According to Kalungi Charles, proper rearing, feeding and right nutrition application rates are of the utmost importance if you want to have optimum yield and get good returns.<\/p>\n
How can a farmer increase his profit margin from cattle?<\/strong> In November last year, Charles made about\u00a0Shs4M<\/strong>\u00a0from his cattle sells which was far from\u00a0Shs1M\u00a0<\/strong>that he\u2019s been reaping in previous years. What brought the difference? he explains:<\/p>\n Bringing the cattle to buyers: Because of the good quality, he gave an excellent reputation. This earned him the attention of local leaders and traders. He says, \u201cAwareness is vital. The friendship I created with the locals has enabled me recover the capital.\u201d<\/p>\n Be innovative: Offer farm tours and training programs to local farmers in your region. Consider selling the young calves as specialty fuel for mothers in the village<\/p>\n Grow the best breed: He advises other farmers to take all steps possible to create the most productive cattle possible to maximize profitability.<\/p>\n What challenges do most farmers face in your area?<\/strong><\/p>\n Most farmers lack bargaining power in seasons of bumper harvest which makes it easier for the middlemen to polarize the market and get the cattle at very low prices.<\/p>\n Diseases especially foot and mouth has been the most prevalent in our area and majority of farmers have completely lost their yields especially in areas of Jinja, Wakiso, and Kampala districts because of this disease.<\/p>\n His advice:\u00a0<\/strong> #jaguzasupport2019<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to Kalungi Charles, proper rearing, feeding and right nutrition application rates are of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-success-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaguzafarm.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTo increase profitability, you (a farmer) need to become creative in your\u00a0branding<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0marketing<\/em>\u00a0techniques. Charles explains, \u201cIf your farm is a certified livestock farm, it produces highly desirable cattle in your district,\u00a0capitalize<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0on that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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\nFarmers should form cooperatives in their societies since it can be easier for them to get enough capital from financial institutions and do value addition.<\/p>\n