Farmers have been encouraged to plant hairy vetch not just for livestock consumption but also for a number of purposes that include nitrogen fixation into the soil, weed suppression, soil erosion prevention, and building of soil organic matter among others. This vine-like, vigorously-growing, cold-tolerant, winter-hardy, annual legume has been found by many experts to be […]
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A Nyandarua County farmer has maintained milk production with hay and silage, which he harvests and prepares at his farm in Kinangop. Joseph Mbugua converts the hay into bales and fodder maize into silage, months ahead of every season. The three cows consume about 40 litres of water per day and he gets about 20-25
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Farmer winnowing rice at Jarajara, Marsabit County. Many farmers in the county are now adopting rice farming for food security and more income. Photo courtesy. More than 50 pastoralists at Jarajara, Marsabit County have adopted rice farming and they are happy with the new venture which is earning them alternative cash boosting their income as opposed
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The Kenyan Government through the ministry of agriculture has announced plans to export all the hay produced from the country to Djibouti after striking a deal with the Horn of Africa nation. In this, the ministry is asking farmers to plant more grass especially Boma Rhodes variety for sale just like other cash crops. Currently,
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Nakuru farmer Noah Chemirmir has been highly commended by the British High Commission for his enterprise that has see him provide hay to dairy farmers in the Rift Valley, Central and Western regions of Kenya at affordable rates. Chemirmir, through his company Sochon Limited, sells high-quality hay to farmers at KSh150 for an 18kg bale.
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