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Kenyan Dairy farmers have threatened to stop supplying raw milk to processing plants
Dairy farmers have threatened to stop supplying raw milk to processing plants citing exploitative prices. The farmers are disappointed over what they termed as failure by the processors to involve…
CHALLENGES faced in the dairy farming sector in Kenya today
Sometimes last year, it was rumoured that the Kenyan dairy sector players was considering re-introducing free milk to school going children. The last this was seen was in the 1990s…
READ HOW Nicholas Kirimi is making Shs. 20,000+ per month from 2 Friesian cow’s in Meru county
A few kilometres from Meru town, off the Kithirune market in Nkando village, South Imenti, sits a farm known as Home of Friesians. The over half-acre farm owned by Nicholas…
LESSONS from Agribusiness Empire of Politician Prof Margaret Kamar
AGRIBUSINESS LESSONS: As you drive along the Eldoret-Iten-Chepkanga Road, you cannot stop marvelling at the hundreds of blue gum (eucalyptus) trees lining up one side of the thoroughfare. The trees…
What you need to know regarding dairy goat farming in Kenya
Dairy goat farming is the rearing of goats for milk. It is one of the easiest types of dairy farming and therefore good for farmers in the urban and peri-urban…
Which breed of dairy cow can produce the largest volumes of milk in Kenya? READ HERE
Which breed of dairy cow can produce the largest volumes of milk? And which breed will give you the highest amount of milk per kg bodyweight? And the best quality…
GRACE MUMBI: My five cows give me 90 litres of milk everyday
Very few dairy farmers can boast of getting 90 litres of milk per day from five cows. But Grace Mumbi, 45, is doing just that. She started out with two…
Who thought livestock farming could be connected to the internet! This is an innovative concept you’ve got to see
Every cattle rancher deals with the same problem: how do you tell monitor the health of your herd without personally inspecting every single cow? Quantified Ag developed an innovated solution…
Graduate couple who started a dairy farming empire in Nakuru
Talk about modern dairy farming in Kenya and anyone who knows Lelgut Farm will quickly point you to Olenguruone, Nakuru County, where the farm is located. The farm lies on…
With little knowledge in dairy farming, Kezia is making it big
Kezia is a middle aged successful dairy farmer that hails from the Miharati area in Central Kenya. This lady who has now become a passionate crusader and practical dairy farmer…