The Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM inaugurated 56 engineers on Tuesday (7/7) at the inauguration period I in 2020. From 56 participants, 1 student came from the regular program and 55 students from the Past Learning Recognition program. The highest GPA from the regular program is achieved by Dr. Ir. Rio Olympias Sujarwanta, S.Pt., M.Sc. namely 4.00 and the highest GPA from Past Learning Recognition program the was achieved by Dr. Ir. Mobius Tanari, MP, which is 3.90.

“The pandemic does not stop you from doing your business so that it has led you to reach the engineering level. With an engineer certificate, you will become a big family of the Indonesian Engineers Association (PII),” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU., ASEAN. Eng when giving a remark at the inauguration ceremony, Tuesday (7/7) afternoon at FAS campus which was held online. read more

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the world order dramatically and massively and has finally affected all sectors. As a result of the pandemic, the agricultural sector grew stagnant in the first quarter (Q1) 2020, which was 0.02%, slowing down from Q1 2019 which still grew by 1.82%.

This was revealed by the General Chairperson of the Indonesian Animal Husbandry Scholars Association (ISPI), Ir. Didiek Purwanto, IPU in the Obrolan Peternakan (OPERA) organized by the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM on July 3, 2020 through the Zoom Meeting. read more

Fattening livestock is a concern for breeders, especially before certain moments such as Eid al-Adha. In fattening livestock, optimal feeding is the key to success. This was discussed in the 3^rd edition of the Obrolan Peternakan (Opera) on June 20, 2020, presented by the Department of Animal Nutrition and Feed, Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM.

Ir. Bambang Suwignyo, S.Pt., M.P., Ph.D., IPM., ASEAN. Eng. one of the speakers who is also the Vice Dean for Research, Community Service and Collaboration of FAS UGM, said that forage pellets can be a choice of feed with various advantages. read more

Currently, digital marketing technology has been widely used in the livestock sector. Therefore, breeders must be adaptive in this era of innovation and technology.

This was revealed in the Obrolan Peternakan (Opera) Saturday, (27/6) with the theme of Digitalization of the Livestock Sector Volume 2 which was held online.

Muhammad Abduh Zulfikar, one of the speakers in the discussion said that now breeders must be able to change the business concept, which requires collaboration with individuals with special specialties who will help companies. read more

In order to deal with changes in the industrial era 4.0, it requires competent and adaptive animal science engineers. Especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, the changes were so rapid that livestock engineers were required to be able to make a breakthrough.

This was discussed in a webinar titled “Welcoming the Future Role of Animal Science Engineers” held Wednesday, June 17, 2020 by the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM.

“There are five global trends in this pandemic. First, social life leads to the online world. Second, the way we work changes, namely online. Third, the process of digitizing the industry runs more massively involving all industry chains,” said Heru Dewanto, Chairperson of the Indonesian Engineers Association. read more