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Teacher makes own silage and milks a fortune from his thriving dairy farm

Dr Silas Mwirigi, at his Ndaiga dairy farm. PHOTOS: PETER MUTHOMI/STANDARD

If you have a commercial dairy farm and one of your most productive cows only gives five litres of milk, perhaps you should pursue other ventures, because clearly, dairy farming is not for you.

Or you can talk to Silas Mwirigi, a professional dairy farmer who is milking millions of shillings from his thriving 15-acre farm-cum-home at Ndaiga location, Laikipia East, just metres away from the Meru-Laikipia counties border.

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