How To Integrate Cattle With Oil Palm Plantation

In this blog, I will spell out one by one on how to gain maximum benefit from cattle integration with oil palm. Beside improvement on soil fertility, cost of weeding were greatly reduce up to 70%.
1. Recommended area to start with minimum of 10 ha for 10 heads of Brahman cattle if you are a smallholder oil palm planter (1 male to 10 females)
2. Age of palm minimum 5 years to avoid cattle feeding on palm frond.
3. An electric fencing for rotational grazing
4. A simple cattle shed for deworming and treatment
5. Potable water tank for providing clean water
6. Mineral lick for mineral supplement.