It takes passion and interest,not every other woman can comfortably venture into dairy on daily basis,a happy cow,a happy consultant, at a milk collection centre training farmers on cow's general management
As KMDP team we train youths on silage making,here is a meeting with Ndamene CBE,south imenti,service providers(SPE'S)discussing on their progress in silage making as it is their season as they would call it
Lead farmers training from mujwa CBE on importance of giving minerals to dairy cows,we work hand in hand with dairy stakeholders, this time round one from Sidai africa
Today i had an opportunity to visit one of the leading farmers. He is doing well in young stock management. In most farms,young heifer after weaning are the most neglected group of animals. This neglect affects the longevity and production of the hei
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As much as farmers concentrate on energy feeds its also important to consider proteins fodder. Feeding protein fodders reduces the amount of concentrate fed to the cows. Nyaki farmers had an opportunity to learn more on protein fodder. They learnt mo
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Farm visit to Plateau Country dairy. The farm has 62 cows in a 4 acre piece of land and has a vision of empowering locals through practical training and demos. They conduct weekly training on Wednesday
Today it was my pleasure hosting students from Agha Khan education centre, Kisumu at Willens farm in Eldoret. Their innocent questions about cows, milk and machinery was so inspiring. I hope more schools can take students on farm tours so that they c
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Last week, @NLinKenya and Meru central dairy coop organised a successful one week training at the new Dairy training farm: Siriku PDTC. When extension staff are empowered with skills, farmers get better quality advice which translates to more milk a
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Last week, our experts travelled to Holland to learn more about dairy farming. Here is Henk Bles and Wytze Heida of Bless Dairies stressing the importance of passion, discipline and logical thinking in dairy farming during the tour.
Disinfection of teats is important in preventing diseases like mastitis which is a major cosst to farmers. Today, we demonstrated to farmers how they can use a tit dip after milking. Our topic of the day was milk hygiene and milking techniques.
It is said that 1kg of silage can cost as low as Ksh 5 when made of the farm. Thats why in our trainings, we focus on encouraging farmers to plant own maize and make silage. today we have had a successfull silage preparation demos in meru.
Todays dairy farmers exchange visit at RK Farm in Nyaki. Focus area include fodder management and how much farmers can save when they invest in protein fodder.
Our training on milk quality is done early at milk collection centers. Here my colleague Mary is demonstrating practically to farmers dangers of using plastic containers to transport milk which include difficulties in cleaning leading to accumulation
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Most of the times, we conduct meetings in the farms. Today I am training in milk delivery routes. The message remains the same. Take care of your calf, invest in fodder to reduce costs.
To get a good balance between energy and proteins, a farmer in Ngorika decided to intercrop Boma Rhodes with Lucerne in Ngorika. The results is amazing.
We successfully conducted a route training on feeding and fodder to farmers supplying milk to Igoki dairy cooperative. We also had plans to catch up on the implementation of the fodder plan that we developed for the farmers
It is important for farmers to check quality of silage in the pit. A simple way to do this is to put your hand inside and feel if its heating up. If this is the case then it means microbes have started spoiling the silage.
