As a farmer, your major goal should be to maximise the income you earn from your venture just like any other business person targets. While doing so, many farmers, especially newbies tend to want to work along […]

When we see rabbits, we imagine docile animals contentedly hopping around. For the most part, this is an accurate portrayal. However, if one rabbit annoys or irritates another rabbit, a fight can break o […]

Pelleting pig feeds can support improvements in management and pig performance. When should you consider a pelleted diet versus a meal diet for your pigs? Always weigh the cost of pelleting feeds to the potential […]

To best transition chicks into a flock, provide comfort, care and complete nutrition from day one. A chick never gets over a bad start. The actions farmers take before chicks arrive and the care you provide in t […]

Goat fencing is considered as one of the most important factors to consider before starting a goat farm (along with providing good quality feed and a good shelter). A good goat fencing system not only help to keep […]

Grazing management plans play a key role in determining fencing selection. Decades ago, once the fence posts were in the ground and the woven or strand wire was run, the animals were simply turned out. Pastures […]

Poultry farmers have been tipped on actionable and implementable behavioural changes at the slaughtering node of the poultry value chain.

This was during a two-day stakeholder dialogue to improve the poultry […]

Any cattle farming business when done in a proper and in scientific manner with effective business plan leads to success. In almost every cattle keeping part of Uganda, cattle farmers are having lack of k […]

The profitability of goat operations is largely reliant on successful reproduction programs. The number of kids raised and weaned successfully ultimately determine the profitability of the operation.

Small r […]

Sanitation

Freshly weaned pigs have just experienced an incredibly stressful change, and that stress can be highly detrimental for their already immature immune systems. On top of this, any maternal antibodies […]

Dehydration in calves experiencing scours is often underestimated. A scouring calf can lose anywhere between 5% to 10% of its bodyweight in water within one day.

1. How to assess dehydration

Dehydration […]

Ducks are very suitable for meat production. Because they can’t lay much eggs like chicken. There are many highly productive meat duck breeds around the world. Meat productive ducks become very fast g […]

Occasionally a kid just had a rough delivery, has a slight deformity like contracted tendons that keep it from standing right away, or is slightly underdeveloped and lacking a strong sucking response. While this […]

A large part of raising wool animals is knowing what to feed sheep in order to obtain good quality wool. Feeding choices will vary from place to place. The sheep farmers who have large acreage will raise sheep […]

While constructing a pigsty, different things have to be put in consideration. It can be constructed cheaply by using locally available materials. It needs to be constructed according to climatic conditions and […]

First gather the ingredients and materials you need. Start with two mixing bowls, a spoon, and an empty, dry soup can. Use the soup can and spoon to measure ingredients, one large bowl to mix dry ingredients and […]

Different farmers around Lake Victoria have engaged in lucrative fish cage farming. For one to start a fish cage farming business, there are two main basics needed; a licence and viable human and monetary […]

There are two major sources of fish in Uganda; one is from aquaculture, the other from fishing in rivers and lakes. So, different types of fish flourish in different water sources. The major ones include; Nile […]

Poor results in hatching are commonly caused by the improper control of temperature or humidity. When the temperature or humidity is too high or too low for a long period of time, the normal growth and de […]

Adapting to new food is a complicated process for weaning piglets. What measures can be taken to ensure a smooth transition from lactating to weaned piglets?

Most piglets are weaned between three and four weeks […]