Farming Tips

By Joshua Kato A chicken house must have an East-West orientation, with both the east and west walls constructed without any windows.  This is intended …

By Joshua Kato By Joshua Kato After ascertaining that the site has got all the requirements of a good fishpond, then the excavation starts. There are …

 By Joshua Kato If your objective is to fatten the piglets and sell them off for pork, at five months, you need to castrate the …

By Joshua Kato Direct sun rays into a poultry house lead to an increase in temperature inside the house, which leads to the failure …

By Joshua Kato In many developed countries, for example, Israel, there is a direct or indirect linkage of all activities on a given farm. …

By Joshua Kato Beeswax collected should be moulded in the following manner: – Use a container with a rounded bottom and a mouth wider than the bottom with …

By Joshua Kato  Start with chick mash with an average consumption of around 2kgs each in the first eight weeks.  This means that if you …

By Umar Nsubuga  To reduce mortalities and improve the growth rate of kids, a farmer should take good care of them. According to Phoebe …

By Umar Nsubuga Maureen Nakirijja, a resident of Lwadda A, Matugga village in Wakiso is a poultry farmer. She says her birds have external …

By Joshua Kato  There is a wide range of pests that attack bees, thereby reducing honey production.  Some of these are insects like termites while others are …