How many blocks do you need to buy to build a 5m x 3m x 1.5 m pond? How many bags of cement do you need for the concrete floor? What about the sides? How much waterproof cement should you use, in what ratio - and where? Many startup fish farmers have wasted money repairing ponds built with inadequate quantities of important materials - due to wrong calculations, and sometimes, crooked "contractors". Would you like to LEARN hw to do all these calculations accurately by yourself? Do you want to own a 100% customisable software that generates a 2-page report detailing quantities, rates and costs(which the software "auto-writes" both in numbers and letters) for ANY rectangular pond size you specify? If YES, click here to learn more.

Article: Every Farm Business, No Matter How Small, Needs PC-Based Record Keeping & Accounts Automation

By Tayo Solagbade
An essential requirement for success of any farm that wishes to adopt best practice/continuous improvement techniques to achieve optimal performance, is the integration of software automation into its operations - especially farm records keeping and accounting. In this short article, I provide graphic illustrations based on real-life occurrences to show that simple computer-based automation is quite inexpensive when done intelligently - with "common sense". Click here to read full article.

Article: Catfish Farmers Beware Of Uncontrolled Variable Costs

By Tayo Solagbade
If you are planning to, or already own a catfish farm, read this article to learn where you may be losing HUGE profits! Click here to read full article.

Article: 14 Questions You Need To Ask Yourself In Order To Choose(& Successfully Startup) The Right Farm Business

By Tayo Solagbade
Some people rarely bother to undertake any careful analysis of the requirements for successfully starting up and operating a business they nurse interest in. They consequently lose profits due to their poor preparations. This article reviews fourteen (14) important questions you can ask yourself so you can be better prepared to choose(& successfully startup) the right farm business. Click here to read full article.

Article: Once You Start Your Farm Biz, You Must Think & Act Like An Entrepreneur To Succeed!

By Tayo Solagbade
In this article I explain why ANYONE starting a farm business needs to realise that s/he MUST become an entrepreneur in order to succeed. For many people this will require changes in spending habits, use of personal time, friendships kept- and most importantly THINKING HABITS ! Click here to read full article.

Article: Insisting Exclusively On Evidence Of Past Clients Before Doing Biz With A Startup Could Cost You

By Tayo Solagbade
Every New Business WILL Startup With Zero Customers! Does not sound nice to the ears BUT that is A FACT of life. Even the great Bill Gates, difficult as it is to imagine today, at the point when he had just started out must have had to find a FIRST paying customer or client. This article suggests other "indicators" you can use(aside from evidence of past clients patronage) to decide whether or not to hire a startup to do a job for you - pointing out how doing this can get you MORE value than you pay for! Click here to read full article.

By Tayo Solagbade
Today, as a graduate of Agricultural Extension Services, I practice my profession in a manner that contrasts sharply with convention. Yet, an objective assessment reveals that my approach will enable me achieve greater reach and impact on a growing/niched group of farmers whose farm biz activities touch the lives of the majority. In effect, my adopted strategy better equips me to succeed as an Extension professional. You will be interested in reading this paper, if you are in any way involved in preparing people to become Extension professionals - or indeed if you are a student in that field. Using my strategy, a career in Extension is likely to be MORE rewarding than it currently is! Learn more.