Cattle Greenlot Model in Oil Palm

New Greenlot Concept

Business based on greenlot concept is to generate fast income at low operating cost. Slaughtering house shall be located inside the Feedlot Farm for easy management and transportation. Feedlot business has no / less risk of diseases due to the breeding timeframe , 4-6 months per cycle. Short time breeding reduce treatment and medication costs. 

Integration Tree Crop Ruminant System concept is to focus on husbandry of breeder cattle and to grow the best local livestock for future Feedlot stock. “Integrasi” is the concept of planting Palm Oil trees to provide secured and healthy environment for breeding female species. Palm Oil leaves supply important food to cattle. Using greenlot system more cattle can be put in the plantation. 

Cattle , weighing between 200-250kg will be transfer to Feedlot Farm for food concentration and slaughtering.

Cattle in Malaysia

The best cattle breed in Malaysia.

Cattle-oil palm integration in Sarawak

The cattle-oil palm integration programme implemented by the Agriculture Department Sarawak has been successful in increasing the cattle population in the State. Since its implementation in year 2000, the programme has been able to increase the standing population of cattle in the 37 participating estates to10,290 heads.  This represents fifty-five percent of the total cattle population in the State of 18,578 heads.

 

The programme, which now comes under NKEA Agriculture - Entry Point Project No. 5 (EPP 5), will continue to be the major strategy towards increasing beef cattle production in Sarawak.  In this regard, PEMANDU has also agreed to extend the programme to estates larger than 15,000 hectares.  That decision will allow more oil palm estates to participate in the programme, potentially bringing in an additional 250,000 hectares of estate land for cattle production, or the equivalent of an additional 45,000 heads of cattle.

Sarawak moots integrated farming route to becoming beef hub

KUCHING, June 5 — The Sarawak government is mulling cooperating with oil palm estates for an integrated farming system to increase cattle population in the state with the goal of becoming a net exporter of beef.

Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu said Sarawak has over 400,000 hectares are suitable for cattle integration projects. But so far only about 80,000 hectares with about 10,500 cattles were being used for that purpose.

“To increase the cattle population, the Sarawak government would be focusing on the integrated farming system with oil palm plantations. The potential is there and I would like to work with oil palm estates,” Jabu told reporters after officiating at the First Asean Regional Conference on Animal Production (ARCAP) 2014 here today.

Jabu who is also the state Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, said assuming that five hectares could support one adult cattle for one year, then the 400,000 hectares of oil palm plantations in Sarawak alone has the potential of supporting more than 80,000 heads of cattle.

“If all the oil palm plantations practice this integrated farming maybe Sarawak can even be a net exporter of beef,” he added.

Jabu added that the state’s agricultural waste and residue could provide an alternative supply for livestock feed.

He also advised farmers in the state to be more knowledgeable and keep abreast with the latest technologies and development of agricultural practices as consumers are becoming more selective, demand high quality and safer food.

From The Malay Mail Online.

Good potential for cattle farming in Sarawak

The State Government should not go into cattle farming in oil palm plantation before making a thorough study of the suitability of such a project according to

State Assemblywoman, Violet Yong.

Deputy Chief Minister, Tan Sri Alfred Jabu, who is also the Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture had stated last Saturday that there is money in cattle farming as the SEDC would consider the possibility of forming smart partnership with Salcra, Felda, Felcra and other firms.

"I am all for development and the outcome of any development that would benefit the people of Sarawak. But before implementation, the State must be responsible and ensure that there is transparency of the findings of the project before embarking on it blindly. I am sure we do not want a Sarawak cowgate issue," she said.

Violet said if the cattle farming is restricted to farming, the Opposition would support it but definitely, the investment should not go into buying of condo or buying of luxury cars or for certain people's vacation.

She said in 2005 when the then DCM, Tan Sri George Chan was holding the position of Modernization of Agriculture, he had also mentioned cattle farming but it appeared that it was only hot air.

Violet said in a finding done by Unimas students in 2008 that any cattle rearing on oil palm plantation should take into consideration of benefit of livestock intergration on the soil, crop and livestock productivity. The findings from Unimas stated that, "There are urgent needs to continue to explore the potential of livestock-oil palm intergration system in the area," 

My Kampung My Future

My Kampung My Future project in Gedong. Current population 28 heads of cattle.

Bali Cattle in Sarawak

Bali Cattle bred well in one of the farm in Sarawak. This breed can adapt well and very suitable as well as hardy to the local climate here.

The farm located not far from Serian town is belongs to Mr Sunny Kon. The current population is 100 heads.