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Farmers harvesting Maize in Uasin Gishu County on August 31, 2023. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]
Maize harvesting in parts of the North Rift region has started in earnest with farmers and a section of leaders expressing mixed feelings on whether the State should declare producer prices or not.
Some farmers now want the government to shelve plans of announcing new prices for a 90kg (kilogramme) bag of maize but allow current market forces to prevail.
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