Dairy Farming Facts

1. You can start dairy farming with just 0.001 of an acre. All you need is a space big enough to keep your cow; zero graze it!
2. A well bread and well fed dairy cow can produce as much as 50-60 litres of milk per day. *Smile*
3. A dairy cow can consume more than 25kg of silage each day.
4. Silage is only made to preserve feeds for the dry days when green forage is hard to get. It should never be used in place of concentrates. 
5. Do not buy a cow from Kericho, where temperatures go as low as 13 degree Celsius during the day and take it to Machakos where the temperatures hit 35 degree Celsius and expect to milk it the same way the farmer in Kericho did.
6. If you build a nice shed, buy a nice dairy cow but have no clear idea where to get quality feeds for it, be prepared to "cook ugali" for it. 
7. Dairy cows are like humans; the more comfortable you make them the more profit they will give you. Invest is cow mattresses if you would like to increase your milk production.
8. Pedegree cows can be as expensive as 500k each. Introducing such a high grade cow to a new environment is taking a high grade risk. You could be better of investing in quality AI to produce your own high grade cows. They will be more adoptive yet as productive as those you would buy. 
9. You do not need to be a agriculture professional to become a successful dairy farmer; you need to be passionate enough to seek information and learn from successful dairy farmers. 
10. You can make as much silage using plastic tubes as your forage can allow. Here are the 7 simple steps. 
11. Send us others by commenting below and we shall be glad to publish them.