke negara jiran yang lain seperti Indonesia, Thailand dan Myamar, mereka sudah jauh meninggalkan kita dari segi teknologi dan perladangan.
Mungkin, kekurangan sumber maklumat yang tepat dan juga permulaan modal yang tinggi untuk diusahakan secara komersil menjadi faktor ia kurang diminati. Wajar, agensi - agensi kerajaan yang ada memainkan peranan dalam menyalurkan fakta yang lengkap dan perkembangan teknologi harus dicapai dalam usaha menjadikan ia sebagai industri direalisasikan.Ramai di antara kita yang tidak sedar, usaha penanaman pokok karas sudahpun dilakukan oleh beberapa agensi yang ada di beberapa tempat di negara kita, juga penyelidikan dalam penghasilan gaharu melalui kaedah suntikan dan inokulasi juga giat dijalankan.Namun, kurangnya pendedahan dan pengumpulan maklumat, ia kurang memberi impak dalam pelaksanaannya.Untuk mereka yang berminat dalam penanaman pokok karas, mungkin ada berita gembira. Mulai tahun hadapan (2007), teknologi dalam penghasilan gaharu akan dibawa masuk ke negara kita. Usaha menjemput Prof. Blanchette oleh satu agensi kerajaan adalah sangat tepat pada masanya. Namun, jika kita tidak menanamnya, teknologi tiada makna.Berbalik kepada usaha penanaman pokok karas secara ladang, beberapa faktor harus dipertimbangkan seperti pemilihan anak benih, jarak tanaman, kaedah tanaman, kaedah suntikan dan pasaran. Ia harus dinilai untuk meminimakan risiko yang ada dan mendapat hasil yang maksima selepas 7 tahun pelaburan.Pertamanya, pemilihan anak benih sering menjadi persoalan. Ada yang mengatakan spesis A lebih baik dari spesis B dan ada yang sebaliknya kerana ia lebih cepat membesar dan lebih mahal. Seharusnya kita meneliti semula beberapa kajian, pokok karas sebenarnya mempunyai method yang berbeza dengan pokok lain. Pokok yang sihat dan membesar dengan cepat menghasilkan resin gaharu yang sedikit berbanding pokok yang sakit dan diganggu. Ia sebenarnya selari dengan kejadian semulajadi gaharu di dalam hutan, pokok yang berada di kawasan berbatu dan mengalami tindakbalas kecederaan yang teruk menghasilkan gaharu yang lebih bermutu. Kita juga harus melihat kepada permintaan pasaran, spesis manakah yang menjadi pilihan pembeli dan mempunyai harga yang tinggi. Spesis Aquilaria Malaccencis adalah merupakan salah satu spesis yang mempunyai nilai komersil yang tinggi.Manakala kaedah penanaman, jarak penanaman 6"x6" atau 10"x10" menghasilkan jumlah tanaman pada 430 pokok atau 1,000 pokok seekar. Penanaman secara intergrasi adalah lebih meminimunkan risiko, malahan memberi pulangan jangka pendek yang boleh menampung kos keseluruhan. Sulaman boleh dilakukan dengan tanaman herba dan tanaman kontang. Penjarakkan yang sesuai harus dilihat. Selepas pokok karas mencapai usia 5 tahun, suntikan sejenis enzim dilakukan untuk penghasilan gaharu dan dibiarkan selama 2 tahun sebelum mendapat hasil. Perlu diingatkan, tanpa teknologi ini pokok karas tidak akan membentuk gaharu di dalamnya. Berbeza dengan semulajadi, gaharu terbentuk pada usia pokok 20 - 40 tahun melalui gangguan oleh fizikal atau microrganisme.
Banyak laporan di dada akhbar dan laman web, menyatakan setiap pokok menghasilkan gaharu bernilai sehingga RM14,000 - RM18,000. Tetapi, kita perlu menilai setiap aspek dan risiko. Mungkin tidak keterlaluan jika kita meletakkan RM1,000 sahaja untuk sepokok yang menghasilkan gaharu. Bayangkan anda menanam 1,000 pokok dan anda tentu dapat mengira angkanya. Malahan jika hanya 50% sahaja yang menjadi, jumlah pendapatannya masih tinggi! Oleh itu, amat penting untuk kita semua memperolehi sebanyak mungkin maklumat untuk merealisasikan penanaman pokok karas secara ladang. Diharapkan ada agensi yang bertindak sebagai pemantau dan dapat menyimpan data semua ladang karas di negara kita. Maklumat sebegini amat berguna untuk rujukan dimasa akan datang.


Anggaran Kos Permulaan Penanaman (Kelantan) bagi Seekar Tanah


1)Membersih tanah- RM500.00

2)Anak Pokok 10 Bulan (RM5.00 x 430 pokok)- RM2150.00

3)Baja C.I.R.P (RM0.50 x 430 ketul)- RM215.00

4)Kos penanaman (RM1.00 x 430 pokok)- RM430.00

5)Sistem siraman (anggaran polypaip untuk seekar)- RM3500.00

6)Kayu penegak / buluh (RM0.50 x 430 batang)- RM215.00

JUMLAH- RM7,010.00


Anggaran Kos untuk 7 tahun Seekar Tanah


1)Kos penanaman awal- RM7,010.00

2)Pembajaan C.I.R.P (3 x 3 tahun x RM0.50 x 430 pokok)- RM1,935.00

3)Penjagaan / pembersihan kawasan (RM 200 x 7 tahun)- RM1,400.00

4)Kos suntikan/ inducement pada tahun ke - 5 (RM50 x 430 pokok)- RM21,500.00

5)Kos penebangan pokok dan kutipan hasi- RMl3,500.00

6)Lain-lain kos (pagar / jagaan dsbnya)- RM5000.00

JUMLAH- RM41,345.00


GAHARU - Anggaran Hasil

Anggaran hasil minimun RM 1,000.00 sepokok.

Seekar (430 pokok)

- 100% RM 430,000.00

- 80% RM 344,000.00

- 50% RM 215,000.00


Jadual Gred di Pasaran/Agarwood Pricing


Buat masa ini tiada gred yang seragam dan selalunya berbeza mengikut negeri. Berikut adalah gred yang dikeluarkan oleh JPSM dalam Bengkel Penyeragaman Penggredan Gaharu di Semenanjung Malaysia pada awal bulan Jun 2007 yang lalu di Kuala Lipis Pahang.

Harga (perkilogram)/ Price (perkilogram)

Gred Super A-RM 25,000 ke atas

Gred A-RM 20,000

Gred B-RM 18,000

Gred C-RM 15,000

Gred D-RM 8,000

Gred E-RM 3,000

Lain-lain Gred-RM 500 - RM 1,000

Gred Kayu untuk Minyak-RM 5 - RM 100

Minyak Gaharu-RM 300 - RM 350/ tola (12gm)



Sorry guys,I dont have the English version.Hope this is ok.

Could someone please teach me how to put pictures in posts?

This post has been edited by amirbashah: Oct 30 2007, 12:02 PM

hi amir,

welcome to the thread.

what is a PTD Officer ? please enlighten us. thanks

about posting pictures you can go to sites like ImageShack to open an account and upload your picture there. Then get a link and paste it here so people can access it. thanks

wow
i really interested in agriculture & aquaculture
i planning to join this business on next year
ya i know...still need to learn many things
then next few years...i slowly converted to full-time businessmen
tired with office life already