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Five-step guide to artificially inseminating your dairy cow

Robert Kosgei a farmer in Torongo village, Baringo performs artificial insemination on a cow. Since an AI provider charges per service, the more they service a cow the higher their earnings. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard].

Njoroge Karanja, a farmer in Ndeiya, Nderu, Kiambu County, has two adult Holstein cows for milk production.

He also has a medium-sized one that is still growing. The latest additions to the herd are 5-month-old calves conceived through artificial insemination (AI) sometime last year.

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