Animals

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Farmer creates online platform to help colleagues access best breeding services

8 years ago Reporter

A dairy farmer who has been fed up with poor services from fake cow breeders has created an online marketing...

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City lawyer finds cool cash in rearing fast maturing exotic bulls for meat

8 years ago Reporter

Mr. Bentamin Musau at his bulls' shed stand during a past Machakos Agricultural Society of Kenya Show. Photo: Laban Robert/Farmbiz Africa....

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Rearing five dairy goats is 45 per cent more profitable than a dairy cow

8 years ago Reporter

Early studies have found that nutrients like iron, calcium, magnesium and phosphorous were more easily digested and used by the...

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Kenya livestock sector earns big exporting live animals to Middle East

8 years ago Reporter

Animals at the port. Kenya experiences an increase in the number of live animals exports annually which can rise from 255...

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Grease mixed with Vaseline and curry powder keeps off crawling insects invading beehive

8 years ago Reporter

Beehive mounted on an ant-proof stand. The stand is greased to prevent insects that invade the hives looking for food....

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Manual chicken feed mixing machine cuts buying cost by 30-50 per cent

8 years ago Reporter

Manual chichen feed mixing machine. Photo: Zablon Oyugi. Smallholder farmers can cut the cost of buying feeds by up to...

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Lawyer banks on nutritious value of camel milk, builds processing factory at Nanyuki

8 years ago Reporter

Man milking camel (AFKTravel) A lawyer cum agro-entrepreneur is banking on the nutritious value and uniqueness of camel milk from...

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Murang’a poultry, dairy, banana and fish farmers get Sh200m fund to boost production

8 years ago Reporter

Poultry, dairy, banana and fish farmers from Murang’a County are set to improve their production courtesy of Sh200m fund by...

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Turkeys earn thrice chicken income in six months

8 years ago Reporter

Rearing of turkeys is earning Kenyan farmers three to four times more income in six months, compared to chicken. Chore...

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Global animal health company to provide East Africa farmers with affordable high-quality veterinary products

8 years ago Reporter

Elanco Animal Health Incorporated (NYSE:ELAN) is progressing a groundbreaking project to provide sustainable development solutions to address food insecurity in...