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Quality feeds give pig farmers over 30 per cent more profit
Farmers feeding pigs with commercial or formulated meals are making up to 34 per cent more profit than those who resort to kitchen and other wastes with the hope of cutting down production costs. Commercial and locally formulated meals served in the required rations give high quality pork besides controlling the growth rate of the
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Reliable market earns Kakamega farmer Sh16,000 a pig in seven months
While other farmers are finding it hard to find market for their sugarcane and maize produce, one Kakamega farmer who abandoned the two crops in 2017 is now making Sh16,000 gross income per pig in seven months thanks to a reliable market for the animals. Bernard Nyaramba delivers pigs for slaughter to Farmer’s Choice every
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How to make sweet potato vines silage for feeding pigs
Farmers rearing pigs can reduce the cost of production by a substantial percentage through adopting home-made feeds using readily available raw materials such as sweet potato vines which were formerly trashed after the harvesting of the tubers. According to a 2017 research on the importance of sweet potato in small-scale farming systems in Uganda by
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How a former P1 teacher built a mixed farm empire in Kisumu from Sh4,000 capital
Antony tending to some of his ornamental birds at his farm in Dunga, Kisumu County. Photo courtesy. When Antony Okoth Ogal graduated in 2016 from St. Paul’s Nyabururu Teachers Training College as P1 teacher he knew employment was just around the corner. However, this was not to be as he was forced into hustling jobs
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How to control deadly pig disease
African swine fever disease is an infectious disease of domestic and wild pigs that causes a mortality rate as high as 100 per cent. The virus affects animals of all breeds and ages and is caused by a virus that causes high fever and bleeding with infected animals dying within two to 10 days. The
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