Sunday, December 22, 2024

Dairy

Eliud Bomsut: Why I feed my 12 dairy cows on sugarcane

Sugarcane growing in Bomet is not an established venture like in Westen Kenya. Farmers who grow this crop do it in small gardens and...

We make money from selling heifers than milk

The over 10 calves graze leisurely on the 26-acre farm in Siongiroi, Bomet County. A shepherd watches keenly from a distance and then moves...

How milk dispensers are earning farmers millions

John Mosengeti goes through records in a book at the Maziwa Trust Dairy Cooperative in Voi town. Being the vice-chair of the outfit, Mosengeti regularly...

Infections from ticks that can destroy your dairy animal and how to cope

One of the biggest headaches for livestock farmers are ticks because of the diseases they transmit. Ticks spread vector-borne diseases some of which are...

How dairy goat farming is the new cash-cow

At Felista Nyaguthi’s home, which sits on a 40 by 80m land in Kieni, a shed hosts 12 goats of the German Alpine breed. “I...

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