Failure is a powerful teacher; you never forget its lessons.

Protect this man at all cost.... he is an inspiration to many and hope for all 💥💪🏾

And you are still smiling despite your “failures”? Great attitude!

It's your first year at that farm, you will do better next year. Don't loose hope.

I like this video! It's quick, it caught my attention. He didn't talk much for like hours before the video even started. He told us fun facts about the seeds. The results were glorious!

So sad hey, lessons learnt for the next planting season. Love watching your videos ... all the way from Zimbabwe.

Thanks for sharing. I recently completed my studies, I love gardening, since I grew up at the village (somewhere in Africa), I am looking forward to go back and start farming. Wish me luck

There are many lessons I've learned from my grandfather Alejo. One outstanding lesson is: If you want to go to the second floor, you should start from step one of the stairs. Another, start small and grow big. God bless!

Just a suggestion is to rototill or disc the field before plowing your rows rototilling would be better it's able to break up the soil better then the disc would and less stress on the tractor. Also try and find a local farmer and get advice, knowledge is a key to success. You can plant in the lowlands you just have to have place for the water to go, most dig a swale at the lowest point. Have you corn rows going the direction of the lowest point so that it is draining.

Good video. Keep it up. Few suggestions for your problems. 1- Shift your land to Paradoxical Agriculture (Raised Bed system) it will solve excess water problem. 2- Use organic mulch, it will remove your need of any fertilizers and fully control the weeds so no pesticides. 3- Plant Fruit trees around the boundary of the land it will solve monkey problem. 4- Also being on raised bed you don't need to till your land every year and you can use the same bed for years. 5- On bed system you only need 3 machines and maximum 4 workers to take care of the sowing so no labor problem. If you need any further details let me know. Thanks.. Umar

Dr Daniel next time the side that is waterlogged you can plan to grow sorghum, they can really do well there

Dr. Daniel your a God sent your failure are our failures through them we all learn thank you so much for your transparency allowing us to take part of your journey sending love from South Africa 🇿🇦❤️

This is inspiring for a black man making strides in the agricultural sector. We are born farmers 🚜 by nature but some how we have forsaken or forgotten that land is the main source of wealth. Keep it growing bro vowing for you to be successful all the way from Johannesburg. Hope to see you soon Doc.

Morning brother it nice to hear about the progress, can dig the big channel of waters where it is flooding, plant rice ,sugar cane a class of plants that need a lot of waters, It's good you found the problems you provide solutions...

Good lessons Daniel, thanks a lot 🙏. I hope next time 200 acres will be planted and harvested ✨

As an Agronomist from the northern corn belt in America, my heart goes out to you. I just take for granted how easily we can grow corn(maize). Keep up the hard work and I wish you good luck and thank you for sharing your experience.

Similar story here in South Alabama. Many of the old timers were hard headed and also very tight with money so after they pay off a tractor they run it into the ground. Then rebuild it with new parts and run it into the ground again. My grandfather farmed with a blue tractor from 1960s he had to rebuild it at least 7 times when I used to help him. Died at the age of 90 while using that same tractor. RIP Paw Paw 2019.

Plowing the soil will certainly lead to waterlogging on its own, so preserve your soil structure so it drains properly, try using a disc seeder next time or direct drilling instead, and if you plan on continually growing maize in the same paddocks then try and get some nitrogen fixing ground covers growing in place of the grass, white clover and vetch do well here with maize, but in Uganda you would have a wider range of legumes you could grow, I've tried peanuts that grow really well under the maize but our season isn't long enough for good yields, maybe they would work for you? Growing pumpkins or watermelons underneath would also be a great way to grow more chicken feed, and they absorb excess moisture. If waterlogging continues to be a problem you might need to do some earthworks to drain water from the higher spots into those low areas where you could hold it in a shallow wetland or dam that you can irrigate from if needed, I would be rimming your fields with mounded drains and planting that thorny acacia all over the mound as a monkey fence, that's if the soil is prone to waterlogging which you can't know if you've only ever plowed it, looking at the footage of the plowing I would say with near certainty the waterlogging is atleast in part due to excess air pockets in the soil from dry plowing, this can be incredibly destructive if you get heavy rains and you can lose tonnes of topsoil to erosion. You have a beautiful looking piece of land, learn from the mistakes of previous generations of earthlings and stop plowing, then your land can build fertility rather than degrade it, sequester carbon rather than release it into the atmosphere, and then you can benefit from the increased productivity that comes with preserving your soil and its microbiology.

Mr Phillip Frank and his new method works like magic i keep earning single week with new strategy

I've been watching your video for 4_5days now(thanks to the lockdown😂😂😂). So full of energy, your such an inspiration !!! Damit ......!!! You make me want to start my own farm.....lots of love from India ! 😍😍😍

Dr. Daniel, I commend your passion for farming. Farming is a very risky business. But, you shall effectively mitigate the risks with knowledge and experience. Aim at the Sun, and hopefully, you shall reach the Moon. I have taught agriculture for 30 years, in America and Kenya, and I am now trying farming, with a lot of difficulties. You are not alone. Prof. Ogallo.

Dr Master Farmer.... You truly are amongst the stars... I have taken notes when I come across a farm like yours 🇿🇼

I love your optimism, facing similar issues at my new farm in India. You are a big inspiration, God bless, Wish you all the best !

Also, I've always started small and scaled my way up, just so I can see what problems occur on a small scale first. I can then apply that knowledge to a much larger scale later.

We learn from failing...❤️ from Kenya 🇰🇪

Love your videos. You are helping so many by being honest about your mistakes. You are a blessing

you've got to look at the drainage and create run-off ponds. harvest the water and prevent the puddles. Look into the French Drain style drainage and also orient the beds and rows to prevent pooling. time the land prep to before the rains

Thanx for your honesty. You are God sent. Watching all the way from Zimbabwe🇿🇼

I'm glad to have you too doc love you and may God blessed you and your family.

Your positive attitude despite the failures is very inspiring!

Thanks my brother don't worry you will get there keep going we all do mistake martisoor group from Somalia we have about 300 acre and I can feel the pain you are feeling but please keep going

i can understand your challenges. It is not easy, but someone MUST do it. If it is not the passionate, dedicated farmers like you, who else will? Lets keep pushing....

Great content as always! I grew up in an area where parts of our property would water-log during rainy season resulting in stunted growth and poor corn/maize harvest. The solution was digging trenches to drain the water out and over time the soil structure improved exponentially. I believe adding organic matter once the water has been drained does contribute to the soil structure also. I know there are modern methods of rehabilitating the land but this is a good place to start. Keep the educative content coming doc!

You are an inspiration to the us all especially for those who have lost hope. I learned alot about chicken raising from you. Thank you so much🙏🙏

The govt must help this kind of hard-working man he is an inspiration to many .

Thanks for your encouragement. I had similar experience. I planted late and the rain really affected my 🌽 farm land

I love your energy and your positive attitude. You are a very good story teller as well. You learned some important lessons from your mistakes that will spur you to success later. Wishing you all the best for the future all the way from India.

Doc, you just live & learn.I wish you all the best.

thank you Dr. your experience is our experience expecially nw im looking forward to farm this year

The last time you showed us your maize field it needed weeding. Probably it's one of the reasons for that malnourished maize🤣 as you've said. The weed was competing with the maize for the soil nutrients. Lesson learned for the next harvest I guess.

Thanks very much for not relenting your efforts and inspiration to the younger entrepreneurs

Thanks doc for your honesty

You learn from every project, this will help you to grow more

You can scan the farm with satellite-based tools and see the water-logging history; that way, you could plan to make drains during plan preparation.

I respect you for all your decisions 🥰🥰🥰🥰

My brother that is not a failed cultivation. Just let it grow to whatever height it can. Then while it is still green, cut it for the cows. Good fodder. 😁😁😁😁😊

U just got that knowledge and experience that we newbies need ! Thank you

This narrative of your first disastrous year of farming is instructive and hilarious. You can't make this up! Lol! I laughed so hard. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you Dr. Daniel!

Hello from Kenyan in Australia you always full of energy and inspiration

Thanks br, that's lesson Learn't those are all risks and uncertainties which happens suddenly. Next time prepare Early plants for the first rain. God bless you .

Dr Daniel is a great teacher too.

i wonder how some regenerative farming concepts would apply, lots to learn, great video!

Land preparation is key here.

Love the blatant honesty...2nd Round will be a bumper harvest.All the best bro

You can use those thorny plants as an edge around your plantation to keep out unwanted free loaders.

I really love your videos - the lessons, the tips, the journey and especially your passion, energy and positivity even on a day like when the anthills were discovered - it’s your first year and no experience or lessons learnt gets wasted - we are rooting for you, you definitely are going to excel at this , in an epic way

Am inspired by your work and am also preparing to start soon thank you

Dr. Daniel, as a fellow newby in farming I say l say kudos bro! No amount of hard turns should dampen your spirit. I agree with he who advised on sorghum, it’s also an amazing nutrient source. The rains this year have been unpredictable but I give thanks to God who make the seasons happen in time.

This is tge spirit ofca successful farmer. Learn from your mistakes and forge on. Never give up.

That field looks like you can plant rice as it gets water logged. If you continue to grow maize, you should try to make (rigies) and create abit more of spacing between the grop.

Keep at it, you are learning the planting season. Fencing property may limit pray and acquire live stock guardian dogs to protect the land and animals. Many blessings

I like your story. Really motivated. Keep up Dr. Agric is not for faint hearted

hhhh a real funny man. i laughed so hard when you said i aim to the moon and i escaped the atmosher thanks man

Well all I can say to you and I'm not a farmer but I've enjoyed watching what you do with your chickens and stuff but check into no-till farming the people that I've seen on KZfaq that are using it in the states really enjoy it and there's some people have been doing it over 20 years and if the opportunity ever knocks that I get involved in something like that I will definitely look into it myself

We admire you and your honesty and your Work, your'e a true inspiration to us Africans, may God Bless you more and more

Wen I get back ..... I will come in check on yo progress ....

😃😃😃Lions and leopards, definitely on such a big portion of land, expect anything and am glad u picked up some positive lessons through this

Daniel, lesson learned. Wishing you bountiful crops the next time around.

Thank you for posting this valuable learning experience !

Good tips for farming in a such a big scale thank you

I found this video by luck, must say I quite enjoyed it. You learn a lot from failures and mistakes.

yes yes true jus got the courage to start again , even watching from layers onto renovation,,🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲 🇯🇲

I wish I had your mentality. Your spirit is great.

Thankyou for this video,its a whole farm management video.

Thank you! You made me laugh in this video, but I do sympathise with you! I wish you more success with all your farming ventures. Look after yourself! 😊

it was a success the day you put the first boot on the ground. we have a lot of people with good ideas who do not put them to action so just acting on your ideas is a huge success. the rest don't worry about the experience will fill in the gaps

You know, when you cut down the shrubs, you could have chipped them and use them as mulch instead of burning them

I love your honesty and transparency. 🤣🤣The lions and leopards Comment killed me🤣🤣

I learnt a kot from your teachings and failure. Thanks

It's not too different in America than Uganda. Here in America your boss pays you just enough so you don't quit, and you work just hard enough so they don't fire you.

U can also use scare crows for the monkeys. And for the poor crop yields.. U could give it to the cows

Amazing video. Your honesty shows your passion and this is a great learning experience. Turn your problems into a solution. Start hunting for antelopes and sell the meat of that is an option. What about sheep instead of cows on the paddock with the grass? Can you raise sheep instead? Good luck

I'm your brother from KENYA . next time when ploughing a virgin land, use a mould, then plough it again for the second time after four months using a basin (the kind of system you've used). The issue with monkeys, try using scare crows

I love your honesty

I think everyone here should get a pen and paper cause this man is dishing out knowledge on things we should not do, thanks doctor

Dr. Daniel take this year entirely to study the weather patterns of this place. This will help you learn when and where to plant your maize. In our low lands we normally plant our maize early and by the time when the area gets water logged, the plants are already one meter tall and cannot get stunted. Another option could be intercrop maize with rice in that water logged area after thoroughly removing the stocks of those weeds during the dry season otherwise this specific weed which looks like a nice grass will not allow you grow maize in the water logged areas of your property. This weed can easily regenerate from small pieces and can over power maize plants. Our cows also do not like eating this specific grass (weed) during rain seasons however they will graze on during dry season. My other advice could be bring your cows here during the dry season by then the texture of the soil would have changed and the cows will love to eat the green tips of the grass.

You have a very good nature Bro. Keep smiling . You look great. 🤘🤘🤘

Love your work it inspired me a lot from South Africa ❤️💖🇿🇦🇿🇦

Just want to give you a big hug! So sorry you face so many hardships😰😩

Brother keep on keeping on until you run-out of all ways that won't work. That's how you succeed or die trying aka "All-in mindset".

This was really good, was scared by the title coz am on schedule to start with 40 acres next year April but 12minutes in, all the doubt I had about the project is gone, dope, keep at it bruv.

iam from Zim I really admire your chickens I wish I could just have 1/10 of that number of chickens which u have I have been following your progress since you started I wish I was still young I could try it I have just got a hand full of our home roadrunners which I enjoy feeding everyday be blessed

Good work for a start,make drainage and you can still salvage the water log areas.PLACE THE SCARE CROWS TO ASSIST YOU GET RID OF MONKEYS.

I like your spirit, you will succeed for sure next time.

If you want to get your land flat after disking it, I'd use a Chain Drag Harrow to flatten your soil. Then plant your seed. We usually use a direct seeder for our corn and sudan grass after using the harrow. Good video dude and good luck in the future!!!!

thanks for sharing!

The place with water make arrow to drop water, make Arrows when is sunny, i bet this is the best soil to grow maize because even when rain is small you will harvest your maize well than those who are in upper areas,

Hard work always pays off keep pushing and next year you will be over the moon 😄👍

My man. Hit me up. I am cultivating all kinds of stuff all across Southern Africa. I have brought over several consortiums from US/Canada to help scale projects. Even if you don't reach out keep it going my man. Lovely attitude