Counties North Rift dairy farmers pay less for animal feedsA worker offloads bags of dairy meal in Eldoret. photo | jared nyatayaDairy farmers are paying less for animal feeds as maize and wheat prices fall on oversupply leaving cereal growers with heavy losses. North Rift dairy farmers on Wednesday said they were accessing cheap fodder after maize prices declined to Sh1,400 per 90 kilogramme bag. “We can now mill our own animal feeds from the low cost maize and wheat produce that has cut down milk production costs,” said Joshua Melly from Cheboite, Nandi County. Wheat prices have dropped from Sh3,600 to Sh2,800 per bag as farmers rush to sell the produce in preparation for this season’s planting.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 25, 2018 18:22 UTC