Africa’s cattle feed production is a boom-and-bust cycle. Most of the continent’s grazing lands are lush and green in the rainy season, only to wither into dry scrublands in the dry season.
“It’s like growing muesli for cows,” says Yeo Valley Organic farmer Tim Mead, as he describes the smorgasbord of barley, peas and oats that feed the British food brand’s dairy herd – cereals and pulses thriving side-by-side.