The following guide is by Musyoka Duncan.
With demand for milk rising rapidly, many people are venturing into commercial dairy farming having seen the business opportunity. Below I have a checklist of things you need to consider before ploughing your...
ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION
The differences between the two powertrains extend beyond whether they drive or drag the rear wheels. The Honda pairs its Civic-sourced 1.8-litre four-cylinder petrol engine with a continuously variable transmission (CVT), and though the Suzuki inherits its...
Kenya has borrowed Sh4.3 billion ($39.55 million) from the African Development Bank (AfDB) to finance small scale irrigation and value addition projects.
AfDB will also issue a Sh2.4 billion ($24 million) grant towards the same course, drawn from the bank’s...
The following analysis is by Rufus Mwanyasi, the head of Canaan Capital Limited.
Reading through the Capital Markets Authority’s (CMA) Q3 report, I could not help but notice that over the past nine months, the percentage of women investors in...
The following is the diary of chicken farmer Subiri Obwogo. It was first published in Seeds of Gold Magazine.
When Charles, my farm worker, went to collect eggs from the chicken coop that hosts 35 hens on October 11, he...
The rainy season is here in most parts of the country, hence grass and fodder are growing at a fast pace. However, there are some two problems associated with this scenario unless a farmer has taken strategic planning in...
President Uhuru Kenyatta has reshuffled his cabinet. President Uhuru increased the number of ministries from the current 19 to 20. Here is the full list of the 20 cabinet secretaries who will lead key ministries announced by President Uhuru.
1)....
Sales of light commercial trucks helped push new vehicle sales in Kenya to 16,711 units in the first 10 months of 2015, 15 percent higher than in the same period last year, the head of the industry's association said...
Infectious diseases
There are several bacterial, protozoan and viral diseases that affect the reproductive system and therefore result in infertility. These diseases include brucellosis, trichomoniasis, leptospirosis, bovine viral diarrhoea, campylobacteriosis/vibriosis among others we shall discuss in details only two which...
More farms are adopting milking machines due to for health and hygiene reasons.
Good milking techniques require that the cow remains comfortable and relaxed. This is a plus that farms who use milking machines have over hand-milking.
The effectiveness of a...
