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By UKF Our team, led by our managing director Alex Wafula, visited Bumula sub-county in Bungoma county on October 10, 2022, to meet with a few soybean growers. Bumula is a rural region endowed with plenty of rich lands, pleasant weather all year round, and an abundance of motivated and proactive small-scale farmers. Most farmers…
By UKF Team Last year’s facts at a glance In 2021, the average yearly soybean price increased by 43% year on year to $583 per tonne. Soybean prices are predicted to stay largely constant in 2022, although supply problems are likely to drive up costs. Because of decreased yields in Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, China, Canada,…
By UKF Team Due to the high price of animal feeds, most Kenyan farmers who raise animals are having trouble keeping up with the production. In the case of commercial animal husbandry, the cost of feeding your animals accounts for around 70% of your total production expenses. Due to increasing expenses for raw materials, high…
A kilogramme of soybeans costs 150 Kenyan shillings (1.3 US dollars) on the Kenyan market in September 2022. However, as of September 25, 2022, the farm gate price of soybeans in Kenya varies from 110 to 130 Kenyan shillings, or 0.95 to 1.12 US dollars. Kenyan soybeans are farmed mostly in the western Kenya counties…