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Pagoh set to be modern breeding ground for cattle and livestock

Friday April 1, 2011

By HAMDAN RAJA ABDULLAH
newsdesk@thestar.com.my

MUAR: Pagoh is set to become a major cattle and chicken breeding centre by adopting high-technologies in a move to further boost the nation’s food production.

A 200ha site located at Ulu Bakri in the Jorak constituency has been developed and sub-divided among 11 cattle and chicken breeders to expedite the project.

Muar Veterinary Department officer Zamari Mohd Amin said the area where villagers previously released their livestock for grazing several years ago, is now a modern feedlot and breeding premise.

First-hand view: Shahruddin (left) looking at heatlthy cows being bred by Abdul Rahman Juki (right)in a feedlot premise in Ulu Bakri.

Besides cattle, a modern chicken breeding centre with six breeder blocks using high-technological concept and one block for hatchery is also part of the project.

The chicken breeding venture, undertaken by Jahasrat Poultry Processing Sdn Bhd from Selangor, aims at hatching and breeding the Kop chicken.

“The company will sell the chickens to local breeders who supply them to KFC outlets in the country,” he said, during a certificate and farm machine presentation to three cattle breeders here.

Zamari said Ulu Bakri, along with Kampung Paya Bakul near Pagoh, Kampung Tui near Bukit Kepong and Tulang Gajah near Lenga has been earmarked as cattle breeding areas.

He said these four areas, with land mass totalling more than 850ha, had started to produce goats and cows for breeding as well as slaughtering to meet the nation’s demand for meat.

In appreciation: Shahruddin (right) giving certificates to some of the cattle breeders.

Commenting on the project, Jorak assemblyman Datuk Dr Shahruddin Mohd Salleh said cattle breeding in the four areas were part of the government’s National Feedlot Centre (NFC) project.

He said project was launched several years ago to increase food production in the country which depended most of its meat supply from overseas.

Some 90% of beef and 98% of dairy products, added Dr Sharuddin, were imported from other country, including India and Australia, and the Government wanted to reduce import.

He said the cattle and chicken breeding ventures were regarded as high-impact projects to produce food for the country and urged the breeders to be committed in their undertaking.

Dr Shahruddin added that Ulu Bakri, located about three kilometres from Bukit Naning, was not a well-known cattle and chicken producing area until now.

The assemblyman also praised the veterinary Department for developing Ulu Bakri, which was once a wasteland, into a modern and productive livestock breeding centre.

“If we can restructure villages where all residents live in one area and join their plots to form big cattle farms or plantations, we can generate greater income for the villagers.

“At present many live on small plots with several fruit trees around the house and a few goats or cows and as such they dont make much,” he added.

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Bite on juicy tender beef

By JASTIN AHMAD TARMIZI
jastin@thestar.com.my
Photo by NORAFIFI EHSAN

ZENITH Premium Yearling Beef from Pakistan is now available in Malaysia. The beef is imported by Jejak Bakat exclusively from Zenith Associates Abattoir, Pakistan’s leading abattoir operator, meat exporter and exclusive meat delicatessen operators.

The meat is the first to be certified safe in compliance with international standards in Lahore, Pakistan by the Department of Veterinary Services and Jakim. Zenith Premium beef comes from young cows of the Cholistani breed which is an indigenous species of Pakistan Punjab province.

Tasty: Zain (centre) and Masood (right) tasting the Zenith Premium Yearling Beef satay during the official launch of the brand. The cattle are slaughtered at around 24 months old and are de-boned according to the international cut standards.

 

The beef is packed hygienically and exported in temperature-controlled containers to Malaysia. Jejak Bakat CEO Zain Puteh said although Malaysia had other categories of beef in the market, the Zenith premium beef would give Malaysians an opportunity to enjoy this variety in more Malaysian-style cooking. “The meat is juicy and tender but with a good bite as it is fed on farm with farm produce. The tenderloin and striploin cuts are juicy and tender which make them suitable for steaks or roasts. “Other non-loin cuts are also good for teppanyaki or stir-frying and traditional Malay cooking. “The demand for more premium beef from Pakistan has been encouraging and due to its taste, the Zenith Premium Beef is suitable for all kinds of cuisine and provides value for money.

“Perhaps now more patrons in restaurants and guests at functions can enjoy better beef,” he said. The meat is currently available at most Giant stores throughout the peninsula under the “Zenith Premium Yearling Beef” sticker at the chilled meat section. “Zenith Premium Yearling Beef is retailed at Giant Stores nationwide and selected restaurants. Burger and sausage producers have also started to obtain supplies from us,” said Zain.
He added that Avid Food Services is the distributor for the beef to the hotels, restaurant and cafe segment.
The launch ceremony for the beef was held at Bijan Bar and Restaurant, Kuala Lumpur and was attended by Pakistan High Commissioner to Malaysia Masood Khalid.

Masood said Pakistan was looking forward to expanding the economic cooperation with Malaysia and the governmnet was exploring other products that could be marketed here. He added that the Pakistan High Commission in Malaysia was planning an investment and trade conference that would be held in Kuala Lumpur on March 21.

Cattle Fidlot For Poverty Eradication Programme

Malaysia’s aim to eradicate hard-core poverty this year has been achieved.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the latest report submitted at a Government Transformation Programme meeting recently showed that the zero hard-core poor programme had succeeded.

Muhyiddin, who is also Pagoh MP, said things could change in instances when a man falls ill, dies or loses his job, causing the family to become poor, but the Govern­ment would continue to provide the necessary assistance.

He said Malaysia was the only country which knew how many poor people it had and who they were as the Government had lists of them in all the states.

He said when the country gained its independence in 1957, more than 60% of the seven million people were poor but today the number was about 2.8%.

Tommy Bugis with his 4 heads of Brahman cattle. The feaces were treated with EM for organic fertilizer.

Participant petting his 4 heads of Cattle. He is feedlotting the cattle for 4 months and capable of achieving 1 kg daily weight . The feeding consists of legume, fodder and Palm Kennel Cake (PKC).

Cow-pat power

A Chinese dairy farm is installing the world’s largest system to turn steaming cow pats into enough electricity to power thousands of homes. The device at Huishan Dairy is 10 times bigger than similar systems and will take the excrement from 60,000 cows and capture methane from the fermenting pats, according to Technology Review magazine.

It will generate almost six megawatts of electricity – enough power for 3,500 American-size households but could service many more Chinese ones, which consume less energy.

The dairy in Liaoning province, north-east China, imports 3,000 cows from Australia every month just to sustain its massive stock of 250,000 cows.

The project could draw attention to the possibilities of biogas. “It shows this is not a phantom technology we have to wait for in the future,” said Ann Wilkie, professor of environmental microbiology at the University of Florida. “It’s something we can do now to deal with existing waste, and garner renewable energy.”

China’s rapidly growing dairy farming industry is a major new source of greenhouse-gas emissions.

But Huishan’s new system will prevent methane, which is 23 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas, from reaching the atmosphere. It will also reduce waste and odours, and produce a valuable organic fertiliser that’s safer than raw manure.

China has become the biggest source of the greenhouse gases blamed for global warming and the government has embarked on a huge programme to develop renewable energies such as hydroelectric, wind and other power sources. The Chinese government estimates that millions of small farms already have such primitive manure digesters. – AFP