The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly tea market fetched Sh 1,377,058,020 from the sale of 5,296,377kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction. The auction reports indicate that tea factories, Mununga, Gathuthi, Kathangariri, Rukuriri and Imenti achieved the higher prices of between Sh365 per kilogramme of tea and Sh321 per kilogramme. In the market analysis…
BY DPCS Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says coffee farmers will earn more this year owing to key interventions by the government that have improved production and increased returns. The Deputy President said the estimated projection is at Sh110 per kg of cherry this year which is almost double what farmers received when the Kenya Kwanza…
Confusion has gripped the macadamia sector after the government outlawed export of their raw nuts to the foreign markets. Already, the farmers are feeling the pitch after the price of the lucrative commodity has dropped from Sh140 per kilogramme to between Sh 110 and Sh90 per kilogramme. The fluctuating price follows a directive by Agriculture…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Mombasa tea auction has auctioned 11,387,803 kgs from five neighbouring countries with Kenya presenting 9,402,749 kg sourced from KTDA factories and independent producers. In the auction market, the KTDA factories earned Sh 1,380,167,589 from the sale of 5,169, 167 kgs as Ngere factory growers fetched Sh 64,988,976 after the sale of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee market Sh 1,605,646,020 following sale of 29,758 bags of the commodity at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) during the weekly auction. In the analysis, 4,711 bags of coffee were withdrawn from the market. Gachatha factory in Nyeri county achieved the highest price of Sh57,600 for each of the 43 bags…
editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya’s coffee market in first three months between October and January auctioned 243,419bags that earned the estates and cooperative farmers Sh11.8 billion. In the report at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE),15 coffee brokers generated Sh11,866,653,370 in the 16 coffee auctions. in the first quarter of year 2024/2025, where Alliance Berries Limited led with Sh…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The tea sector fetched Sh 1,185,289,880 for the auction of 4,472,792kgs , which were bought by 65 local and international buyers. In the report the Murang’a based Ngere tea factory presented the highest tea weighing 207,856kgs of tea that earned Sh 55,081,840, followed by Mununga Sh 46,527,110 for sale of 125,410kgs….
The Mountain Journal, Kahawa House editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee market injected Sh Sh2,126,661,517 in the economy following the sale of 37,105 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The earnings reflect the Sh2 billions of last week after the 33,673 bags. In the report from the auction market, 11 brokers delivered 2,262,011 kgs of coffee…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya’s smallholder tea factories earned Sh 1.3 billion after the sale of 5,148159kgs at the Mombasa Tea Auction last week. In the auction, factories east of the rift presented 2,988,247 kgs of tea at the market, while those in the west of the rift produced 2,159,912 kgs. the best factories are …
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee dealers bought 33,673 bags of coffee at Sh 2 billion at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) during the weekly market on Tuesday up from the previous week of Sh1.9 billion. The NCE report states Alliance Berries Limited, Kirinyaga Slopes, KCCE and New KPCU delivered the largest consignment from the cooperatives…
