JAKARTA - As part of the commitment of the dairy processing industry in supporting increased domestic milk production, PT Diamond Food Indonesia brought in 60 Frisian Holstein-type quality dairy cows from Adelaide South Australia.
Dr. Drh. Makmun, M.Sc. Director of Downstream Livestock Products who attended directly witnessed the arrival of 60 cows at Soekarno Hatta Cengkareng Airport, revealing that the Ministry of Agriculture continues to encourage domestic investors to help the government's main programs and priorities in terms of increasing the dairy cattle population.
According to President Prabowo's dream of bringing in 1 million dairy cows in Indonesia in the next 5 years, he expressed his gratitude for the support of business actors in the domestic dairy industry who have contributed to the procurement of the cattle, one of which is Diamond Food Indonesia.
Meanwhile Melissa Agustina, Director of Strategic Sales & Manufacturing Development Diamond Food Indonesia, which is also present in Cengkareng hopes that the arrival of 60 dairy cows from Australia, can help local breeders in increasing production and quality of milk in Indonesia. It continues to support government policies in terms of increasing national milk production.
Bayu Aji Handayanto, a dairy cow farmer from East Java, also positively welcomed PT Diamond Food Indonesia's commitment in providing dairy cows for domestic breeders. He also thanked the Indonesian republic government and the minister of agriculture for all the support and ease of the permit process for the import of dairy cows.
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"This is a good start to the arrival of the next thousands of dairy cows," said Bayu.
Bayu said that in July-August there would be another 1,100 dairy cows by sea that would enter Indonesia through his party.
"This is part of supporting the free nutritious eating program in Indonesia in terms of providing animal protein," concluded Bayu.
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