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Hand milking can be as hygienic as Machine Milking and is more gentle to the udder. But precautions must be taken. If the correct hand milking procedures are followed, Cows will give more milk. Here are some tips on how to get the cleanest milk.
Milkers must be clean, healthy and free of...
It is important to explore and expound on some of the factors that have contributed to the dropping milk standards in Kenya. Below is an in-depth look into the major items.
Low-quality feed:
The decline in the dairy industry standards comes in many mays. On the production side, many farmers...
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people living in rural pastoral and agro pastoral areas across sub-Saharan Africa are struggling to care for the animals on which their livelihoods depend.
Curfews and restrictions on movement and gatherings have cut communities off from...
Business Reporter
Zimbabwe rabbit farmers have imported 100 more pure breeds to help shore-up efforts by the country’s rabbit producers to bolster and expand cuniculture production.
Rabbit production, which is fast gaining ground in Zimbabwe, has significant potential to generate foreign...
Kenyan farmers say they are being forced to hand pollinate their crops due to a decline in bee populations from pesticides. Kenya’s insect experts say the chemicals, meant to kill desert locusts and other pests, are killing off bees and other pollinating bugs. Victoria Amunga reports from...
An avocado firm located in Kenya’s biggest game park has lost a bid to have its license renewed, a blow to its operations deemed to interfere with the wildlife.
The Kenya National Environmental Tribunal suspended Kiliavo Fresh’s license last year and further ordered the firm to stop its...
An old adage from my folks can loosely be translated as, ‘businesses fail because of poor accounting’. Contemporary business practices also emphasize the need to have proper records, which can be analyzed and be the basis on which decisions are made.
That is good practice right? Let’s come back...