|FARMER| GBEMI✊️

In agriculture, one of the first lessons often learned the hard way is that “nature is the senior partner in business” You can draft the most detailed plans, allocate resources efficiently, and optimize operations, but nature retains veto power. Last night was a practical reminder for my team after barely two hours of sleep, we were up managing damage caused by rainfall that had no interest in our schedules or structural preferences. It’s a subtle but important reality we deal with yearly. Agriculture is not just about skill or strategy, it’s about negotiating with forces that don’t attend meetings and don’t read your business plan. So yes, plan meticulously. But also plan for disruption. Because while you’re busy organizing, nature is quietly reminding you that it has its own agenda—and it doesn’t negotiate.

😊GM I am using this privilege to appreciate our parent stock, our one and only breeder for the multiplication from the past years, for the growth of the herd, she has done a great job and she is still doing. I am actually surprised an older doe can still burst out triplets.

With the way chicken feed price is going… If you see anybody wey still dey confine cockerel, hail am well well… e fit press your money 😂 No be small money that kind farmer get.

He milked cows 59,000 times… and still didn’t stop. At 87. Merle Pearson wasn’t a “successful farmer” the way people post online. No threads. No courses. No “how I scaled to 1,000 cows in 2 years.” Just this: Twice a day. Every single day. For 82 years. He started at 5, helping his mum. At 26, he got his own farm on a handshake deal. No big capital. No soft life. Just work. And here’s the part most people won’t like He missed only one period of milking in his entire life. Not because he was tired. Not because “he needed a break.” But because of knee surgery. That’s the difference. Today, someone loses 10 birds and disappears from farming for 6 months. This man handled thousands of hard days… quietly. No announcements. Even in the barn, life wasn’t perfect just real. Country music playing. Dancing with his wife in between work. Hard life… but full. Then on March 26, 2026… He milked his last 40 cows. Sold the herd that same morning. But guess what? He kept a few calves. Because sitting down doing nothing? That one no enter his body. “I got to have something to do.” Simple line… deep meaning. This is what people don’t understand about agriculture: It’s not motivation. It’s identity. Some of you are looking for when it becomes “easy.” It doesn’t. You just become the kind of person who shows up anyway.

From GOLDSMITH: I know I have read what causes this before but I don't remember. Please be nice and any answers will be appreciated. Female Goat 6 years old never had babies never will. Pet only precocious utter and history of false pregnancies. She wants to be a mama badly. What can I do..? Help 🧏🧏

Off to the market... I will tell you how much is a bag of Rice in my area ☺️

First process done... You see that bitter leaf there. Without it, they won't cook this meat.