Wheat farmers raise alarm over exploitation by middlemen

Some of the scarecrows put by wheat farmers in Ololung'a in Narok South to scare away the invasive quelea birds. The birds have invade wheat fields leaving a trail of destruction as they feast on the wheat grain. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Wheat farmers have accused middlemen of taking advantage of a bumper harvest to exploit them.

Chris Kuto, an official with Lowlands Holdings Ltd, which has been running a wheat farm for the past 20 years, said they were counting losses because of the high number of brokers coming in to buy wheat at low prices.