Wheat farmers shift to other crops as price drops

WHEAT farmers in Uasin Gishu County have started shifting to other crops due to poor prices of the commodity offered by the government. Most farmers have shifted to planting maize and other crops after the price of a 90kg bag of wheat started coming down drastically. The 90-kg bag of wheat costs Sh3,300 at the Cereals Board, a price that has discouraged farmers compared to the high cost of production per bag. Thomas Kiptum, a wheat farmer in Uasin Gishu, now grows 300 acres of wheat from the previous 1,200 acres discouraged by the high cost of inputs and low returns. “I cannot incur huge...