Success stories

Date: May 4, 2015Author: Farmers Trend0 Comments Within a decade, Simon Mukunu has bred and then reared a herd of seven Friesian cows. They bring him an average of 100 litres of milk daily but his dreams and aspirations go further than this. “Ultimately, my aim is to become a dairy cow breeder because there is more money in breeding than in milk production,” says Mr Mukunu, the head teacher of a primary school in Kahuro sub-county, Murang’a […]

Date: May 4, 2015Author: Farmers Trend0 Comments Very few dairy farmers can boast of getting 90 litres of milk per day from five cows. But Grace Mumbi, 45, is doing just that. She started out with two dairy cows but now has five. When we visited Mumbi at her home in Ngong, she was in mud boots tending to her dairy cows. She has been practicing zero grazing for two years now and has never regretted her decision