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Message: [QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 32364, member: 636"] Coffee farmers at Baragwi Coffee Factory feel happy because coffee cherry prices hit a record high this year. The factory sits in Gichugu, Kirinyaga County, and runs 12 wet mills. Farmers got around Sh133 per kilogram on average. Gachami Wet Mill paid the most at Sh145.10 for each kilogram. Rwambiti Wet Mill paid the least at Sh118.80. The factory received almost twelve million shillings in total. Cyrus Chomba manages the Baragwi Coffee Factory Society. He praised farmers for bringing their coffee and using good farming methods. He said they taught farmers through training and field days, which helped them earn better prices. The society did better this year and paid farmers earlier. This happened because fertilizers came on time, and they installed solar dryers. These dryers helped dry coffee faster, letting them deliver to millers sooner. Chomba asked farmers to keep growing quality coffee so they can enjoy good pay. They built solar dryers that helped them deliver coffee to millers by February and sell it by March. Fertilizers also arrived when needed. He wants farmers to focus on both quality and quantity. James Nyaga farms coffee at Baragwi. He feels pleased with the payment and said this hasn't happened much before. He asked the government to make farm supplies cheaper so farmers could grow more. Nyaga also wants the Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives, Wycliffe Oparanya, to avoid paying farmers through mobile money. He believes most farmers benefit from Sacco loans during emergencies. Another Baragwi farmer, Mugo Gikombe, praised the factory management and coffee marketer. He also liked the government's coffee reforms, which separated millers from marketers. [/QUOTE]

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