Cattle integration with oil palm at Mongkos estate.

Cattle integration with oil palm at Mongkos estate.

Cattle From Sawit Kinabalu

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INTEGRATED CATTLE FARMING

Sawit breeds Brahman cattle into its estate for resources optimization, partial biological- weeds control mechanism and beef production. It envision to be the leading cattle and beef producer in Sabah through integrated, sustainable and environmentally friendly approach with stringent guidelines from MPOB and Department of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry (DOVSAI). The nucleus breeding herd comprising of pure Brahman bulls and it cross- breed breeders were imported from Australia with certification from Australian Brahman Breeders Association.

Address and Contact information:

P.O. Box No. 60211
KM 1 1/2, Silam Road,
91111 Lahad Datu, Sabah

Tel: +6089-951725
Fax: +6089-951024

• Oil Palm Plantation
• Palm Oil Mill
• Palm Oil Industrial Cluster
• Refined Products
• Research Laboratory
• Tissue Culture Lab
• Seeds Production
• Integrated Cattle Farming

nThe beef cattle - oil palm integration system (BCOPI) is essentially an agro-ecosystem which involves three subsystems: oil palm trees, beef cattle and forage production under oil palm. The beef cattle breeds most suitable for integration are the Kedah-Kelantan, Brakmas and Brahman-Kedah-Kelantan crosses. The cattle are allowed to graze the undergrowth below the oil palm trees on a rotational basis using portable electric fences to control the animals. The practice of rotational grazing is not only to control the weeds biologically but also to prevent deleterious effects of over grazing thus ensuring a long term continuous supply of feed to the animal. The grazing practice adopted is to graze the cattle herd (cow-calf) in a 20 ha paddock for one or two days and then move the herd to the adjacent paddock when the forage cover above the ground is about 15 cm. The cattle herd will come back to the grazed paddock after 60 - 80 days allowing enough time for the forage to recover and to be a good source of feed for the cattle. BCOPI offers an alternative to the open pasture system that has been viewed to be non-economical in this country. BCOPI is an attractive low cost production system that has great potential for economical beef production in Malaysia. system (BCOPI) is essentially an agro-ecosystem which involves three subsystems: oil palm trees, beef cattle and forage production under oil palm. The beef cattle breeds most suitable for integration are the Kedah-Kelantan, Brakmas and Brahman-Kedah-Kelantan crosses. The cattle are allowed to graze the undergrowth below the oil palm trees on a rotational basis using portable electric fences to control the animals. The practice of rotational grazing is not only to control the weeds biologically but also to prevent deleterious effects of over grazing thus ensuring a long term continuous supply of feed to the animal. The grazing practice adopted is to graze the cattle herd (cow-calf) in a 20 ha paddock for one or two days and then move the herd to the adjacent paddock when the forage covThe beef cattle - oil palm integration system (BCOPI) is essentially an agro-ecosystem which involves three subsystems: oil palm trees, beef cattle and forage production under oil palm. The beef cattle breeds most suitable for integration are the Kedah-Kelantan, Brakmas and Brahman-Kedah-Kelantan crosses. The cattle are allowed to graze the undergrowth below the oil palm trees on a rotational basis using portable electric fences to control the animals. The practice of rotational grazing is not only to control the weeds biologically but also to prevent deleterious effects of over grazing thus ensuring a long term continuous supply of feed to the animal. The grazing practice adopted is to graze the cattle herd (cow-calf) in a 20 ha paddock for one or two days and then move the herd to the adjacent paddock when the forage cover above the ground is about 15 cm. The cattle herd will come back to the grazed paddock after 60 - 80 days allowing enough time for the forage to recover and to be a good source of feed for the cattle. BCOPI offers an alternative to the open pasture system that has been viewed to be non-economical in this country. BCOPI is an attractive low cost production system that has great potential for economical beef production in Malaysia.er above the ground is about 15 cm. The cattle herd will come back to the grazed paddock after 60 - 80 days allowing enough time for the forage to recover and to be a good source of feed for the cattle. BCOPI offers an alternative to the open pasture system that has been viewed to be non-economical in this country. BCOPI is an attractive low cost production system that has great potential for economical beef production in Malaysia.