Nice high school project. But in all actuality this will never work. Not near the profit margin that you forecast. The cost of things are a lot higher than what you listed. For example: in fixed cost you listed other equipment as $10,000us, this will not even buy a good quality low hour 75hp tractor. Also the banana thing you threw in there adds a whole knee dimension. You mention that you could make upwards of $100,000us off of that, you didn’t include any of the cost associated with the harvesting or maintenance of the banana crop. Nice project. If I would have turned this in for my final senior project in my ag-industry class (we did something very similar) my professor probably would have gave me an 80-85%. This being because the data provided was not to accurate in accounts to cost, but the quality of the presentation was superb! Overall great job.
DTA Then you are saying your family works for free, in a way. Because individually if 4 people: each person could make 15$/hr doing one task, why would all of them do a task for a total of 15$/hr? It is below the average wage/profit.
@@mookfaru835 No one is making $15/hr where they're proposing to put these, though I do get your point. This thing more seems like you would have additional chores to do on top of your job instead of making babysitting this everyone in the family's full time job. Maybe one person full time on this thing in a family of five with the other four pitching in when and where needed. Far from perfect, but it's additional income for everyone in the family.
The banana thing seemed like a good concept, not in the context of growing only bananas though. More the idea of having a "flex space" around the outside of bonus growing area that could be adapted to the local context and climate. I think the basic idea behind this has merit, but needs a lot more fleshing out and an honest sit down with the numbers to get a handle on accuracy. My big concern was evap rates if they're putting these in arid lands such as north africa, like they seem to be planning on.
I see a lot of negative comments here, but I believe this idea could work in other areas and not in other areas. Not all countries are expensive like the US.
Nice Idea. Keep working on IDEAS! Spend some time on practical economics and talk to some farmers. Consider portable fencing. Think about the best breed of livestock. Prepare for predators. Would a poultry (egg & meat) project add to your bottom line? Good Luck
@@SamWereb Depends on the battery. Something like Redflow's zinc-bromine flow battery is practically made for applications like this. Plus they're way less toxic than lithium batteries and their chemicals are more likely to put out a fire rather than start one.
Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).
Why do your sheep need housing? Do you have a way to get manure and urine back into the field for nutritent cycles? Have you considered a mobile shelter for shade?
That is because it extremely hot during most of the day, think of Arabian desert farming. The poor animals surely will need not just cover but may be Airconditioning too.
Get rid of shedding.. Plant eucaltps and native grasses to provide shelter for sheep instead of bananas.(removes the banana labor.. And income in 20 years from trees. . Watering point at Centre, with gates underground mains instead of channel. requirement.
@@scottbrown946 That's a good idea from a livestock only angle (as in you only wanted the livestock and no extra fruit/ veg. Native trees, shrubs, and grasses would be a great idea for helping creat a wildlife corridor between these if there wound up being multiple of these in a grid like they do in some states. I was thinking that it would be better to turn the outer ring where the bananas are into a flex space that you adapt to your local climate / context for extra veggies etc. You're gonna get water percolation outwards from this thing to an extent no matter what, you may as well use it and not be wasteful. At the very least let mother nature use it and don't create a dead space around the outside.
Extremely, rather do a multi facet pasture crop such as alfalfa, white and red clover dandelion and whichever native grasses you find in that area, people don't realise, you farming with pasture not with animals, they just a added bonus, choose the correct pasture mix and irrigate that with the least amount of water to irrigate with, the better in terms of profit.
This video is simply BEAUTIFUL!
Nice high school project. But in all actuality this will never work. Not near the profit margin that you forecast. The cost of things are a lot higher than what you listed. For example: in fixed cost you listed other equipment as $10,000us, this will not even buy a good quality low hour 75hp tractor. Also the banana thing you threw in there adds a whole knee dimension. You mention that you could make upwards of $100,000us off of that, you didn’t include any of the cost associated with the harvesting or maintenance of the banana crop.
Nice project. If I would have turned this in for my final senior project in my ag-industry class (we did something very similar) my professor probably would have gave me an 80-85%. This being because the data provided was not to accurate in accounts to cost, but the quality of the presentation was superb!
Overall great job.
That's why you have a family and do the work together..
DTA
Then you are saying your family works for free, in a way. Because individually if 4 people: each person could make 15$/hr doing one task, why would all of them do a task for a total of 15$/hr? It is below the average wage/profit.
@@mookfaru835
No one is making $15/hr where they're proposing to put these, though I do get your point.
This thing more seems like you would have additional chores to do on top of your job instead of making babysitting this everyone in the family's full time job. Maybe one person full time on this thing in a family of five with the other four pitching in when and where needed. Far from perfect, but it's additional income for everyone in the family.
The banana thing seemed like a good concept, not in the context of growing only bananas though. More the idea of having a "flex space" around the outside of bonus growing area that could be adapted to the local context and climate.
I think the basic idea behind this has merit, but needs a lot more fleshing out and an honest sit down with the numbers to get a handle on accuracy.
My big concern was evap rates if they're putting these in arid lands such as north africa, like they seem to be planning on.
I see a lot of negative comments here, but I believe this idea could work in other areas and not in other areas. Not all countries are expensive like the US.
Inspiring video
This cost a million up front just to get started (land, water, materials, installation, and livestock).
Nice
Nice Idea. Keep working on IDEAS! Spend some time on practical economics and talk to some farmers. Consider portable fencing. Think about the best breed of livestock. Prepare for predators. Would a poultry (egg & meat) project add to your bottom line? Good Luck
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Nice plan , but with livestock theft in some countries it’s difficult practice, never mind the bananas that they gonna steal 🙃
Nice. But you have not mentioned costs associated with Water. How much water does this sort of thing require?
Right.
How much do batteries cost, how lossy are they, and how often do they require replacement?
@@SamWereb
Depends on the battery. Something like Redflow's zinc-bromine flow battery is practically made for applications like this. Plus they're way less toxic than lithium batteries and their chemicals are more likely to put out a fire rather than start one.
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It's insane!
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@@stanisawdryja107 SHIT CRAZZY
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Plants free of water deficit events more efficiently absorb available plant nutrients enabling plants to achieve their maximum genetic potential. SWRT membranes installed below plant root systems retain water where it falls, providing continuous delivery of
drought-free periods up to 3 times longer than intensely irrigated control sands without root zone water retention membranes (Guber et al, 2016).
Hi everyone, could anyone explain what fendan means? it clearly does not mean anything in English.
Thank you in advance!
Fedan not fendan is an agricultural land area unit used in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria. It is 4200 m2
Why do your sheep need housing? Do you have a way to get manure and urine back into the field for nutritent cycles?
Have you considered a mobile shelter for shade?
That is because it extremely hot during most of the day, think of Arabian desert farming. The poor animals surely will need not just cover but may be Airconditioning too.
Get rid of shedding.. Plant eucaltps and native grasses to provide shelter for sheep instead of bananas.(removes the banana labor.. And income in 20 years from trees. .
Watering point at Centre, with gates
underground mains instead of channel. requirement.
@@scottbrown946
That's a good idea from a livestock only angle (as in you only wanted the livestock and no extra fruit/ veg.
Native trees, shrubs, and grasses would be a great idea for helping creat a wildlife corridor between these if there wound up being multiple of these in a grid like they do in some states.
I was thinking that it would be better to turn the outer ring where the bananas are into a flex space that you adapt to your local climate / context for extra veggies etc. You're gonna get water percolation outwards from this thing to an extent no matter what, you may as well use it and not be wasteful. At the very least let mother nature use it and don't create a dead space around the outside.
How expensive the lamb will be if this invention is used.
Extremely, rather do a multi facet pasture crop such as alfalfa, white and red clover dandelion and whichever native grasses you find in that area, people don't realise, you farming with pasture not with animals, they just a added bonus, choose the correct pasture mix and irrigate that with the least amount of water to irrigate with, the better in terms of profit.
Yeah let just use up all the ground water . High input ag is a dead end street for humanity. Holistic planned grazing is the only way.
I think sheep need a lot more grass than that
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Why open channel and not pipe? Evaporation loss
because its easier to make square objects over cylindrical in 3d modelling programs
This is not scaled correctly.