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What you must know before buying day- old chicks

Day-old chicks: What you must know

Ugasite Feb 14, 2023

For poultry farmers or anyone wishing to venture into the industry and will want to use day-old chicks as a start, there are certain things you need to do or take note of because chicken growth management will hugely determine their productivity at later stages.

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Medicinal herbs you should plant in your home background

Ugasite Feb 8, 2023

Lavender can be smeared on wounds from insect bites or added to oil and smearing jellies. The herb is also usually added to hot water for drinking to treat cramps in ladies. It can also be used as a beverage or added to cocktails and other foods like meat or chicken.

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Milk returns from cassava by observing good agronomy – Experts

Ugasite Dec 23, 2022

With proper farming skills, a farmer on one hectare of land can produce about 12 to 15 tonnes of cassava at the time of harvest as Adiga explains.

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Farmers tipped on cassava value addition

Ugasite Dec 17, 2022

‘’Cassava has a very big market that farmers are yet to satisfy, Uganda Breweries for example requires about 6,000 metric tonnes to produce Engule beer, ethanol processing industries and other various companies come to us demanding for cassava starch to export to China for pharmaceuticals,’’ he explains.