The government through the ministry of agriculture has ordered the New KCC to pay dairy farmers Sh33 per litre up from Sh25, representing an increase of Sh8 per litre of milk the producers shall now deliver to the cooperative. This follows President Uhuru Kenyatta’s economic directives to revamp the country’s dairy sector when he also …
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The New Kenya Cooperative Creameries is set to increase milk sales from farmers in Bomet, Kericho, Kisii, Kericho and Narok counties from Sh4.5bn to Sh6bn following the upgrade of a new Sh200m factory in Sotik. The upgrade will increase the factory’s processing capacity from the current 60,000 liters to 100,000 liters of raw milk per …
Farmer milking his cow. The cold weather experienced in the coutry at the moment has affected milk production in several parts of the country. Photo courtesy. The cold weather currently experienced in most parts of the country has caused decline in milk production especially in high altitude areas forcing intake of the raw material by …
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The New Kenya Cooperative Creameries has announced an increment in milk prices from Sh36 per liter to between Sh38 and Sh40 as it seeks to enhance its market share nationally to 40 per cent and benefit over 160,000 smallholder farmers. In this, the milk processor is set to increase milk sales from farmers in the …
Uganda Dairy Development Authority has indicated that milk production has increased from 2.08 billion litres in 2015 to about 2.5 billion litres in 2017/18. This is higher than the total milk production in Kenya during the same period by over 1.96 billion litres. According to Kenyan Economic Survey 2018 report, the quantity of milk delivered …
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Milk processors are expected to raise consumer prices by next month following a decline in production resulting from a cold weather experience in most parts of the country at the moment. According to the Kenya Meteorological Department, June-July –August weather outlook, most areas in the Central highlands, one of the milk producing region and Nairobi …
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Farmer milking his cow. Photo courtecy. Dairy farmers who sell their milk to Brookside Dairies, one of the largest milk processors in the country are set to benefit Sh11 increase per litre of the product delivered to the processor the price being increased from Sh26 to Sh37 in a bid to match market rivals. In …
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Milk farmers delivering their milk at a collection centre. New KCC is upgrading its processing factories countrywide to speed milk processing. New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) has commissioned a Sh1.5 billion programme to increase its plant processing capacity to 1.5m litres of milk a day from about half a million a day which will see …
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