The Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) UGM is back in organizing the beef cattle breeding training entitled Commercial Cattle Breeding and Management Training Batch IV Program, which is a collaboration with the Indonesia-Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership on 2-25 September 2019.
“FAS UGM is the organizer of breeding training for the second time. In this training, we will refresh the theory, share research results, experiences – including the experiences of others we accommodate. We only become facilitators,” said the Dean of FAS UGM, Prof. Dr. Ir. Ali Agus, DAA., DEA., IPU at the opening of the training at the Grand Aston Hotel, Yogyakarta, Monday (2/9).
According to Ali, cattle breeding is a calf production as a candidate for cattle that will be fattened through the process of fattening, which is ultimately cut to produce meat.
“Demand for meat will continue to increase, so it needs increasingly hard and smart efforts from beef cattle business actors to fill the gap between beef cattle supply – demand. For that, all resources must be utilized, including training and networking,” he explained.
Ali explained, this training was useful to ignite enthusiasm for developing efforts to achieve efficiency in beef cattle farming, especially in the breeding segment through various approaches, namely reproductive management, nutrition, and animal health.
Muhamad Isradi Alireja, Team Leader Advisory and Support Group, Indonesia-Australia Red Meat and Cattle Partnership stated that this training was attended by 20 participants from representatives of beef cattle breeding companies and cattle ranchers groups. They will attend indoor training sessions, field trips to campuses and cattle ranching (breeding and rearing) in Indonesia (2-15 September) and in Australia (16-25 September).
Alireja said, each beef cattle farm location visited was unique, with different potential, problems, and environmental conditions.
“We are here to share experiences, also capture, gather and identify problems. After this training, participants will be given the opportunity to take part in a series of competency tests as Cattle Breeding Manager,” he explained.
Course leader, Ir. Panjono, SPt., MP., PhD., IPM said, at the end of this training participants received assignments in the form of individual projects with a implementation period of between 3-6 months, to apply directly the knowledge gained in the place of work.
“Projects do not have to be expensive, it can be simple things, for example making mineral blocks formulated for parent. Then participants from batch III and batch IV training will be gathered, to present their projects. Reporting does not need to use the journal format, just with the PowerPoint presentation file format,” he explained. (Nadia)