Owners of dead cattle allege foul play

TWO cattle owners claim that five of their 70 head of cattle died due to poisoning at a grazing area along the Kinta River in Tanjung Tualang, about 25km from Batu Gajah. “I am surprised by the sudden death of the five cows on Tuesday as traces of blood were found on their mouth and nose, which I believe are signs of poisoning,” said B. Amar Singh 46, one of the cattle owners.
He claimed this was the second time such a thing has happened.

“In January, three buffaloes died under the same circumstances and I lost about RM5,000. This time I lost about RM7,500,” he said. Kesvinder (right) taking a look at one of the dead cows. With him are Amar (left) and Sarjit. Amar Singh claimed that his cows were in good health when they were sent out for grazing in the morning.

Another cattle owner G. Sarjit Singh, 50, said this was the first time in 30 years that such an incident had happened in the area. Sarjit Singh said he lodged a police report over the matter in Batu Gajah on Tuesday. “I lost three buffaloes worth RM6,000 in June last year,” he said.

Three personnel from the Kampar Veterinary Department took samples from the dead cattle for analysis by Veterinary Research Institute, Ipoh to determine the cause of death, he said. Malim Nawar assemblyman Keshvinder Singh said the area that was allotted for cattle grazing was far from the residential area and not suitable to the cattle owners.

He hoped that the government would allow cattle to graze in government-owned oil palm estates due to the shortage of grazing ground in the area. Kinta district officer Datuk Razali Othman said he would investigate the matter.

Cattle Integration with Oil Palm

In order to save cost in maintaining Oil Palm, we should introduce cattle to eat all the available grass/weed in the garden. We can save cost of weeding up to 70% and the cow dungs help to fertilize the soil. Oil Palms are suitable for integration once it reach 5 years old.

Brahman Cattle

This is Brahman Cattle. We are using this breed for Cattle Integration with Oil Palm in the State. Cattle, when introduce to the estate, was proven to reduce weedicide cost by 60%. Its consider a biological control for weed. The Oil Palm production also greatly improved due to soil fertilization by its organic manure.

Buffalo Park Langkawi

Buffalo Park Langkawi is located within a panoramic view of Gunung Raya and Gunung Mat Cincang.Surrounded by paddy field, rubber plantation ang tropical rain forest. It takes about 30 minutes travelling by road from Kuah town and 10 minutes from the Langkawi International Airport.

Portable Milking Machine

Buffaloes enjoy automatic shower

Very tame buffalo

The park consists of over 100 Murrah and swamp Buffaloes. Started in 2007 with 73 heads, the buffaloes are mainly used for milk production. Its production about 6 litter per head per day. The milk is then processed to makee yogurt, ice-cream and flovoured milk. Besides that, visitors have the opportunity to participate in "Agro-tourism" activities such as Buffalo Riding, "Anok" Riding, Cart Riding & Photographing.

http://www.buffaloparklangkawi.com/

Farm to produce ‘green’ energy with cow dung

KENINGAU: The owner of a cattle farm here plans to produce electricity with biogas from cow dung. Yap Yun Fook said: “Besides producing milk, I am also planning to process the cow dung to produce biogas that can be used to generate electricity for my farm,” he told reporters during a working visit by Rural Development Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin at Kg Ansip and Bininin, near here.

In line with his zero waste objective, he turns all the animal waste into fertiliser.
Yap, who also owns an oil palm estate and a durian orchard, said his cattle farm started small in 1982 with only 50 cows as a start-up assistance from the government but now it has more than 4,000 cows.

Meanwhile, Ewon said the farm was one of several he was visiting to hear from the owners how they achieved success in the agriculture sector.Also present during the visit were political secretaries John Chin and Japirin Sahadi, communication secretary Japari Yadam and Ewon’s wife Datin Danna Ontol.

Exporting Beef To Indonesia

Sarawak is planning to export beef to Indonesia. The Indonesian inspection team had just completed the auditing to one of the processing plan.

Farm to produce ‘green’ energy with cow dung

KENINGAU: The owner of a cattle farm here plans to produce electricity with biogas from cow dung. Yap Yun Fook said: “Besides producing milk, I am also planning to process the cow dung to produce biogas that can be used to generate electricity for my farm,” he told reporters during a working visit by Rural Development Minister Datuk Ewon Ebin at Kg Ansip and Bininin, near here.

In line with his zero waste objective, he turns all the animal waste into fertiliser.
Yap, who also owns an oil palm estate and a durian orchard, said his cattle farm started small in 1982 with only 50 cows as a start-up assistance from the government but now it has more than 4,000 cows.

Meanwhile, Ewon said the farm was one of several he was visiting to hear from the owners how they achieved success in the agriculture sector. Also present during the visit were political secretaries John Chin and Japirin Sahadi, communication secretary Japari Yadam and Ewon’s wife Datin Danna Ontol.