Cattle Destroyed Due To PMK, Farmers In Bantul Ask For Compensation

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BANTUL - The Bantul Regency Government, Yogyakarta Special Region, is still waiting for an official letter from the central government regarding the provision of compensation to farmers whose cows were destroyed due to mouth and nail disease (PMK). Bantul, Monday 27 June, said that his party had heard the news about compensation of Rp. 10 million per head of cattle that were culled due to PMK, but they have not officially received a letter from the center. "We are still waiting for the official letter from the central government regarding the compensation, so We cannot provide information to the public, because until now there has been no official letter," he said as quoted by Antara. destroyed as a result of being exposed to PMK." What are the criteria? Until now there has been no official confirmation, whether it was the death or forced slaughter, so we cannot explain, if there is a letter, we will immediately propose it according to the criteria," he said. PMK is a micro, small and medium scale enterprise (UMKM) cattle breeder. "In Bantul the cows that died were in small farmers, but the largest positive ones were traders," he said. Joko Waluyo said the PMK case in 2,109 livestock found in the Bantul area until Sunday (26/6) night were clinically positive for the virus that attacks the mouth and nails. "Then 10 died, 50 forcibly slaughtered, and 312 recovered. ," he said.