Shot in the arm for farmers as Munya sets minimum milk price

Agriculture CS Peter Munya receives report of taskforce on food crops. [picture, Standard]

The Agriculture ministry has set the minimum price that milk processing firms can pay dairy farmers, cushioning the producers against price fluctuations.

In new regulations, the ministry has fixed the minimum price of unchilled raw milk at Sh33 per litre. Buyers will pay a farm gate price of Sh35 per litre of chilled milk and Sh37 for a litre of pasteurised milk.