Thread: Does anybody do some farming ??

Originally Posted by forreachingme

Is anybody into Bamboo farming ?

Farming! I can't get rid of the stuff. Anytime you are ready please come and harvest mine. All free if you remove it yourself.

Originally Posted by tsicar

Originally Posted by Dalton

Originally Posted by RandomChances

There's a lot of good stuff on fish farming on TV, I've met most of the guy's that are into it, not sure on how much money can be made. I know on of the guys with a big farm was running at a loss.

Fish farming is a tricky business, many has lost money on it, and given up. The keys to succes in that business is to basicly know what you are doing, to many rush in to do it without knowing enough, and that is equal to loss. To set up a good farm, cost more than just some fry and a few bags of feed,


you are spot-on there. i think many people have been put off by the losses incurred by others (myself included) who made the mistake of assuming that there is profit in doing it the way the thais do it.(this does not only apply to fishfarming)
i think i finally figured out how the thais can carry on farming fish, pigs, cattle and cassava, doing everything wrong, and still surviving:

every year, they borrow money for their "farm". they are given a loan by the bank/government, and they plant a few token rai of say, cassava. the loan must be paid back after one year. they totally blow it, because they know nothing about running a business, never mind farming, harvest at a loss, and spend the small amount they recouped on alcohol. now they borrow money to repay the loan, and they are rewarded by the bank by being able to borrow a larger amount the following year, and so on.
i have actually witnessed them doing this. the first one paying back his loan, getting the new, increased loan, lending it to the next guy, and so on. in the end, millions are owed to the bank, one loan of 200000 baht has been revolving to keep the bank happy, they blow the increased excess on booze and then periodically protest and get bailed out by the government and the debt written off. (who said the thais were stupid?!!)

unfortunately most of us have to finance our own operation, and if we go in unprepared i.e. without studying the market and the proper farming techniques, we are in for a huge hiding!

mate i have witnessed them first hand with these loans, i have loaned my tilac's sister 40,000 baht to help pay back to one bank 3 days later she gives it me back, next day loans it again to pay another bank in another town and next day gives me back,her and her lao kao drinking hubby owes 180,000 baht.

anyone on here rent land i have a few in the village wanting me to rent there land incl sis her's is 10 rai sugar plantation right near our 28 rai, wants to rent to us for 35,000 baht, my tilac say's we loose no money when they want the farm back they return the 35,000 baht.
also a thai man i am friends with wants 40,000 for his 10 ral, but i went too look only about 6 rai farmable,but his included small sugar.
now are these good deals i have also heard that 1 rai should rent for 1000baht is this about right no returnable rent.
hope you can all understand that cheers nev.
sorry i dont post much on here but my village have no internet.

Id like to raise goats in north east thailand. anybody help me out?? D

you need a male and a female to start

actually, a dozen females would be better

According to my research. Chickens were first domesticated by the people who lived in North Thailand Laos area 3 to 4 thousands years ago. How did they do that? Pigs were first raised in the same area. Now that was easy, you just keep putting somethings the porkers liked and then you made friends with them. I raised three pigs last summer. OMG that's the best pork I have eaten since I was a boy on my grandfathers farm. The 8 year old refused to eat it she said "why did you have to kill Charlie" Big mistake naming the pigs.

Originally Posted by forreachingme

^ In the grass family, ok but :

Bamboo is a viable replacement for wood. It is one of the strongest building materials, with a tensile strength that rivals steel and weight-to-strength ratio surpassing that of graphite. It withstands up to 52,000 pounds of pressure psi. With a 10-30% annual increase in biomass versus 2-5% for trees, bamboo creates greater yields of raw material for use. One bamboo clump can produce 200 poles in the five years it takes one tree to reach maturity.

This is taken from one site promoting the houses they make with this material...

Wiki puts it in grass, but remains some very interesting material...

Great info.. thanks.. I would like to grow bamboo on my land here in Nakhon Si Thammarat but.... I have not found a place to buy it yet.. Anyone in Nakhon Area that can assist me would be more than welcome. thanks

Originally Posted by DrAndy

you need a male and a female to start

actually, a dozen females would be better

I started with 1 rooster and 9 hens and in two months I now have 15 chicks and they are hatching daily.. I let them run "free range" and give them food every few days as they are foragers.. Im really looking at this as a business now after seeing how easy it is... Everyday one hatches, Its at least another 100 baht.

Originally Posted by DavidARoss

Id like to raise goats in north east thailand. anybody help me out?? D

Yes I also would like to buy a couple of goats to keep down the grass! Any idea where I can find them?
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My wife has 60 rai of teak which her father planted but I don't see us being able to benefit much from them as they need to be at least a healthy 50 up to cut them , then you need a license to cut them that's if they are still there,some are missing already . We also have a rai on a waterway off the chao paya which I use as a hobby mainly organic fruit trees and some fish in the waterways between the trees and a pond ,give away most of the fruit and the wife makes E M ,soaps and shampoos etc which she sells .
We are planning on retiring on the 1 rai doing organic gardening herbs veg and fruit and selling to the community around us and visitors on boat can visit on Sunday's and have coffee and cake and light meals in a nice environment ... Well it's only a dream ,see what happens.

Hi HB.

Teak is not a bad idea, if you have the time to wait, it's a long term investment.
When the family says "no money" does that mean that raising pigs, chickens or cattle, cant make a profit or does it mean that the dont have the money to do it ?? [/quote]
I'm a funny one to be in SE Asia. I can't eat rice. Makes me sick. I live in Laos and the family is planning to move to Thakek,
They decided to raise chickens;
Step one: build a house for them and keep the chicks at 80F for about 1 month.
Do not let them out of the house and change the water every day or more often.
Step two: Gradually reduce the heat and watch to see who is the boss rooster, he will sit on the top rod.
Step three let them out of the house and watch to see if they are all back inside.
They didn't know chickeds could fly. So they never asked me how to grow chickens so they wound up roosting in the trees and on the neighbors roof, ha.
Of course they had 100 chickens in the space for 10 and did;t change the water so they all died, within 3 days. End of chicken experiment.

I would like to grow sweet potatoes, more vitamins than ma falong amd ok for hot humid climates.

Originally Posted by pomeloseed

up here in northernmost Thailand, I've planted many trees from seed because they're not available in nursery stock places: namely,

avocados, pink grapefruit.

The avos are growing strong, am hoping to get a yield starting next year - as the oldest trees are 8 years - some are 25 meters wide.

I'd like to see that 25 meter wide tree that is 8 yo. What r u feeding that thing?

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Dalton

he aint a twat at all.

I'm not into ignorant opium-heads. Maybe that's why me and Stroller don't see eye-to-eye?

I am with ya on that one, Marmi.

Do any of you guys know where I can buy some ducks around Pattaya /Sattahip area. They are Mallard type.
I want about half a dozen females, I have 3 males ( 2 males plus I think they turned one into a ladyboy!).
I think one male to two females should be about the right ratio.

Any help will be much appreciated.