Supporting Indonesia’s commercial-scale beef cattle breeding industry
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New partnership with Government Supported Training Centre
An exciting collaboration with P4S Karya Mandiri Desa Kubu (Pusat Pelatihan Pertanian dan Perdesaan Swadaya) in Central Kalimantan is underway with the delivery of twenty pregnant BX-heifers, of which more than 50% have already given birth. Read more
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SISKA Partners are Investing
Buana Karya Bakti (BKB) in South Kalimantan is expanding their cattle breeding business. Read more
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Positive findings from Ganoderma Research
In 2018, the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) undertook preliminary research on the impact of cattle grazing under oil palm, specifically on soil fertility, oil palm productivity and the spread of Ganoderma. Read more
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Fertility of Brahman Cross
There has been conjecture in some circles (small farmers and the Government of Indonesia) that Australian Brahmans are not successful breeders in Indonesia. Read more
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SISKA – Encouraging Commercial Results
All four SISKA-partners have successfully passed their Commercial Viability Assessments and finished their two-year implementation period. Read more
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Open grazing – High Level Performance at Low Cost
The Open Grazing model is, as expected, proving to be a great success with the high level of performance at close to lowest cost. Read more
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Cut and carry – Good Conception Rates
The two Smallholder Cut and Carry partners have sustained good cattle conception rates in their second year of operation. Read more
Indonesia-Australia Commercial Cattle Breeding Program
IACCB, which commenced in February 2016, is a project within the Indonesia-Australia Partnership on Food Security in Red Meat and Cattle Sector. IACCB’s goal is to expand the commercial-scale beef cattle breeding industry in Indonesia. It does this by partnering with eight project partners in six Indonesia provinces, and testing three cattle breeding models (1) Integrated Oil Palm and Cattle Production; (2) Semi-intensive Grazing and (3) Smallholder Cut and Carry.
Breeding Models
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- Integrated oil palm and cattle production
Encouraging commercial results
Recent data suggets positive and sustainable commercial outcomes for both cattle breeding and palm productivity
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- Open Grazing
Low Production Costs
Our Open Grazing model is showing good commercial prospetcs with low prodection costs and healthy offspring (weaner) growth in the open fields.
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- Cut and carry smallholder group
High calving rates
The Smallholder Cut and Carry Model is now showing the benefits from more intensive management, most notably with the highest calving rates aomngst all the models which provide a good basis for commercial viability. However,significat challenges around management of the farmer cooperatives and access to finance remain.
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May 2019
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