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What is happening with New KCC milk payments?
| Written by: Maurice Rangoma | | |
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Situation overview
New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (New KCC) has been delaying payments to milk suppliers across several counties, prompting protests and mounting farmer complaints. Farmers say they have not received payments for months and face severe cash-flow problems that threaten livelihoods and herd maintenance.
Reported scale and examples
- North Rift: Farmers claim New KCC owes about KSh 300 million and protested after up to six months without payment.
- Trans Nzoia: More than 10,000 suppliers report about KSh 120 million outstanding covering roughly three months of deliveries.
Livestock farmers and businesses can get loans from Kenya Livestock Finance Trust
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Livestock enterprises can access loans for their farming or business activities through the Kenya Livestock Finance Trust (K-LIFT). K-LIFT was established in 1994 with a goal to contribute towards poverty alleviation and food security through supporting livestock enterprises access to affordable credit. K-LIFT does this by giving loans to entrepreneurs that make a living through the different livestock enterprises. The loans are towards working capital or assets financing that will contribute to the growth of livestock business.
Read more: Livestock farmers and businesses can get loans from Kenya Livestock Finance Trust
Are your cows feeding practice putting them at risk of milk fever?
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Immediately before or after calving down, you notice one or more of your cows getting excited and agitated. The head and limbs muscle tremble and before long, it staggers and sit down with the neck tilted on one side. Then she lies flat on her side. If you don’t take immediate action, the next thing you notice is that the cow has collapsed and in a short time it’s dead.
Read more: Are your cows feeding practice putting them at risk of milk fever?
How to make high quality silage
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High-quality silage is the result of adoption of appropriate techniques, starting with soil preparation and fertilization. The crop must have high dry matter content, adequate nutritional value, and good characteristics for fermentation during the ensiling process. Even if high-quality crops
Urea Molasses Mineral Blocks
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Adding Urea Molasses Mineral Blocks (UMMB) to an animal’s diet can increase the total amount of nutrition the animal receives by up to 30%. Even when cultivating your own forages, it can be difficult to provide dairy cattle with all of the nutrients required by farm animals necessary for them to stay healthy and
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