As drought kills livestock, Maasai women are turning drought-resistant grass into animal feed and income.

One way to make a living as a farmer is to grow grass for sale to livestock keepers. Normally animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle graze in the bush eating the grass that there is for them to eat.

KIVAA, Kenya, Oct 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Peter Mutisya cuts through a yellowing grass field with a machete at his farm in Kivaa village, southern Kenya, laying knee-high blades of grass ...

A farmer in Maygag location loads fodder harvest on a donkey cart for transport to the local fodder store in Rhamo town on March 24, 2025. [Ibrahim Adan Ali, Standard] After years of enduring drought ...

Vijayawada: NTR district collector Dr G Lakshmisha has called upon farmers to adopt the Pre-Monsoon Dry Sowing (PMDS) method ...

The recent increase in fodder costs have played a major role in rising milk prices, hitting dairy farmers hard. Fodder inflation has seen a sharp hike in the last four months, despite the softening of ...

New farming changes raise concerns over output, livestock and supply chains. What it could mean for the sector going forward.

The extended wet and wintery weather has been at the forefront of farmers' concerns in the past few weeks. This past week’s weather saw farmers pulling animals back indoors full-time as grazing ...