The five leading processors—Brookside, New KCC, Githunguri, Meru and Kinangop—account for more than 80 per cent of all the formal milk intake. Ms Kibogy says the growth in intake by the processors has been occasioned by high level of sensitisation to farmers and competitive prices offered by milk factories to the producers. Processors have cut the price of raw milk by Sh3 per litre as the market responds to a sharp increase in production. KDB says the month of January has the highest milk intake in the formal sector. “High intakes of raw milk are normally associated with decline in producer prices as is happening now.

Source: Daily Nation February 21, 2019 18:11 UTC