Kid-rearing Kidding area in the barn should be clean with dry bedding (grass). The doe may be kept in the kidding area…
Farming Tips
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“Justlike we plan to grow food for human consumption, we must do the same for animals,” says livestock farmer Brian Natwijuka. He says the…
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Zero-grazing is when animals are fed from a small unit without allowing them to go out and graze. In Uganda, it is mainly used…
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Commercial layers can lay between 240-310 eggs in a lifetime. However, the number of eggs laid depends on several other factors including the feeding…
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There are plenty of ways to repurpose spent grain, but one of the most creative is to use it to make your own bricks.…
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By Umar Nsubuga There are farmers growing cashew nuts in Uganda. However, most of the nuts sold in Uganda are indeed imported from other…
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It is true that during the rainy season farmers are either celebrating the rains or lamenting about their negative effects. In fact, unless farmers…
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There are several obvious differences between sick or unwell cattle and health cattle. You look at the facial expression of the animal and it…
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On many occasions, farmers wait until it is too late, then they panic as pasture starts drying up. Although there is nothing you can…
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Unless they are cared for properly, half of our newborn piglets that die do so in the first 14 days after birth. This is…