To support ruminant livestock (cattle, buffaloes, goats and sheep), forage crops are a must. Indonesia has the potential of land especially outside Java for pasture. Grassland management with superior and productive grass species will sustain the success of ruminant livestock businesses.

Chicory is a type of forbs, which are herbaceous (non-wood) wide-leaf and not grass-like plants that do not belong to the grass or legume category. Many of these plants are found in grazing fields, can live 2 years or more. Some dominate the grazing fields. This plant is important for increasing the productivity of grazing fields. In their home country, New Zealand, Chicory plants are a mainstay for dairy cows and sheep in the pasture. read more

Since 2015, Faculty of Animal Sciences UGM has established cooperation with developers of grass seed and legume, Cropmark Seed Company New Zealand.

After testing 30 grass seed and legume from Cropmark New Zealand, the Faculty has selected 3 potential types that are adaptive to Indonesia’s agroecology condition. One of them is forbs Chicory.

Chicory is a type of forbs, herbaceous feed that is often found in grazing pastures. The plant is important to increase productivity of pastures. The research done by the Faculty found that Chicory Intybus was potential in Indonesia as the production may reach 2—3 times of its origin country. read more

To answer the needs of quality grass for farmers, the Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM and Perserikatan Peternak Kambing dan Domba Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta Goat and Sheep Breeder Association) developed research on Napier Grass (Pennisetum Purpureum) in several locations in Yogyakarta and Central Java.

“This research is very important to do because farmers need grass that has the ability to grow faster, contain more biomass and adequate nutrition. This research was conducted to determine the adaptability of Napier Grass planted in several regions,” said Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU after the Research Results Dissemination and Launching of Livestock Forage Seeds, Sunday (6/1) at the FAS UGM campus. read more

Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM student, Muhammad Khoerul Fadhli (student batch 2015) and Annisa Erlina Yuliani (student batch 2016), presented a paper entitled “Industry 4.0: Be a Good Entrepreneur with the Best Skills” in The International Student Science Forum 2018, in Ho City Chi Minh, Vietnam, on December 5, 2018.

“After going through the selection process, our paper was chosen to be presented at the forum. Our paper discusses entrepreneurs as the most important subject in developing a nation. Indonesia’s young generation is 24.5% of the total population of 252 million. This is an opportunity to empower the younger generation as entrepreneurs,” said Muhammad Khoerul Fadhli, who was contacted at FAS UGM campus on Tuesday (18/12). read more

The ornamental chicken business of student of Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM, Mino Farm, won 1^st place in the innovative product category at the UGM Character Festival 2018 on November 24, 2018. The three students run the business were Akhmad Arif Sulthoni (student batch 2017), Muhammad Hafidzuddin Tsabit (student batch 2015), and Hutomo Abdurrohman (class of 2015). All three are part of the UGM Entrepreneurial Student Program.

“We chose this ornamental chicken business because of the increasing market needs. Beautiful color patterns make ornamental chickens getting more popular with ornamental chicken lovers. In addition, the knowledge of imported ornamental chickens is not yet known by the public,” said Akhmad Arif Sulthoni or familiarly called Arif, when contacted on Friday (14/12) at the FAS Campus. read more