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Agriculture
Kenya agriculture news: farmers, food security, livestock, crops and agribusiness. County and national farming updates.
Government lifts local wheat to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag after Narok pressure
Agriculture ministry raised the producer price of local wheat to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag from Sh4,750, days after Narok cereal growers issued a 72-hour ultimatum; farmers had wanted Sh5,378 from a Tegemeo cost study and still decry miller offers near Sh4,500.
Sugar import freeze lifts hope for Lugari cane farmers after Kagwe order
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe directed Kenya Sugar Board to stop new sugar-import licences after claiming domestic production can meet demand; Lugari farmers say cheap imports crushed miller sales and delayed cane payments, and want timely harvest cash.
Kiambu dairy farmers demand quality feeds and sexed semen to lift milk yields
Kiambu dairy farmers urged national and county governments for quality feeds and sexed semen; ministry officer Joanne Atian’g admitted genetics and feed gaps while noting maize import zero-rating may ease feed prices; co-op chair Peris Wanjiru decried stagnant yields.
Coffee auctions hit 637,444 bags worth Sh38.3 billion in ten months
Nairobi Coffee Exchange data show 637,444 bags sold from 1 October over ten months for about Sh38.3 billion, with Alliance Berries, New KPCU and Kirinyaga Slopes among top volume brokers and AA/AB grades leading prices.
Kwale flags off first 43-tonne seaweed export consignment to Chile
Deputy Governor Chirema Kombo flagged off 43 tonnes of seaweed from Kibuyuni Seaweed Farmers Cooperative in Lunga Lunga for export to Chile, with county leaders pushing value addition and women’s livelihoods.
KIAMIS dashboards put Nandi’s 168,894 farm households on a live map
Nandi County’s farming base is now visible on Kenya Integrated Agricultural Management Information System dashboards — 168,894 households, certified-seed uptake, livestock counts and a 99% rain-fed water profile for planners.
Kagwe lifts wheat producer price to Sh5,100 per 90kg bag for 2026
Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe set the 2026 local wheat producer price at Sh5,100 per 90kg bag, up from Sh4,750, after AFA-led talks with growers and millers, as output is expected near one million bags.
Agricultural output hits Sh4.07 trillion as GDP share rises to 23.2%
Council of Governors says Economic Survey 2026 shows agricultural output rising from Sh3.64T to Sh4.07T and GDP share from 22.4% in 2024 to 23.2% in 2025, crediting county investment in value chains.
Senate seeks public views on making mrangi (achiote) a scheduled crop
The Senate is receiving Article 118 memoranda on a proposal to list achiote — locally mrangi, Bixa orellana — in the Crops Act First Schedule so the natural colour crop can be regulated and promoted as a scheduled crop.