I inherited Dairy farming from my father… I get 450 litres of milk daily- Farmer confesses
Timothy Kinuthia share with Farmers Trend on what he feeds his dairy cows to get 450 litres of milk daily, and his passion for dairy farming he inherited from his father, a trained…
From Maize farming to vegetables, Graduate earns Sh120,000 as profits in three months
Zabdi Chumba is a farmer in Nandi. He earns approximately Sh120,000 in profits every three months after he abandoned maize farming, a crop he had been growing since he was in primary school. Farmers Trend…
Matatu man turns top farmer and uses music to milk 74 cows
Employees milk the dairy cattle in Gitau's dairy farm; Gita Farm in Kiambu. Meet Evans Gitau, the former tout and matatu driver today owns a dairy farm in Ikinu village, Kiambu County. He has…
From hawking spices to garlic onions farming, Githaiga mints millions in Kiawara
Moses Githaiga on his farm in Kieni, Nyeri County Moses Githaiga is a garlic farmer in Kiawara, a hamlet in Kieni Sub County, about 35 kilometres from Nyeri town. After a successful experiment in…
She Avoided Uasin Gishu Traditional Crops To Succeed in Passion Fruit Farming – Success Story of Alice Rono
Moiben Sub–County in Uasin Gishu is a renowned maize and wheat farming belt, but Alice Rono avoided the region’s traditional crops for passion fruit. She has now been farming the crop for the last 20…
From Cane Farming to a Top Dairy Farmer in Bungoma – Success Story of Edith Kadali
For close to a decade, Edith Kadali was growing sugar cane on her four-acre farm in Lubeyo village, Bungoma County. The farmer, 47, would harvest the produce and supply to Nzoia Sugar Company. Life was…
Sunflower farming provide fortune to farmers in Mandera-Irrigation
Mandera Sunflowers Sunflower farming is sparking a revolution of sorts against conventional crops by its sheer lucrativeness in the heat soaked area around Rhamu and neighbouring villages in Mandera County as pastoralists cum farmers venture…
Farmer mints millions from Watermelon in dry Kitui
Suleiman Kalundu from drought-stricken Voo village in Kitui East has taken advantage of the new craze and has taken up to watermelon farming which earns him over a Sh 1 million annually. He says he…
Gikunda quits banking for onion farming
Meet Gikunda Meme. 16 years ago he was a credit manager at a local bank. The 66 years old owns Subuiga Hilltop Farm which sits on five acres piece of land. Farmers Trend tells his…
Macharia rakes in Sh5,000 a day thanks to the rising demand for goat milk
Macharia and his goat Meet Robert Macharia Kinyua. The 39-year-old worked earlier as a transport manager with Comtech a technology firm in Nairobi, before being retrenched in 2011 and begins dairy goats farming. "I…
