we are starting to clear land to plant eculyptus. would love some advise on any problems that we may encounter.

the land is around the amnatchereon area.

this is pretty much the same question i asked for my first post to the forum - ill try and dig it out for you to read... but in short dont bother with eucs was the bottom line - very distructive plant that ruins the soil for future crops of anything else.

found it - take a read through this little lot - will hopefully answer some of your questions.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=35579&hl=

rio666uk hit the nail on the head.

You would do well to grow clumping bamboo...... loads of info about it via google and it crops in 4-6 years.

this is pretty much the same question i asked for my first post to the forum - ill try and dig it out for you to read... but in short dont bother with eucs was the bottom line - very distructive plant that ruins the soil for future crops of anything else.

found it - take a read through this little lot - will hopefully answer some of your questions.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=35579&hl=

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thanks for the quick reply

the info is good. we are still living in darwin australia.

the land we have is not to good for rice so we thought uc would be hassle free or would we get better return on rubber.

we have about 250 rai to play with or do u have a better idea.

its not to bad for beef cattle just woner if this would be risky

Hi - now i aint no farmer - and i live in the UK... so this is my suggestion - goto the issan forum and have a look through each of the farming related topics, you will find stuff on rubber, sugar-cane, palm oil, peanuts, fish farming, pig farming, beef and dairy cattle, irrigating the land, bore holes and water pumps, vetinary costs.... the list goes on

In the thread that I posted earlier about "farming issan land" there were a few replies from "random chances" - he is one of the best sources of advice particularly when it comes to cattle - although he looks after dairy i believe he has good all round advice about beef cattle farming... there are lots of other chaps that have knowledge on issan farming so its probably worth emailing/PM them for their advice - 250 rai isnt a small area and will take some considerable investment, planning and maintainence - I would think!

The question that springs to mind for me is - are you doing this to make a living or just keep you ticking over - almost as a paid hobby...?

and when you say "we" - what do you mean, are you married to a thai, if so will her family be involved in taking care of this venture?

cheers

Hi - now i aint no farmer - and i live in the UK... so this is my suggestion - goto the issan forum and have a look through each of the farming related topics, you will find stuff on rubber, sugar-cane, palm oil, peanuts, fish farming, pig farming, beef and dairy cattle, irrigating the land, bore holes and water pumps, vetinary costs.... the list goes on

In the thread that I posted earlier about "farming issan land" there were a few replies from "random chances" - he is one of the best sources of advice particularly when it comes to cattle - although he looks after dairy i believe he has good all round advice about beef cattle farming... there are lots of other chaps that have knowledge on issan  farming so its probably worth emailing/PM them for their advice - 250 rai isnt a small area and will take some considerable investment, planning and maintainence - I would think!

The question that springs to mind for me is - are you doing this to make a living or just keep you ticking over - almost as a paid hobby...?

and when you say "we" - what do you mean, are you married to a thai, if so will her family be involved in taking care of this venture?

cheers

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yes iam married to a thai and yes the fam will take care of the farm with our firm hand

ok, well in that case i guess you just need to do a bit of research to find what you fancy or your budget will alow you to do.

heres a few more links:

beef cattle - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=47761

buffalo - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46691

rubber - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46131

teak - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=46107

general - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43182

land - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=43680

rubber - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=30184

what to grow - http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32214

that should keep you going - all the best with whatever you decide

somebody ought to pin rio's list up at the top; time saver and thread saver...