The foot-and-mouth crisis which ravaged the countryside two decades ago also led to the foundation of a new ‘shop window’ for Yorkshire’s farmers. The sedum roof being put in place on the new Fodder ...
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One way to make a living as a farmer is to grow grass for sale to livestock keepers. Normally animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle graze in the bush eating the grass that there is for them to eat.
Fodder demand is beginning to ease around the country as the weather improves and supply chains kick into action. Kerry Agribusiness told the Farming Independent that it has facilitated the ...
A farmer in Maygag location loads fodder harvest on a donkey cart for transport to the local fodder store in Rhamo town on March 24, 2025. [Ibrahim Adan Ali, Standard] After years of enduring drought ...
The extended wet and wintery weather has been at the forefront of farmers' concerns in the past few weeks. This past week’s weather saw farmers pulling animals back indoors full-time as grazing ...
A total of (203 men and 158 women) have been trained through the 3-year project funded by European Union. With livestock at the core of Mandera’s economy, 120 farmers along the riverine, through the ...
KIVAA, Kenya, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Peter Mutisya cuts through a yellowing grass field with a machete at his farm in Kivaa village, southern Kenya, laying knee-high blades of grass ...
Do you know what a nine-pinter is? I didn’t either until I met John Bulmer. It’s basically a very long pitchfork with massive tines that was used to manoeuvre and lift bales into place on stacks ...
Mr Peter Kangaru, 46, runs a seven-acre farm in Naivasha where he grows a fodder crop—lucerne — for sale. Kangaru started to grow the crop in January, this year. He previously grew maize on a two-acre ...