Craft Agricultural Solutions

18/06/2026

Feeding lactating dairy cows.

16/06/2026

Maize silage making.

15/06/2026

Silage making using sorghum.

30/04/2026

30/04/2026

16/06/2025

Too much hyping of new fodder varieties will ultimately collapse our (nearly dead) dairy sector in Taita Taveta County.

Farmers are constantly served with fictitious and misleading information on the potential yield, nutritional information and establishing costs.

Factually, farmers should consider:

- Attainable yield per season and the dry matter quantity needed by the heard for the same season.

- Availability and affordability of cereal by-products with minimal antinutritional factors to cover for protein and energy deficiencies in the fodder.

- Quantity of fibre in the fodder variety to maintain good rumen health.

- Whether the yield increases or drops for the second and subsequent ratoon harvests.

- The cost of conserving fodder after harvesting.

A vibrant and progressive dairy sector will only be attained when rural and smallholder dairy farmers in Taita Taveta County are able to produce optimally as a result of proper and more affordable feed regimens suitably designed to meet their production environments.

07/05/2025

As animals improve genetically, from purely indigenous breeds to exotic pedigree breeds, the feeding program should also be improved to meet all the dietary requirements of the high potential breed.Mulnutrition in most farms begins at the early stages of the animal's growth, specifically at the weaning stage and carries on during the entire life of the animal.