Low rainfall dents processors milk intake in first quarter

A man pouring milk in a pasteurizer unit.

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Farmers sold 250.6 million litres of milk to processors in the first three months of this year, representing a 14.5 percent increase, a slower growth compared to the same quarter last year, when volumes grew by 29.1 percent to 218.8 million litres.

Data from the Kenya Dairy Board (KDB), however, indicates that the increase was an improvement from the 12.04 percent growth recorded during the full year to December 2024, when volumes hit a record high of 908.4 million litres.

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