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Avoid Soils that Are Heavily Compacted: Which Soils are good for Growing Soya Bean?
By UKF Team Compacted soils are not ideal for growing soybeans because they can restrict the roots of the soybean plants from growing and accessing water and nutrients. When soil is compressed, the spaces between the soil particles are reduced, which makes it more difficult for air, water, and nutrients to move through the soil.…
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Soya Beans Production Governance and Stakeholder Seminar Held in Bungoma County
By UKF Team Soy Bean has always been a golden grain. A grain that has been involved in trade wars between the United States and China during the Trump administration. It is a grain that experts say is slowly eliminating the Amazon forest in Brazil because more land is needed to produce the golden grain…
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Kenya: Bungoma County Rural Farmers Eyeing to Be the Country’s Top Soya Bean Producers
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…
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The 2022 Soya Beans Global Overview: Markets, Prices, Production and Trade
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,…
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The price of Animal Feed Is skyrocketing, What Should Farmers Do?
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…
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What is The Price Of Soybeans In Kenya In 2022?
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…
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