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Harvesting, using and preserving napier grass for dairy farming

Harvesting The first cutting is expected 3 – 4 months after planting (when at one meter high). At first harvesting it is recommended that the cutting...

Intercropping nappier grass and its varieties

Napier grass can be intercropped with various legume crops and shrubs. Intercropping with legumes improves the quality of the fodder and soil fertility. Examples of...

Nyeri farmers to earn Sh.280 million from Brookside

Nyeri Dairy farmers’ earnings from Brookside increased by 10 per cent to Sh280 million last year as more farmers in the region turned to...

Farmers rake in profits after turning to greenhouse farming

Farmers in Homa Bay County are embracing greenhouse technology in a bid to boost productivity. This is after the county government donated two training...

Getting ‘Concentrates’ right in dairy feeding

They are characterized by; high nutrient density, high DM, less bulky, longer lifespan, low crude fibre. Concentrate can broadly be divided into two categories;...

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