As reported in an earlier edition of this livestock news series, milk processors in Kenya had reduced buying prices of milk from farmers in June and July 2015 owing to increased supply. However, it is emerging that this move has not gone down well with farmers as they disparage high feed costs that eat into their already thin margins. Kenya Dairy Farmers Federation (KDFF), have protested the move saying that milk processors had revised farm-gate milk prices downwards by Kshs. 4 per liter without due consultations with farmers. As such, farmers are threatening to halt supply of milk to the processors until an agreement on prices is reached upon. KDFF is reading an underlying ill motive to stifle the domestic dairy industry by unscrupulous businessmen who are raking millions from importation of cheap powdered milk, a move he said would water down gains made to develop a vibrant small-scale dairy industry in Kenya.

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