Supporting Indonesia’s commercial-scale beef cattle breeding industry
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Partnership – IACCB Webinar Vol 1:
Cattle Breeding Business in Indonesia – a Promising Commercial Venture? Read more
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Impact Analysis of Land Fertility and Oil-palm Productivity on the Integrated System of Oil-Palm and Cattle Production - Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT)
This research is the second study conducted by BPPT to examine the impact of cattle and Oil-palm integration to the soil fertility and productivity of oil palm plants. Read more
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Sentra Peternakan Rakyat (SPR) Mega Jaya Bojonegoro Successfully Breeds Australian Brahman Cross Cattle
Sentra Peternakan Rakyat (SPR) Mega Jaya is valued as successful in breeding Australian Brahman Cross cattle in 33 months partnership with the Indonesia Australia Commercial Cattle... Read more
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IACCB Formally Handed Australian Brahman Cross Cattle To KPT Maju Sejahtera in South Lampung
Thirty-seven breeder groups, members of the Livestock Production Cooperative (Koperasi Produksi Ternak/KPT) of Maju Sejahtera in Tanjung Bintang Subdistrict, South Lampung officially... Read more
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Preliminary Results Are In!
After more than 2 years of partner engagement and project delivery, key commercial performance indicators (conception rates, calving rates, weaning rates, calving intervals and... Read more
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Industry Driven Education Takes Off
The growth of the Indonesian cattle breeding industry is highly dependent on investors having access to competent staff – which is currently lacking in Indonesia. IACCB... Read more
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Third Generation Cows for Sumarjono
Sumarjono only has one thing in mind when he wakes up in the morning, to make sure he gives plenty of feed to his cows. Read more
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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) Open Grazing and (3) Smallholder Cut and Carry.
Breeding Models
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- Integrated oil palm and cattle production
SISKA partners have maintained commercial viability during the most recent dry season.
The past dry season was very challenging for fodder production in Indonesia. The increased knowledge and experience of SISKA-enterprise management has however allowed them to use agricultural by-products as feed supplements, resulting in lower but still reasonable productivity during this period.
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- Open Grazing
Open-grazing Ranch deals effectively with long dry season by optimizing the use of agricultural by-products and reducing herd numbers.
CAP, our Open Grazing partner in South Kalimantan, provided ammoniated rice straw, minerals and some palm kernel cake, and culled non-productive heifers, to reduce carrying capacity pressure on grazing areas.
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- Cut and carry smallholder group
Small-holders herd numbers matters
The long dry season in 2019 (in certain areas stretching from June to December) has proven once again that a correct carrying capacity and the availability of funds to purchase feed supplements is critical to maintaining cattle body condition and commercial sustainability.
Our long-term small-holder partners, Koperasi Petani Ternak Maju Sejahtera (KPT) in South Lampung and Sentra Peternakan Rakyat Mega Jaya (SPR) in Bojonegoro dealt with the reduced availability of green fodder in different ways. KPT, who are financially stronger, provided ammoniated rice straw and an increased amount of palm kernel cake and minerals, whereas SPR, with limited access to financial resources, provided ammoniated rice straw and decided to reduce their herd.
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- SISKA-Breedlot
SISKA-Breedlot
The model emerged after a SISKA-partner - SUJ - wanted to expand their herd but were constrained due to their limited grazing area in their relatively small oil palm plantation. This model has higher operational and feed costs due to the long presence of cattle in the cattle yard. Finding cheap agricultural by-products is key to its commercial viability.
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