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Tangama FarmIsinya, Kajiado, home
A young red zebu heifer walking toward the camera across dry grass, dark cloud building over the plains behind.

Growing the Farm

The road ahead

A five year plan from 4.67 acres at Isinya to a mature livestock farm, with feed added before animals at each step.

Horizon
Five years
Pace
Set by the feed
Land
4.67 acres, then 5 more, then leased
Now
Year one

Each year in the plan adds land and stored feed first, and then animals.

Five years, step by step

  1. Year 1We are here

    Establish the base

    Housing, water, handling and feed systems built and in use, with modest numbers while the farm learns its animals, ground and market.

    Land
    Two plots, 4.67 acres
    Feed
    2.5 acres of fodder on drip
    Herd
    A small founding group of each
  2. Year 2

    Build the breeding nucleus

    Keep the best females, improve the breeding stock, grow more feed, and start making silage in quantities that matter.

    Land
    5 more acres from January 2027
    Feed
    More fodder acres, and silage reserves for the dry season
    Herd
    Growing from retained daughters
  3. Year 3

    Expand the feed base

    Additional fodder land begins supporting stronger herd growth. Finishing becomes regular and breeding numbers rise.

    Land
    First long term fodder leases
    Feed
    Silage from dedicated ground
    Herd
    Breeding numbers rising; regular finishing
  4. Year 4

    Scale what works

    Larger breeding groups and finishing batches, more stored feed and more farm gate buyers, based on what worked in the first three years.

    Land
    More leased fodder land
    Feed
    Larger stores; more mixed at home
    Herd
    Larger breeding groups and batches
  5. Year 5

    A mature livestock farm

    A substantial Galla, Dorper and cattle operation, supported by owned land, leased fodder land and external grazing.

    Land
    Owned, leased and grazed
    Feed
    A full year of reserves on hand
    Herd
    Approaching long term scale
Close on the cattle in the night yard: a white and tan cow looking at the camera, a young white heifer beside her and a red cow feeding from the ground, timber rails behind.

More feed first. More animals afterwards.

How the farm grows

Where it could lead

These are long term goals. Reaching them depends on feed, land, water, staff and how the animals perform.

500 to 1,000
Galla goats
500 to 1,000
Dorper sheep
100 to 250
Cattle

Goals, reached only if the feed is there first

Come and see it

Visits are by arrangement. This page is updated each year as the plan moves on.