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POULTRY AND LIVESTOCK

Coping with the Heat: Strategies for Farmers to Alleviate Livestock Stress During Soaring Temperatures

Akindele Akinola, a poultry farmer from the Omi-Ido region of Ibadan, Oyo state, has been sustaining his family for the past three years through...

Electricity, water woes lead to sharp plunge in poultry group’s profits

Failing infrastructure and the lack of service delivery from a “government that is asleep at the wheel” is placing a massive cost burden on...

Don’t buy day-old chicks from unlicensed breeders – farmers warned

  Kenya Federation of Poultry Farmers Association (FPFA) has urged poultry farmers to buy day-old chicks from reputable and licensed hatcheries. The lobby group made the...

Big Dutchman feed pans: easy access to feed at any age in broiler production

For more than eight decades, the equipment supplier headquartered in Germany has been making sure that farmers can feed their livestock safely and according...

USAID to train pastoralists to boost livestock yields

At least 300 livestock keepers from four ASAL counties are set to benefit from a farmers’ field school. This will be implemented under USAID’s Local...

Top 15 Indigenous Pig Breeds in Nigeria

Top 15 Indigenous Pig Breeds in Nigeria   Fulani Pig The Fulani pig, also known as the Bunaji pig, is a small to medium-sized breed native...

Mali: Prices of livestock surge ahead of Eid

This year’s Eid in Mali is not going to look anything like those celebrated in recent years. In livestock markets around the capital Bamako,...

3 big benefits of cow locating

Use these tips to stop searching and start finding the cows you need. Finding an individual cow or even a few cows in larger groups...

Increasing litter weight gain can reduce the number of work hours

In the future, it will be easier for the employees in your herd to handle the piglets. New research shows that breeding for litter...

Reduction of methane emissions during slurry and digestate fermentation storage with Eminex®

In the current situation of increasing gas shortages and exploding mineral fertiliser prices, biogas production as well as optimal fertilisation with liquid manure and...

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