I feed my cows on sugarcane to double their milk production

Eliud Bomsut, at his sugarcane farm in Toronik Village Bomet County. Bomsut says he feeds his 12 dairy cows with sugarcane during the dry spell which guarantees him constant supply of milk. [PHOTOS: CHARLES NGENO/STANDARD]

KENYA: Sugarcane growing in Bomet is not an established venture like in Westen Kenya. Farmers who grow this crop do it in small gardens and when mature, the cane is consumed at the family level.

However, a farmer in Toronik, Chepalungu Sub-county, Bomet County has gone against the grain and found new use of the cane — using it to feed his dairy cows during the dry spells.