Dairy farmers who deliver milk at the Brookside Nyahururu plant have seen their eaarnings increase by 12 per cent.
This is after Brookside paid out Sh. 83 million to the farmers from Sh. 73 million paid out a year earlier.
Speaking during a dairy training organised by the processor for farmers at Ng’arua in Laikipia yesterday, Brookside Director of Milk Procurement John Gethi said the processor would continue to impart knowledge on feed preparation and conservation to ensure milk production remains optimum even during dry weather.
“We are currently undertaking lessons on hay preparation to all our 160,000 farmers countrywide to beat the effects of drought on milk production,” said Mr Gethi.
He challenged farmers to establish pasture grasses and fodder crops besides practising forage conservation during the rainy season, noting that seasonality of milk production was due to farmers’ dependence on rain-fed agriculture.
Mr Gethi said Brookside had undertaken major upgrades at its Nyahururu milk cooling plant to enable it receive and chill more than 100,000 litres of raw milk daily.
