Indonesia Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) have conducted training programme batch 3 for breeding and management of commercial cattle.

This is the first time to be done with UGM but the third done by the Partnership. This time it is followed by 20 participants from Indonesia who are industrial players in slaughter cow, oil palm, and commercial cattle.

The training lasts for three weeks with two weeks being in Indonesia from 1-12 April 2019, including training and field visits to cow breeding models in Java and Kalimantan. The last week will be field visits to farming sites in Queensland Australia from 21-30 April 2019. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Cropmark Seeds New Zealand Ltd, and PT New Zealand Livestock Feed Systems Indonesia are collaborating on experiments and joint research on forage crops for livestock. The Memorandum of Agreement letter was signed on Monday (1/4) at the FAS UGM campus.

“The huge forage need is a challenge for us. For this reason, real action is needed to develop grass. This is a good opportunity, thank you for your support. The result of this research has been awaited by end-users (industries),” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU when giving a remark at the MoA signing. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM student, Chintia Kusuma Dewi (student batch 2018), became an ambassador for the arts and culture of Boyolali Regency at the Internacional del Foclor Festival on March 1-6 2019 in Ecuador. In the activity organized by the KBRI Quito, Chintia performed Merak dance and Topeng Ireng dance.

“In the parade, we performed group dances which depicted the solidarity and mutual cooperation of the community of Boyolali Regency. Another dance we also performed was Kala Krida Dance and Kusuma Bangsa Dance,” Chintia said in a release sent on Tuesday (3/26). read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM student, Agung Triatmojo (student batch 2015), was chosen as the recipient of the Batch 3 Charoen Pokphand Best Student Appreciation (CPBSA) scholarship organized by PT Charoen Pokphand Indonesia, Tbk. The activity was filled with training in early January, work internships on January 14 — March 8, 2019, and ended with a field trip to Thailand and Cambodia on March 12-19 2019 and was attended by students from 10 universities in Indonesia.

“I was very lucky to take part in the CPBSA program because I could obtain work experience at the feedmill office in Semarang and a trip to two countries. In Bangkok and Cambodia, I had the opportunity to visit the VIV ASIA 2019 livestock exhibition and seminar and visit tourist attractions,” Agung said in a release sent on Monday (25/3). read more

To maintain the role of livestock and to not disrupt the environment, three young lecturers from the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM empower Sido Mukti Farmer Group since February 2019 which is located in peri-urban area. The three lecturers are Muhsin Al Anas, S.Pt., Satyaguna Rakhmatullah, S.Pt., M.Sc., and Riyan Nugroho Aji, S.Pt., M.Sc.

“Livestock in peri-urban areas has a great potential to be developed. Aside from being a business to increase the economic value of the community, livestock in this area can be developed into a city farm for tourism,” Muhsin Al Anas said when met at the FAS UGM campus on Monday (11/3). read more