Dairy firms turn farmers, consumers into milch cows

If you haven’t noticed it yet—and this could mean you are a person of means-—milk prices have gone up. A packet is now retailing at between Sh37 and Sh42, depending on the brand, up from Sh31.

The increase comes at a time when the grass is green and aplenty, thanks to the belated short rains. Cows, now spoilt for choice between napier and kikuyu grass and other delicacies, can attest to this. The more food a cow eats, and the four-legged animals can confirm this again,  the more milk it produces. Cows are eating like pigs and they are producing more milk.